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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... human liberty, shall review these times, 'military necessity' and abolition aggression must meet their doom”; all would then see “that our system in its majesty and strength can stand the shock of faction and treason.” In Lincoln's view ...
... human liberty, shall review these times, 'military necessity' and abolition aggression must meet their doom”; all would then see “that our system in its majesty and strength can stand the shock of faction and treason.” In Lincoln's view ...
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... human equality did not include Negroes . Americans had grown averse to facing the conse- quences for slavery of the doctrine of equality in its original form . They were likewise averse to rejecting the doctrine , so they had agreed to ...
... human equality did not include Negroes . Americans had grown averse to facing the conse- quences for slavery of the doctrine of equality in its original form . They were likewise averse to rejecting the doctrine , so they had agreed to ...
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... human nature and does not include the word slave or slavery . Calhoun's view of the Constitution was based on something more fundamental than the Constitution itself — a quality it shared with the abolitionists ' view that it did not ...
... human nature and does not include the word slave or slavery . Calhoun's view of the Constitution was based on something more fundamental than the Constitution itself — a quality it shared with the abolitionists ' view that it did not ...
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... human nature. Douglas refused to accept the consequences of his own defense of the institutions of his state and section.11 Illinois was a free state but restricted the privileges of citizenship to whites. Douglas defended the denial of ...
... human nature. Douglas refused to accept the consequences of his own defense of the institutions of his state and section.11 Illinois was a free state but restricted the privileges of citizenship to whites. Douglas defended the denial of ...
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... human nature in the devices by which popular government is carried on : the soliciting of votes by appeals to ... human considerations of policy and expediency appear small indeed . The supe- riority of nature , even in the more limited ...
... human nature in the devices by which popular government is carried on : the soliciting of votes by appeals to ... human considerations of policy and expediency appear small indeed . The supe- riority of nature , even in the more limited ...
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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