TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I The Period of the Provisional Government — Introduc- tory. Chapter i. — Political Basis as Found in Settle- ment. Chapter 2. — American Self-Government. PART II The Period of the Territorial Government — Political Organization. Chapter 3. — Organization of the Oregon Democracy. Chapter 4. — Anti-Democratic Organization. Chapter 5. — The Democratic Regime. Chapter 6. — The Kansas-Nebraska Bill in Oregon Politics. Chapter 7. — The National Issue in Oregon in 1857. Chapter 8. — Democratic Discord. PART III The Period of State Government — Civil War Period. Chapter 9. — Political Maneuvering in 1859. Chapter 10. — The Political Revolution of i860. Chapter ii. — Treason, Statagems and Spoils (1860- 1861). Chapter 12. — The Union Movement of 1862. Chapter 13. — The Issues of War. Chapter 14. — Political Realignment.
