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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... sense that he failed to unseat his Democratic rival. A number of historical causes might be assigned for the loss of the election. But was Douglas's argument for popular sovereignty was stronger than Lincoln's argument for congressional ...
... sense that he failed to unseat his Democratic rival. A number of historical causes might be assigned for the loss of the election. But was Douglas's argument for popular sovereignty was stronger than Lincoln's argument for congressional ...
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... sense of right. The views ascribed to the candidate by the editor were not necessarily those Lincoln had actually expressed, but they were “in strict keeping with the doctrines put forth by him in his Illinois [senatorial] campaign”in ...
... sense of right. The views ascribed to the candidate by the editor were not necessarily those Lincoln had actually expressed, but they were “in strict keeping with the doctrines put forth by him in his Illinois [senatorial] campaign”in ...
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... of slavery among us. We were in a certain sense compelled to tolerate its existence.It was a sort of necessity.”“We had slave[s] among us,we could not get our Constitution unless we permitted them to remain Lincoln's Defense of Politics 6.
... of slavery among us. We were in a certain sense compelled to tolerate its existence.It was a sort of necessity.”“We had slave[s] among us,we could not get our Constitution unless we permitted them to remain Lincoln's Defense of Politics 6.
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... sense, but the price paid for union. There is some basis for Garrison's complaint that “our fathers were intent on securing liberty to themselves, without being very scrupulous as to the means they used to accomplish their purpose.”If ...
... sense, but the price paid for union. There is some basis for Garrison's complaint that “our fathers were intent on securing liberty to themselves, without being very scrupulous as to the means they used to accomplish their purpose.”If ...
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... sense—his success at appearing to have reconciled what were in fact irreconcilably opposed points of view on the slavery issue—has been made famous by Richard Hofstadter. As Hofstadter presents it, these opposites were not moral and ...
... sense—his success at appearing to have reconciled what were in fact irreconcilably opposed points of view on the slavery issue—has been made famous by Richard Hofstadter. As Hofstadter presents it, these opposites were not moral and ...
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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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