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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... Justice and Its Limits Chapter 3. Alexander H. Stephens: Slavery, Secession, and the Higher Law 25 Chapter 4. John C. Calhoun: The Politics of Interest 36 Chapter 5. George Fitzhugh: The Turn to History 54 Chapter 6. The Attack on Locke ...
... Justice and Its Limits Chapter 3. Alexander H. Stephens: Slavery, Secession, and the Higher Law 25 Chapter 4. John C. Calhoun: The Politics of Interest 36 Chapter 5. George Fitzhugh: The Turn to History 54 Chapter 6. The Attack on Locke ...
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... justice: Lincoln's success was actually due to his having taken the slavery question “out of the realm of moral and legal dispute.” Hofstadter charges Lincoln with having put concern with his own elec- toral prospects ahead of justice ...
... justice: Lincoln's success was actually due to his having taken the slavery question “out of the realm of moral and legal dispute.” Hofstadter charges Lincoln with having put concern with his own elec- toral prospects ahead of justice ...
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... justice principles of the Declaration of Independence as to slavery in the territories . The twofold character of Lincoln's position required that he take account of the alternatives in a way that Douglas's popular sovereignty did not ...
... justice principles of the Declaration of Independence as to slavery in the territories . The twofold character of Lincoln's position required that he take account of the alternatives in a way that Douglas's popular sovereignty did not ...
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... Justice Roger Taney did in the Dred Scott case , denying that the signers of the Declaration ever intended the words all men to include blacks . The signers “ referred to the white race alone , and not to the African , when they ...
... Justice Roger Taney did in the Dred Scott case , denying that the signers of the Declaration ever intended the words all men to include blacks . The signers “ referred to the white race alone , and not to the African , when they ...
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... justice . As Thoreau said , “ what- ever the human law may be , ” a nation will inevitably pay the penalty for its injustice . This is not to imply that Thoreau's critique necessarily leaves Lincoln untouched , but he escapes the ...
... justice . As Thoreau said , “ what- ever the human law may be , ” a nation will inevitably pay the penalty for its injustice . This is not to imply that Thoreau's critique necessarily leaves Lincoln untouched , but he escapes 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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