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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... tion to “the higher law,” that he holds himself bound by an anti-slavery law in his own soul above the laws and constitution of the United States and independent of them, that he considers himself at liberty to trample all the statutes ...
... tion to “the higher law,” that he holds himself bound by an anti-slavery law in his own soul above the laws and constitution of the United States and independent of them, that he considers himself at liberty to trample all the statutes ...
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... tion . " A New York editor proposed the term extinctionist to distinguish Lincoln's approach from that of the abolitionists . Johannsen offers this comment : “ Abolitionist or extinctionist ? To most Americans ” —pre- sumably the ...
... tion . " A New York editor proposed the term extinctionist to distinguish Lincoln's approach from that of the abolitionists . Johannsen offers this comment : “ Abolitionist or extinctionist ? To most Americans ” —pre- sumably the ...
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... tion. The basis for both charges is Lincoln's majoritarianism. The abo- litionists liked to think of themselves as the yeast that would leaven the whole lump. Indeed, majorities are often not drivers but resisters of social change; by ...
... tion. The basis for both charges is Lincoln's majoritarianism. The abo- litionists liked to think of themselves as the yeast that would leaven the whole lump. Indeed, majorities are often not drivers but resisters of social change; by ...
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... tion with John Brown. The pro-Brown collection Echoes of Harper's Ferry, edited by the radical journalist James Redpath, opens with Thoreau's “A Plea for Captain John Brown,” followed by selections from better-known figures such as ...
... tion with John Brown. The pro-Brown collection Echoes of Harper's Ferry, edited by the radical journalist James Redpath, opens with Thoreau's “A Plea for Captain John Brown,” followed by selections from better-known figures such as ...
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... tion , A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States , is preceded by a theoretical work , A Disquisition on Government . The Disquisition begins with an account of human nature and does not include the word slave ...
... tion , A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States , is preceded by a theoretical work , A Disquisition on Government . The Disquisition begins with an account of human nature and does not include the word slave ...
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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