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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... seems to agree with Oliver Johnson as to the “ moral degradation ” involved in Lincoln's assumption of the constitu- tional duties of the presidency in 1861. Lincoln would find it convenient to account for his action or inaction ...
... seems to agree with Oliver Johnson as to the “ moral degradation ” involved in Lincoln's assumption of the constitu- tional duties of the presidency in 1861. Lincoln would find it convenient to account for his action or inaction ...
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... seems to be against you [ of the South ] —a few things which he says that appear to be against you , and a few that he forbears to say which you would like to have him say — you ought to remember that the saying of the one , or the ...
... seems to be against you [ of the South ] —a few things which he says that appear to be against you , and a few that he forbears to say which you would like to have him say — you ought to remember that the saying of the one , or the ...
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... seem , than he could free himself from his own shadow . Almost without exception , Lincoln's major speeches of the period are framed as responses to Douglas's views.1 It is possible , nevertheless , to exaggerate the importance of ...
... seem , than he could free himself from his own shadow . Almost without exception , Lincoln's major speeches of the period are framed as responses to Douglas's views.1 It is possible , nevertheless , to exaggerate the importance of ...
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... seems to sympathize more with the pro - slavery extreme than with the abolition extreme , we must remember that the pro - slavery party always took its stand upon the Constitution , albeit according to its own interpretation .... The ...
... seems to sympathize more with the pro - slavery extreme than with the abolition extreme , we must remember that the pro - slavery party always took its stand upon the Constitution , albeit according to its own interpretation .... The ...
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... seems unnecessary to regard this point as a supplement to Lincoln's indictment . The distinction between natural law and posi- tive law , or natural rights and legal rights , is implied in Lincoln's satire on Douglas's reading of the ...
... seems unnecessary to regard this point as a supplement to Lincoln's indictment . The distinction between natural law and posi- tive law , or natural rights and legal rights , is implied in Lincoln's satire on Douglas's reading of 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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