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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... equality did not include Negroes. Americans had grown averse to facing the consequences for slavery of the doctrine of equality in its original form.They were likewise averse to rejecting the doctrine,so they had agreed to keep it, with ...
... equality did not include Negroes. Americans had grown averse to facing the consequences for slavery of the doctrine of equality in its original form.They were likewise averse to rejecting the doctrine,so they had agreed to keep it, with ...
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... equality of men as set forth in the Declaration of Independence. In countering this argument,Douglas did not adopt the relatively straightforward position taken by Calhoun. Instead of denying the truth of the Declaration, Douglas ...
... equality of men as set forth in the Declaration of Independence. In countering this argument,Douglas did not adopt the relatively straightforward position taken by Calhoun. Instead of denying the truth of the Declaration, Douglas ...
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... equality to be the basis of the new Confederate government. Stephens claimed that the Confederacy, of which he had been elected vice president, was “the first government ever instituted upon the principles in strict conformity to nature ...
... equality to be the basis of the new Confederate government. Stephens claimed that the Confederacy, of which he had been elected vice president, was “the first government ever instituted upon the principles in strict conformity to nature ...
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... equality, which meant the legal equality within the Union of those who affirmed and those who denied the morality of slavery.” If Stephens did not shift his theoretical ground, these speeches are surely evidence of a tension within it ...
... equality, which meant the legal equality within the Union of those who affirmed and those who denied the morality of slavery.” If Stephens did not shift his theoretical ground, these speeches are surely evidence of a tension within it ...
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... equality of [slave and other] property as defined by positive law”as “the heart of the justification of secession.” Later he writes of the Cornerstone speech, “This remarkable address conveys, more than any other contemporary document ...
... equality of [slave and other] property as defined by positive law”as “the heart of the justification of secession.” Later he writes of the Cornerstone speech, “This remarkable address conveys, more than any other contemporary document ...
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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