Lincoln's Defense of Politics: The Public Man and His Opponents in the Crisis Over Slavery"Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher. |
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... resistance.” Fehrenbacher does not go as far as some writers who rank the agitator or social reformer, unhampered as such by constitutional restraints or majority sentiment, above the politician; but his reasoning is broadly consistent ...
... resistance.” Fehrenbacher does not go as far as some writers who rank the agitator or social reformer, unhampered as such by constitutional restraints or majority sentiment, above the politician; but his reasoning is broadly consistent ...
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... Resistance to Civil Govern- ment , ” Statesmen and legislators , standing so completely within the institution , never distinctly and nakedly behold it . They speak of moving society , but have no resting - place without it . They may ...
... Resistance to Civil Govern- ment , ” Statesmen and legislators , standing so completely within the institution , never distinctly and nakedly behold it . They speak of moving society , but have no resting - place without it . They may ...
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... Resistance to Civil Government ” quoted above — that a politician who “ never goes behind government ... cannot speak with authority about it . ” » 14 Douglas's attempt to limit politics to the foreground activity of adjusting ...
... Resistance to Civil Government ” quoted above — that a politician who “ never goes behind government ... cannot speak with authority about it . ” » 14 Douglas's attempt to limit politics to the foreground activity of adjusting ...
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... resistance to the government , to with- draw from it because a man has been constitutionally elected , puts us in the wrong . ” 4 There was a question of constitutional morality involved . The higher law view of the Constitution would ...
... resistance to the government , to with- draw from it because a man has been constitutionally elected , puts us in the wrong . ” 4 There was a question of constitutional morality involved . The higher law view of the Constitution would ...
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... resistance to higher law arguments on the secession question suggests that he, too, may have had doubts. In a speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, in 1858, Lincoln introduced the following extract from Henry Clay: I know there are those ...
... resistance to higher law arguments on the secession question suggests that he, too, may have had doubts. In a speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, in 1858, Lincoln introduced the following extract from Henry Clay: I know there are those ...
Contents
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Chapter 5 George Fitzhugh The Tur to History | 54 |
Chapter 6 The Attack on Locke | 73 |
Part III Abolitionism Natural Justice and Its Limits | 85 |
Chapter 9 Frederick Douglass Antislavery Constitutionalism and the Problem of Consent | 125 |
Part IV Conclusion The Case for Politics | 145 |
Chapter 10 FreedomPolitical and Economic | 147 |
Chapter 11 Between Legalism and the Higher Law | 155 |
Chapter 12 Lincoln s Defense of Politics | 162 |
Epilogue Political Temperament | 179 |
Notes | 185 |
Works Cited | 205 |
Chapter 7 Henry David Thoreau The Question of Political Engagement | 87 |
Chapter 8 William Lloyd Garrison From Disunionist to Lincoln Emancipationist | 105 |
Index | 215 |
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