The Letters of William Cullen Bryant Volume IV, 1858-1864

• Other Authors: Voss, Thomas G. (Editor), Bryant, William Cullen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Fordham University Press 1984
• Subjects: Biography: general
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The years just before and during the Civil War marked the high point of Bryant's influence on public affairs, which had grown steadily since the Evening Post had upheld the democratic Jacksonian revolution of the 1830s. A founder of the Free Soil Party in 1848 and the Republican Party in 1856,...