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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... less revealing as to the fundamental alternatives than the Garrisonians' disputes with Lincoln, whose faith in politics was more robust. my This study first saw the light as a doctoral dissertation, so it is fitting that I acknowledge ...
... less revealing as to the fundamental alternatives than the Garrisonians' disputes with Lincoln, whose faith in politics was more robust. my This study first saw the light as a doctoral dissertation, so it is fitting that I acknowledge ...
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... less noble sense—his success at appearing to have reconciled what were in fact irreconcilably opposed points of view on the slavery issue—has been made famous by Richard Hofstadter. As Hofstadter presents it, these opposites were not ...
... less noble sense—his success at appearing to have reconciled what were in fact irreconcilably opposed points of view on the slavery issue—has been made famous by Richard Hofstadter. As Hofstadter presents it, these opposites were not ...
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... less, his worthiness to be included in a study on the case for politics with reference to slavery is not likely to be disputed. (If Lincoln read Thoreau— there is no way to know—he is most likely to have done so in connec- tion with ...
... less, his worthiness to be included in a study on the case for politics with reference to slavery is not likely to be disputed. (If Lincoln read Thoreau— there is no way to know—he is most likely to have done so in connec- tion with ...
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... less candid than some southerners . Lincoln went on to say that any Republican who “ is impatient of the constitutional guarantees thrown around [ slavery ] , and would act in disregard of these ... is misplaced standing with us . ” The ...
... less candid than some southerners . Lincoln went on to say that any Republican who “ is impatient of the constitutional guarantees thrown around [ slavery ] , and would act in disregard of these ... is misplaced standing with us . ” The ...
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... less attractive view — that slavery is justifiable , if at all , solely by reference to the master's interest . Such a view would have been especially unattractive to Stephens , who was repelled by the utilitarian argument exemplified ...
... less attractive view — that slavery is justifiable , if at all , solely by reference to the master's interest . Such a view would have been especially unattractive to Stephens , who was repelled by the utilitarian argument exemplified ...
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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