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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... accepting the Constitution “ did not enter into an agreement to serve the devil . . . but whether you will not now , for once and at last , serve God . ” 3 There is an alluring directness in the view that the abolitionists took of ...
... accepting the Constitution “ did not enter into an agreement to serve the devil . . . but whether you will not now , for once and at last , serve God . ” 3 There is an alluring directness in the view that the abolitionists took of ...
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... accept, and more could also be yielded to moral con- viction than many southerners believed safe. Among Lincoln's speeches of 1854–1860 that are exceptional in not taking the form of replies to Douglas, the most revealing are those he ...
... accept, and more could also be yielded to moral con- viction than many southerners believed safe. Among Lincoln's speeches of 1854–1860 that are exceptional in not taking the form of replies to Douglas, the most revealing are those he ...
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... accept the consequences of his own defense of the institutions of his state and section.11 Illinois was a free state but restricted the privileges of citizenship to whites. Douglas defended the denial of political rights to blacks in ...
... accept the consequences of his own defense of the institutions of his state and section.11 Illinois was a free state but restricted the privileges of citizenship to whites. Douglas defended the denial of political rights to blacks in ...
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... accept disagreement about slavery even among the members of his cabinet , but he could not tolerate disagree- ment concerning the constitutional duty of the South . His public silence during the months between his election and his ...
... accept disagreement about slavery even among the members of his cabinet , but he could not tolerate disagree- ment concerning the constitutional duty of the South . His public silence during the months between his election and his ...
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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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