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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... election—at least in the sense that he failed to unseat his Democratic rival. A num- ber of historical causes might be assigned for the loss of the election. But was Douglas's argument for popular sovereignty was stronger than Lincoln's ...
... election—at least in the sense that he failed to unseat his Democratic rival. A num- ber of historical causes might be assigned for the loss of the election. But was Douglas's argument for popular sovereignty was stronger than Lincoln's ...
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... election and the subse- quent disruption of the Union, through a decade marked, in the words of Don E. Fehrenbacher, by “the submergence of other public business in the all-absorbing controversy over Negro slavery,” one thing did not ...
... election and the subse- quent disruption of the Union, through a decade marked, in the words of Don E. Fehrenbacher, by “the submergence of other public business in the all-absorbing controversy over Negro slavery,” one thing did not ...
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... election : “ Not an abolitionist , hardly an anti - slavery man , Mr. Lincoln consents to represent an anti - slavery idea . . . . Lincoln is in place , Garrison in power . ” But if some abolitionists saw Lincoln in 1860 as representing ...
... election : “ Not an abolitionist , hardly an anti - slavery man , Mr. Lincoln consents to represent an anti - slavery idea . . . . Lincoln is in place , Garrison in power . ” But if some abolitionists saw Lincoln in 1860 as representing ...
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... election was to Stephens not simply one of prudent policy . Paraphrasing what he called the core of Stephens's argument in the Milledgeville speech , Schott wrote , " Lincoln's election simply was not sufficient grounds to break up the ...
... election was to Stephens not simply one of prudent policy . Paraphrasing what he called the core of Stephens's argument in the Milledgeville speech , Schott wrote , " Lincoln's election simply was not sufficient grounds to break up the ...
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... election had been unconsti- tutional because it had been contrary to the intent of the Constitution.9 Stephens's professed allegiance to the higher law did not diminish his fidelity to the letter of the Constitution. Jaffa describes the ...
... election had been unconsti- tutional because it had been contrary to the intent of the Constitution.9 Stephens's professed allegiance to the higher law did not diminish his fidelity to the letter of the Constitution. Jaffa describes the ...
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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