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
... question that Jaffa's book considers is not why Lincoln lost or won the debates in the electoral sense but whether he deserved to lose or win them. My concern is similarly with a particular historical instance viii Preface.
... question that Jaffa's book considers is not why Lincoln lost or won the debates in the electoral sense but whether he deserved to lose or win them. My concern is similarly with a particular historical instance viii Preface.
Page ix
... concern is similarly with a particular historical instance of a problem that I take to be timeless. The difference ... concerned with defending Douglass's break with the Garrisonians, who for his purposes included Thoreau—a break that ...
... concern is similarly with a particular historical instance of a problem that I take to be timeless. The difference ... concerned with defending Douglass's break with the Garrisonians, who for his purposes included Thoreau—a break that ...
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... concern with his own elec- toral prospects ahead of justice for the slave or even “intellectual consis- tency.” “To please the abolitionists,” Lincoln “kept saying slavery was an evil thing; but for the material benefit of all Northern ...
... concern with his own elec- toral prospects ahead of justice for the slave or even “intellectual consis- tency.” “To please the abolitionists,” Lincoln “kept saying slavery was an evil thing; but for the material benefit of all Northern ...
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... concerned with legal rights . It was the difference between the “ all men ” of the Declaration and the “ We , the People ” of the Constitution that permitted Lincoln to view the Constitution from the outside , as it were , in order to ...
... concerned with legal rights . It was the difference between the “ all men ” of the Declaration and the “ We , the People ” of the Constitution that permitted Lincoln to view the Constitution from the outside , as it were , in order to ...
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... concerned , Douglas would assimilate natural rights to political ones . To deny blacks some of the privileges of citizenship or to deprive them of their freedom alto- gether was a mere matter of discretion . Local legislative bodies ...
... concerned , Douglas would assimilate natural rights to political ones . To deny blacks some of the privileges of citizenship or to deprive them of their freedom alto- gether was a mere matter of discretion . Local legislative bodies ...
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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