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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... northern critics, “the great difficulty in defending Slavery has arisen from the fear that the public would take offence at assaults on its long-cherished political axioms”—such as those expressed in the Declaration of Independence ...
... northern critics, “the great difficulty in defending Slavery has arisen from the fear that the public would take offence at assaults on its long-cherished political axioms”—such as those expressed in the Declaration of Independence ...
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... northern abolitionists. The view of Lincoln that prevailed in the South in 1860 has been characterized by Robert W. Johannsen as follows: “having proclaimed slavery to be a moral evil, Lincoln would be untrue to his own principles if he ...
... northern abolitionists. The view of Lincoln that prevailed in the South in 1860 has been characterized by Robert W. Johannsen as follows: “having proclaimed slavery to be a moral evil, Lincoln would be untrue to his own principles if he ...
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... Northern white men”— many of them Negrophobes—“he opposed its further extension.” He does not claim that Lincoln defended Negrophobia. One of Lincoln's accusations against the Democrats was that they “so far as possible, crush all ...
... Northern white men”— many of them Negrophobes—“he opposed its further extension.” He does not claim that Lincoln defended Negrophobia. One of Lincoln's accusations against the Democrats was that they “so far as possible, crush all ...
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... Northern Democrats to endorse.I should like to see,'he said with emphasis,'some of these Illinois newspapers champion that.'” Herndon replied that he would have the article published in a paper called the Conservative, with the editor ...
... Northern Democrats to endorse.I should like to see,'he said with emphasis,'some of these Illinois newspapers champion that.'” Herndon replied that he would have the article published in a paper called the Conservative, with the editor ...
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Contenido
1 | |
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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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