TY  - BOOK
AU  - Currie,David P
TI  - Constitution in congress : descent into the maelstrom, 1829-1861 
SN  - 0226129160
AV  - KF4541 .C833 2005
U1  - 342.290973 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - History
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Law
KW  - Legislative power
KW  - Executive power
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1815-1861
N1  - Includes index; The great petition fight -- South Carolina, Arkansas, and Liberia -- O Canada! -- Around the pole -- The great Southwest -- Brushfires -- Mr. Wilmot's proviso -- Mr. Clay's compromise -- The slippery slope -- The winter of our discontent
ER  -