Korngold, Ralph. Thaddeus Stevens 1955

Full of excellent information on the shenanigans and vacillations of the generation which might be called that of the grandchildren of the founders. Stevens was born with a clubfoot. He was greatly anti‑Masonic. He could be called that side of the people for which the Revolution was fought, and which was in a sense betrayed by the founders with the Constitution.

x: "In whatever directions we look" wrote Henry Adams "we can see no possibility of converting history into a science without bringing it into conflict toward one or more of the most powerful organizations of the era"

17: Being threatened with a fine for displaying contempt of court, TS apologized: "I was trying my best to conceal it".

18: offering his wig to a lady who requested a lock of hair

52: 1837 Penna Constitutional Convention: negroes lost the right to vote

97: Lincoln: "Much as I hate slavery, I would consent to any extension of it rather than see the Union dissolved"

112: TS: "Mr. President, I told you that I did not think that Mr. Cameron would steal a red‑hot stove. I take that back"

140: A long interesting discussion of the machinations of bankers to make legal tender payable in gold

142: The condition of free negroes throughout the country in the 1850s: (Jim Crow)

144: Lincoln (in the Douglas debates) was against citizenship for negroes (and much other material on the subject)