Lincoln's Defense of Politics: The Public Man and His Opponents in the Crisis Over SlaveryUniversity of Missouri Press, 2006 - 224 páginas "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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... Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates that it “was not meant to be a book about American history, except incidentally.”3 The question that Jaffa's book considers is not why Lincoln lost or won the debates in the ...
... Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates that it “was not meant to be a book about American history, except incidentally.”3 The question that Jaffa's book considers is not why Lincoln lost or won the debates in the ...
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... interpretation .... The abolitionists , on the contrary , appealed to a “ higher law , ” were willing to damn the Constitution , and admitted no premise to which Douglas might appeal in the interest of any compromise . In a sense , the ...
... interpretation .... The abolitionists , on the contrary , appealed to a “ higher law , ” were willing to damn the Constitution , and admitted no premise to which Douglas might appeal in the interest of any compromise . In a sense , the ...
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... interpretation of Douglas and Taney certainly does the ' obvious violence ' [ to the language of the Declaration ] that Lincoln asserts that it does . We may even supplement Lincoln's indictment by pointing out that Douglas's interpretation ...
... interpretation of Douglas and Taney certainly does the ' obvious violence ' [ to the language of the Declaration ] that Lincoln asserts that it does . We may even supplement Lincoln's indictment by pointing out that Douglas's interpretation ...
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... interpretation subject to doubt as , for exam- ple , in regard to the power of Congress to exclude slavery from the federal territories.5 Commenting on Seward's “ supposed proclamation of a ' higher law , " Lincoln admitted that he had ...
... interpretation subject to doubt as , for exam- ple , in regard to the power of Congress to exclude slavery from the federal territories.5 Commenting on Seward's “ supposed proclamation of a ' higher law , " Lincoln admitted that he had ...
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... interpretation . Stephens admits that the assumption that slavery would pass away “ though not incorpo- rated into the constitution , was the prevailing idea at that time . " " The constitution , it is true , secured every essential ...
... interpretation . Stephens admits that the assumption that slavery would pass away “ though not incorpo- rated into the constitution , was the prevailing idea at that time . " " The constitution , it is true , secured every essential ...
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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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