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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... authority of the fed- eral government with an unnecessary and dangerous moral commit- ment. “And now . . . in such a crisis as this—must the question of the extinguishment of African slavery be forced upon the country?” asked vii Preface.
... authority of the fed- eral government with an unnecessary and dangerous moral commit- ment. “And now . . . in such a crisis as this—must the question of the extinguishment of African slavery be forced upon the country?” asked vii Preface.
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... ment and sense of right. The views ascribed to the candidate by the editor were not necessarily those Lincoln had actually expressed, but they were “in strict keeping with the doctrines put forth by him in his Illinois [senatorial] cam ...
... ment and sense of right. The views ascribed to the candidate by the editor were not necessarily those Lincoln had actually expressed, but they were “in strict keeping with the doctrines put forth by him in his Illinois [senatorial] cam ...
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... ment : " When our government was established , we had the institution of slavery among us . We were in a certain sense compelled to tolerate its existence . It was a sort of necessity . " " We had slave [ s ] among us , we could not get ...
... ment : " When our government was established , we had the institution of slavery among us . We were in a certain sense compelled to tolerate its existence . It was a sort of necessity . " " We had slave [ s ] among us , we could not get ...
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... ment had stood to slavery in its infant American colonies. The mother country “would not interfere to prevent it, and so individuals were enabled to introduce the institution without opposition.” A statesman- like policy would have ...
... ment had stood to slavery in its infant American colonies. The mother country “would not interfere to prevent it, and so individuals were enabled to introduce the institution without opposition.” A statesman- like policy would have ...
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... ment , ” Statesmen and legislators , standing so completely within the institution , never distinctly and nakedly behold it . They speak of moving society , but have no resting - place without it . They may be men of a certain experi ...
... ment , ” Statesmen and legislators , standing so completely within the institution , never distinctly and nakedly behold it . They speak of moving society , but have no resting - place without it . They may be men of a certain experi ...
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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