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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... matter this way: The country is told that Mr. Lincoln's sole claim in the estimation of his supporters to the high seat he aspires to is that he confesses his obliga- tion to “the higher law,” that he holds himself bound by an anti ...
... matter this way: The country is told that Mr. Lincoln's sole claim in the estimation of his supporters to the high seat he aspires to is that he confesses his obliga- tion to “the higher law,” that he holds himself bound by an anti ...
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... matters of principle from those that were the results of compromise or concessions to sectional interests . Douglas's conflation of the two had the effect of turning interest into a kind of principle , even one of the “ fundamental ...
... matters of principle from those that were the results of compromise or concessions to sectional interests . Douglas's conflation of the two had the effect of turning interest into a kind of principle , even one of the “ fundamental ...
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... matter of discretion . Local legislative bodies might decide on either course as their own interests dictated . Behind the abo- litionists ' critique of the policies of mainstream parties touching slavery was a critique of the ...
... matter of discretion . Local legislative bodies might decide on either course as their own interests dictated . Behind the abo- litionists ' critique of the policies of mainstream parties touching slavery was a critique of the ...
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... matter affecting whites only insofar as their interests might be involved. To do this was to take the same ground tacitly that Alexander H. Stephens would take avowedly when he spoke of the slave as “fitted for that condition which he ...
... matter affecting whites only insofar as their interests might be involved. To do this was to take the same ground tacitly that Alexander H. Stephens would take avowedly when he spoke of the slave as “fitted for that condition which he ...
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... matters as well . But Stephens did not wel- come the opportunity of a new founding . According to Stephens biographer Thomas E. Schott , the Georgian “ may have questioned the policy of secession but never its constitution- ality ...
... matters as well . But Stephens did not wel- come the opportunity of a new founding . According to Stephens biographer Thomas E. Schott , the Georgian “ may have questioned the policy of secession but never its constitution- ality ...
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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