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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... compromises of the Constitution . ” They could take the oath to support the law “ only with mental reservations which exposed them to embarrassing imputations of insincerity from the pro - slavery side . ” Clearly , Lincoln and his ...
... compromises of the Constitution . ” They could take the oath to support the law “ only with mental reservations which exposed them to embarrassing imputations of insincerity from the pro - slavery side . ” Clearly , Lincoln and his ...
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... compromise and conciliation . . . . If we would understand why Douglas in the last analysis seems to sympathize more with the pro - slavery extreme than with the abolition extreme , we must remember that the pro - slavery party always ...
... compromise and conciliation . . . . If we would understand why Douglas in the last analysis seems to sympathize more with the pro - slavery extreme than with the abolition extreme , we must remember that the pro - slavery party always ...
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... compromise or concessions to sectional interests . Douglas's conflation of the two had the effect of turning interest into a kind of principle , even one of the “ fundamental principles of this gov- ernment . ” Americans could both ...
... compromise or concessions to sectional interests . Douglas's conflation of the two had the effect of turning interest into a kind of principle , even one of the “ fundamental principles of this gov- ernment . ” Americans could both ...
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... Compromise . I scent no compromise in the fragrance of the water - lily . It is not a Nymphœa Douglasii . ” Of course Douglas was associated with the repeal of the Missouri Compromise , but the point is evidently that all compromises as ...
... Compromise . I scent no compromise in the fragrance of the water - lily . It is not a Nymphœa Douglasii . ” Of course Douglas was associated with the repeal of the Missouri Compromise , but the point is evidently that all compromises as ...
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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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