Rachel shelden are writes on the political atmosphere in washington d. C. In the 1840s and 1850s. The author reports that the personal relationships forged by many the politicians of the day impact a legislative writing and left lawmakers prepared for succession. This is about half an hour. First i want to thank all of you for coming. Its great to see some familiar faces and some others and its great to be at one of my favorite oak stores. Ive been coming here for a long time so i appreciate the invitation. It is really appropriate for us to talk about the role of washington d. C. Here at the capital amidst a sesta lucas centennial sesquicentennial. The sesquicentennial commemorates 100 years of the civil war and capture the lives of more than 700,000 americans north and south. And when we think about the civil war, its typically with a sense of the divisive relationship between north and south and the violence they captured the nation well before the war began. Men from the north and