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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... cause of restoring the constitutional authority of the fed- eral government with an unnecessary and dangerous moral commit- ment. “And now . . . in such a crisis as this—must the question of the extinguishment of African slavery be ...
... cause of restoring the constitutional authority of the fed- eral government with an unnecessary and dangerous moral commit- ment. “And now . . . in such a crisis as this—must the question of the extinguishment of African slavery be ...
Page viii
... causes might be assigned for the loss of the election. But was Douglas's argument for popular sovereignty was stronger than Lincoln's argument for congressional exclusion of slavery from the ter- ritories? This is a question for ...
... causes might be assigned for the loss of the election. But was Douglas's argument for popular sovereignty was stronger than Lincoln's argument for congressional exclusion of slavery from the ter- ritories? This is a question for ...
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... the purity of the antislavery cause, led to problems that “well illustrate the apparent dilemma of the reformer in politics.”6 If the dilemma is only an apparent one, then Douglass's problems were in part of ix Preface.
... the purity of the antislavery cause, led to problems that “well illustrate the apparent dilemma of the reformer in politics.”6 If the dilemma is only an apparent one, then Douglass's problems were in part of ix Preface.
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... cause of southern independence.1 According to Stephens , the Confed- eracy rested on a sounder constitutional basis than the Union did ; nevertheless , he had resisted secession until the action of his state had in his judgment left him ...
... cause of southern independence.1 According to Stephens , the Confed- eracy rested on a sounder constitutional basis than the Union did ; nevertheless , he had resisted secession until the action of his state had in his judgment left him ...
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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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