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 viii
... called the “pretense” of attacking the rebellion through a proclamation against slavery, Grider predicted that “when the judicial authorities of the country, the great bulwark of human liberty, shall review these times, 'military ...
... called the “pretense” of attacking the rebellion through a proclamation against slavery, Grider predicted that “when the judicial authorities of the country, the great bulwark of human liberty, shall review these times, 'military ...
Page ix
... called upon to endorse one of the two alternatives represented by the candidates. Sensible as this proce- dure is, it imposes severe limits on the scope of the study. Jaffa is pre- vented from giving more than passing consideration to ...
... called upon to endorse one of the two alternatives represented by the candidates. Sensible as this proce- dure is, it imposes severe limits on the scope of the study. Jaffa is pre- vented from giving more than passing consideration to ...
Page 4
... called “the ablest exposi- tor and most distinguished embodiment of the principles of the party that supports Mr. Lincoln as its candidate,” put the matter this way: The country is told that Mr. Lincoln's sole claim in the estimation of ...
... called “the ablest exposi- tor and most distinguished embodiment of the principles of the party that supports Mr. Lincoln as its candidate,” put the matter this way: The country is told that Mr. Lincoln's sole claim in the estimation of ...
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... called Aesthetic Papers, where it attracted little attention. Neverthe- less, his worthiness to be included in a study on the case for politics with reference to slavery is not likely to be disputed. (If Lincoln read Thoreau— there is ...
... called Aesthetic Papers, where it attracted little attention. Neverthe- less, his worthiness to be included in a study on the case for politics with reference to slavery is not likely to be disputed. (If Lincoln read Thoreau— there is ...
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... called the Conservative, with the editor of which he happened to be on friendly terms. He did so, to the acute embarrassment of the paper's Democratic backers: “The anti- slavery people quoted the article as having been endorsed by a ...
... called the Conservative, with the editor of which he happened to be on friendly terms. He did so, to the acute embarrassment of the paper's Democratic backers: “The anti- slavery people quoted the article as having been endorsed by a ...
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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