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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... party.4 One advantage of a broader per- spective comes to light in the work of another political scientist attentive to philosophical aspects of the slavery question, Herbert J. Storing. Storing makes it clear that the existence of ...
... party.4 One advantage of a broader per- spective comes to light in the work of another political scientist attentive to philosophical aspects of the slavery question, Herbert J. Storing. Storing makes it clear that the existence of ...
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... Party “proposed to circumscribe the slaveholding system, not destroy it.”1 What separated Lincoln's party from the Democrats was a constitu- tional question: did Congress have the lawful power to exclude slavery from the federal ...
... Party “proposed to circumscribe the slaveholding system, not destroy it.”1 What separated Lincoln's party from the Democrats was a constitu- tional question: did Congress have the lawful power to exclude slavery from the federal ...
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... Party had even been founded . He would repeat it in 1861 in his inaugural address , quoting from the opening debate ... parties to confine the debate to terms set by the Constitution , political necessity after all was not the same thing ...
... Party had even been founded . He would repeat it in 1861 in his inaugural address , quoting from the opening debate ... parties to confine the debate to terms set by the Constitution , political necessity after all was not the same thing ...
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... party that supports Mr. Lincoln as its candidate,” put the matter this way: The country is told that Mr. Lincoln's sole claim in the estimation of his supporters to the high seat he aspires to is that he confesses his obliga- tion to ...
... party that supports Mr. Lincoln as its candidate,” put the matter this way: The country is told that Mr. Lincoln's sole claim in the estimation of his supporters to the high seat he aspires to is that he confesses his obliga- tion to ...
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... party were exposed to imputations of insincerity from the antislavery side as well . At best , if Johnson is right , Lincoln was divided against himself . Johnson wrote that the constitu- tional restraints “ galled [ Lincoln's ] anti ...
... party were exposed to imputations of insincerity from the antislavery side as well . At best , if Johnson is right , Lincoln was divided against himself . Johnson wrote that the constitu- tional restraints “ galled [ Lincoln's ] anti ...
Contenido
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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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