Lincoln's Defense of Politics: The Public Man and His Opponents in the Crisis Over Slavery"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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... According to William Lloyd Garrison biographer Henry Mayer , the abolitionist “ came to respect Calhoun's bold and forthright defiance and preferred his candor to the equivocal positions taken by men like [ Henry ] Clay ” of whom ...
... According to William Lloyd Garrison biographer Henry Mayer , the abolitionist “ came to respect Calhoun's bold and forthright defiance and preferred his candor to the equivocal positions taken by men like [ Henry ] Clay ” of whom ...
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... According to Louis Hartz , 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 ...
... According to Louis Hartz , 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 ...
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... According to Herndon, Lincoln remarked “that it was 'rather rank doctrine for 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 ...
... According to Herndon, Lincoln remarked “that it was 'rather rank doctrine for 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 ...
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... According to Lincoln, the United States government stood in the same relation to slavery in the territories as the British govern- ment had stood to slavery in its infant American colonies. The mother country “would not interfere to ...
... According to Lincoln, the United States government stood in the same relation to slavery in the territories as the British govern- ment had stood to slavery in its infant American colonies. The mother country “would not interfere to ...
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... according to its own interpretation .... The abolitionists , on the contrary , appealed to a “ higher law , ” were willing to damn the Constitution , and admitted no premise to which Douglas might appeal in the interest of any ...
... according to its own interpretation .... The abolitionists , on the contrary , appealed to a “ higher law , ” were willing to damn the Constitution , and admitted no premise to which Douglas might appeal in the interest of any ...
Contents
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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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