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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... evidently by Fitzhugh— “endorsing slavery, and arguing that from principle the enslavement of either whites or blacks was justifiable and right.” According to Herndon, Lincoln remarked “that it was 'rather rank doctrine for Northern ...
... evidently by Fitzhugh— “endorsing slavery, and arguing that from principle the enslavement of either whites or blacks was justifiable and right.” According to Herndon, Lincoln remarked “that it was 'rather rank doctrine for Northern ...
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... evidently that all compromises as such are inherently weak , since they are based on the will of the parties and not on natural justice . As Thoreau said , “ what- ever the human law may be , ” a nation will inevitably pay the penalty ...
... evidently that all compromises as such are inherently weak , since they are based on the will of the parties and not on natural justice . As Thoreau said , “ what- ever the human law may be , ” a nation will inevitably pay the penalty ...
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... evidently widespread in the South; as to the Union, he stood against such an opinion. If Stephens was willing to hazard his political fortunes in the one instance, it seems unreasonable to assume that he was merely seeking to advance ...
... evidently widespread in the South; as to the Union, he stood against such an opinion. If Stephens was willing to hazard his political fortunes in the one instance, it seems unreasonable to assume that he was merely seeking to advance ...
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... evidently thinks that a difference in intellect is among these. By agree- ing to make intelligence the distinguishing criterion, however, he is forced back to the racially unspecified ground of the opening question and made to face the ...
... evidently thinks that a difference in intellect is among these. By agree- ing to make intelligence the distinguishing criterion, however, he is forced back to the racially unspecified ground of the opening question and made to face the ...
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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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