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" When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are... "
Our New Departure - Página 5
por Moorfield Storey - 1901 - 43 páginas
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The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of ...

Roger Milton Barrus - 2004 - 178 páginas
...eternally right." but denied that it had any "just application as here attempted." He argued, however, that "When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...himself, and also governs another man, that is more than self-government—that is despotism." No man was "good enough to govern another man, without that other's...
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006 - 945 páginas
...argued that "it has no just application" to slavery. "When the white man governs himself," he asserted, "that is self-government; but when he governs himself,...is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal'; and that...
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A Passion for Learning: The Education of Seven Eminent Americans

Philip A. Cusick - 2005 - 194 páginas
...reasonable voice to slavery's opponents: When the white man governs himself, that is self government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self government — that is despotism. If the Negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me...
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American Political Rhetoric: A Reader

Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - 2005 - 444 páginas
...to that extent, a total destruction of self-government, to say that he too shall not govern himself! When the white man governs himself that is selfgovernment; but when he governs himself, he also governs another man, that is more than self-government— that is despotism. If the negro is...
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The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of ...

John D. Gartner - 2008 - 368 páginas
...who argued that America had a "white man's burden" to civilize the Philippines. He quoted Lincoln: "When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs another man, that is more than self-government, that is despotism."190 Suing for peace, the Spanish...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 páginas
...myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do, as to the existing institution. When the white man governs himself, that is, self-government...is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why, then my ancient faith teaches me that " all men are created equal ;" and...
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Politics and Culture of the Civil War Era: Essays in Honor of Robert W ...

Robert Walter Johannsen - 2006 - 366 páginas
..."all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence was meant to include all men. Thus, "[w]hen the white man governs himself that is self-government;...more than self-government — that is despotism." Lincoln believed the settlers of the territories were capable of governing themselves, however "no...
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Outsourcing Culture: How American Culture Changed from "We the People" Into ...

Robert E. Greenwood - 2006 - 416 páginas
...been a threeway split in the electorate. He did hold the nation together while freeing black slaves. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...is more than self-government — that is despotism (emphasis added, Abraham Lincoln, October 16, 1854). Was this statement more than a memorial to his...
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Lincoln's Defense of Politics: The Public Man and His Opponents in the ...

Thomas E. Schneider - 2006 - 224 páginas
...sense, the right of the people in a state to do as they pleased about slavery was no right at all. ! I When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal"; and that...
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Human Body Size and the Laws of Scaling: Physiological, Performance, Growth ...

William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - 2007 - 216 páginas
...course. But, Douglas misapplied it. He uses it to protect the White population only. He boldly declared: When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...himself, and also governs another man, that is more than self-government-that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that...
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