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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... character of the platform that won him that office. No doubt the Republican nonextension program appears more moderate in ret- rospect than it did at the time. Many Americans did find Lincoln's party too radical; but others faulted it ...
... character of the platform that won him that office. No doubt the Republican nonextension program appears more moderate in ret- rospect than it did at the time. Many Americans did find Lincoln's party too radical; but others faulted it ...
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... character of Lincoln's position required that he take account of the alternatives in a way that Douglas's popular sovereignty did not . Harry V. Jaffa , whose ultimate vindication of Lincoln does not pre- vent him from making the case ...
... character of Lincoln's position required that he take account of the alternatives in a way that Douglas's popular sovereignty did not . Harry V. Jaffa , whose ultimate vindication of Lincoln does not pre- vent him from making the case ...
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... character of the basic law—a view of the Constitution that was common to abolitionists and southern fire-eaters. Stephens, for his own part, did not succeed in establishing a satisfactory connection between the objects he defended; his ...
... character of the basic law—a view of the Constitution that was common to abolitionists and southern fire-eaters. Stephens, for his own part, did not succeed in establishing a satisfactory connection between the objects he defended; 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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