Introduction : conserving the happy republic -- The northern men and their national principle : Jacksonian ideology, popular sovereignty, and white men's democracy, 1847-1854 -- Conservatism and fanaticism : the political ideology of the democracy before the Civil War -- Resisting realignment : Democrats respond to partisan and racial disorder, 1854-1855 -- Welcoming realignment : Democrats, old Whigs, and the conservative diaspora -- Doughface triumphant : James Buchanan's manly conservatism and the election of 1856 -- The other Douglas debates : Democrats debate white supremacy and popular sovereignty -- Conclusion : American democracy, American conservatism.
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