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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... liberty, shall review these times, 'military necessity' and abolition aggression must meet their doom”; all would then see “that our system in its majesty and strength can stand the shock of faction and treason.” In Lincoln's view, the ...
... liberty, shall review these times, 'military necessity' and abolition aggression must meet their doom”; all would then see “that our system in its majesty and strength can stand the shock of faction and treason.” In Lincoln's view, the ...
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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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... liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to the world.”7 The conclusions Lincoln drew from that principle, however, alarmed the South even while they failed to satisfy northern abolitionists. The view of Lincoln that ...
... liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to the world.”7 The conclusions Lincoln drew from that principle, however, alarmed the South even while they failed to satisfy northern abolitionists. The view of Lincoln that ...
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... liberty to themselves , without being very scrupulous as to the means they used to accomplish their purpose . " If the price of union was not too high in the 1780s when , Lincoln said , slavery had been expected to die out , it might be ...
... liberty to themselves , without being very scrupulous as to the means they used to accomplish their purpose . " If the price of union was not too high in the 1780s when , Lincoln said , slavery had been expected to die out , it might be ...
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... liberty to manage its own affairs and own internal insti- tutions. The references to “uniformity,” as the context makes clear, refer to the expectation expressed in Lincoln's “House Divided” speech that the Union would eventually ...
... liberty to manage its own affairs and own internal insti- tutions. The references to “uniformity,” as the context makes clear, refer to the expectation expressed in Lincoln's “House Divided” speech that the Union would eventually ...
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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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