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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... Basis 13 Part II. The Defense of Slavery: Constitutional Justice and Its Limits Chapter 3. Alexander H. Stephens: Slavery, Secession, and the Higher Law 25 Chapter 4. John C. Calhoun: The Politics of Interest 36 Chapter 5. George ...
... Basis 13 Part II. The Defense of Slavery: Constitutional Justice and Its Limits Chapter 3. Alexander H. Stephens: Slavery, Secession, and the Higher Law 25 Chapter 4. John C. Calhoun: The Politics of Interest 36 Chapter 5. George ...
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... basis, the Republican Party “proposed to circumscribe the slaveholding system, not destroy it.”1 What separated Lincoln's party from the Democrats was a constitu- tional question: did Congress have the lawful power to exclude slavery ...
... basis, the Republican Party “proposed to circumscribe the slaveholding system, not destroy it.”1 What separated Lincoln's party from the Democrats was a constitu- tional question: did Congress have the lawful power to exclude slavery ...
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... basis for Garrison's complaint that “ our fathers were intent on securing liberty to themselves , without being very scrupulous as to the means they used to accomplish their purpose . " If the price of union was not too high in the ...
... basis for Garrison's complaint that “ our fathers were intent on securing liberty to themselves , without being very scrupulous as to the means they used to accomplish their purpose . " If the price of union was not too high in the ...
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... basis for both charges is Lincoln's majoritarianism. The abo- litionists liked to think of themselves as the yeast that would leaven the whole lump. Indeed, majorities are often not drivers but resisters of social change; by the same ...
... basis for both charges is Lincoln's majoritarianism. The abo- litionists liked to think of themselves as the yeast that would leaven the whole lump. Indeed, majorities are often not drivers but resisters of social change; by the same ...
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... put himself under the obligation of upholding one to the exclusion of the other , and making that one serve in the other's place . Chapter 2 Stephen A. Douglas The Missing Constitutional Basis A Lincoln's Defense of Politics 12.
... put himself under the obligation of upholding one to the exclusion of the other , and making that one serve in the other's place . Chapter 2 Stephen A. Douglas The Missing Constitutional Basis A Lincoln's Defense of Politics 12.
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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