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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Page vii
... authority of the federal government with an unnecessary and dangerous moral commitment. “And now . . . in such a crisis as this—must the question of the extinguishment of African slavery be forced upon the country?” asked vii Preface.
... authority of the federal government with an unnecessary and dangerous moral commitment. “And now . . . in such a crisis as this—must the question of the extinguishment of African slavery be forced upon the country?” asked vii Preface.
Page viii
... authorities of the country, the great bulwark of human liberty, shall review these times, 'military necessity' and abolition aggression must meet their doom”; all would then see “that our system in its majesty and strength can stand the ...
... authorities of the country, the great bulwark of human liberty, shall review these times, 'military necessity' and abolition aggression must meet their doom”; all would then see “that our system in its majesty and strength can stand the ...
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... authority of the Constitution—the very thing that was in dispute. Like the abolitionists, they had to argue outside the Constitution. According to George Fitzhugh, notable for his intention to take the “highest ground of defence ...
... authority of the Constitution—the very thing that was in dispute. Like the abolitionists, they had to argue outside the Constitution. According to George Fitzhugh, notable for his intention to take the “highest ground of defence ...
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... authority of the president in the extraordinary circumstances of civil war that brought that step within view.If Lincoln's term of office had passed as peacefully as the terms of all his predecessors, the opportunity to free the slaves ...
... authority of the president in the extraordinary circumstances of civil war that brought that step within view.If Lincoln's term of office had passed as peacefully as the terms of all his predecessors, the opportunity to free the slaves ...
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... authority: on the Constitution as to slavery in the states and on the natural justice principles of the Declaration of Independence as to slavery in the territories. The twofold character of Lincoln's position required that he take ...
... authority: on the Constitution as to slavery in the states and on the natural justice principles of the Declaration of Independence as to slavery in the territories. The twofold character of Lincoln's position required that he take ...
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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