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Historian Allan Nevins was harsh on Douglas, "When it [slavery] paid it was good," wrote Nevins, "

...4]; also [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=3453762 Abridged version by Allan Nevins. 1929, online]

...and because so many millions of Germans have become our countrymen."<ref> Allan Nevins, ''Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration,'' with an

* [[Allan Nevins|Nevins, Allan]]. ''[[Ordeal of the Union]]'', an 8-volume set (1947-1971).

...ongress," and was a stock exercise for oratory students for 75 years.<ref> Allan Nevins, ''Ordeal of the Union" (1947) 1:288</ref>

...Political, Social and Intellectual Life from Washington to Polk ," ed, by Allan Nevins, (1929), a well-chosen selection

...sts made compromise much more difficult and the war much more likely. Thus Allan Nevins concluded, "Both sides were equally guilty of hysteria." <ref>Nevins, ''Ord Historian [[Allan Nevins]], for instance, writes of political rallies in 1856 with turnouts of anywh

...elling royal property and the assets of loyalists who fled the state. <ref>Allan Nevins, ''The American States during and after the Revolution, 1775-1789'' 1927</r

...to protect minorities, for majorities could take care of themselves".<ref> Allan Nevins, ''Ordeal of the Union: Fruits of Manifest Destiny 1847-1852,'' 1:155</ref> As historian Allan Nevins explained, "As the fifties wore on, an exhaustive, exacerbating and essenti