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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... Southern States — Justification . 5. Antislavery move- ments — United States — History — 19th century . 6. Slaves — Emancipation — United States . 7. United States — Politics and government — 1861–1865 . I. Title . E457.2.S37 2005 306 ...
... Southern States — Justification . 5. Antislavery move- ments — United States — History — 19th century . 6. Slaves — Emancipation — United States . 7. United States — Politics and government — 1861–1865 . I. Title . E457.2.S37 2005 306 ...
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... southern states' rights man in the formal way that he debated Stephen Douglas, but by his words and deeds he made sufficiently clear his view of their positions, as they did their views of his. Crisis of the House Divided adopts the ...
... southern states' rights man in the formal way that he debated Stephen Douglas, but by his words and deeds he made sufficiently clear his view of their positions, as they did their views of his. Crisis of the House Divided adopts the ...
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... of the southern people in regard to their slaves; should he not have had moral reservations about the Constitution? How could he acknowledge those rights “ not grudgingly , but fully , Lincoln's Defense of Politics 4.
... of the southern people in regard to their slaves; should he not have had moral reservations about the Constitution? How could he acknowledge those rights “ not grudgingly , but fully , Lincoln's Defense of Politics 4.
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... southern clergyman as expressing the view of his section : “ When Lincoln is in place , Garrison will be in power . " The cler- gyman was actually quoting Wendell Phillips's more nuanced judgment on Lincoln's election : “ Not an ...
... southern clergyman as expressing the view of his section : “ When Lincoln is in place , Garrison will be in power . " The cler- gyman was actually quoting Wendell Phillips's more nuanced judgment on Lincoln's election : “ Not an ...
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... southern would - be conservatives such as Fitzhugh were unable to overcome this fundamental difficulty : since America had always been liberal , they could not attack liberalism with- out thereby ceasing to be conservative . The problem ...
... southern would - be conservatives such as Fitzhugh were unable to overcome this fundamental difficulty : since America had always been liberal , they could not attack liberalism with- out thereby ceasing to be conservative . The problem ...
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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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