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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... Fitzhugh, Sociology for the South Frederick Douglass, Selected Speeches and Writings John C. Calhoun, The Works of John C. Calhoun Lincoln's Defense of Politics Part I Introduction Lincoln's Opponents Where xi Abbreviations.
... Fitzhugh, Sociology for the South Frederick Douglass, Selected Speeches and Writings John C. Calhoun, The Works of John C. Calhoun Lincoln's Defense of Politics Part I Introduction Lincoln's Opponents Where xi Abbreviations.
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... , and in a brief speech there he evoked “ the great principle or idea " that had sustained the American Revolutionaries in their strug- gle: “something in that Declaration giving liberty, not alone to A Divided Lincoln ? 3.
... , and in a brief speech there he evoked “ the great principle or idea " that had sustained the American Revolutionaries in their strug- gle: “something in that Declaration giving liberty, not alone to A Divided Lincoln ? 3.
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... speech for Lincoln by William Henry Seward, whom he called “the ablest exposi- tor and most distinguished embodiment of the principles of the party that supports Mr. Lincoln as its candidate,” put the matter this way: The country is ...
... speech for Lincoln by William Henry Seward, whom he called “the ablest exposi- tor and most distinguished embodiment of the principles of the party that supports Mr. Lincoln as its candidate,” put the matter this way: The country is ...
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... speech, he even sug- gested that it would be a good thing to “habituate ourselves to think of it, as unalterable.” No degree of antislavery sentiment insufficiently broad and permanent for formal amendment could affect a clear constitu ...
... speech, he even sug- gested that it would be a good thing to “habituate ourselves to think of it, as unalterable.” No degree of antislavery sentiment insufficiently broad and permanent for formal amendment could affect a clear constitu ...
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... speeches of the period are framed as responses to Douglas's views.1 It is possible , nevertheless , to exaggerate the importance of Lincoln's attention to Douglas . The events of the 1850s in which Douglas figured so prominently , as ...
... speeches of the period are framed as responses to Douglas's views.1 It is possible , nevertheless , to exaggerate the importance of Lincoln's attention to Douglas . The events of the 1850s in which Douglas figured so prominently , as ...
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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