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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... represented by the candidates. Sensible as this proce- dure is, it imposes severe limits on the scope of the study. Jaffa is pre- vented from giving more than passing consideration to the abolitionists or the proslavery states' rights ...
... represented by the candidates. Sensible as this proce- dure is, it imposes severe limits on the scope of the study. Jaffa is pre- vented from giving more than passing consideration to the abolitionists or the proslavery states' rights ...
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... representing their antislavery idea , they would soon be disabused ; Phillips , in fact , proved to be one of Lincoln's harshest critics . Writing after Lincoln's death , Garrison's coadjutor Oliver Johnson took a more generous view of ...
... representing their antislavery idea , they would soon be disabused ; Phillips , in fact , proved to be one of Lincoln's harshest critics . Writing after Lincoln's death , Garrison's coadjutor Oliver Johnson took a more generous view of ...
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... represented an evasion of the question ; but since there was really no evading it , his doctrine represented, in fact if not by intent, a concession Lincoln's Defense of Politics 20.
... represented an evasion of the question ; but since there was really no evading it , his doctrine represented, in fact if not by intent, a concession Lincoln's Defense of Politics 20.
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... represented, in fact if not by intent, a concession to the pro- slavery faction. Douglas treated slavery as a matter affecting whites only insofar as their interests might be involved. To do this was to take the same ground tacitly that ...
... represented, in fact if not by intent, a concession to the pro- slavery faction. Douglas treated slavery as a matter affecting whites only insofar as their interests might be involved. To do this was to take the same ground tacitly that ...
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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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