A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War (with New Foreword)Rowman & Littlefield, 1 sep 2018 - 620 pagina's When it originally appeared, A New Birth of Freedom represented a milestone in Lincoln studies, the culmination of over a half a century of study and reflection by one of America's foremost scholars of American politics. Now reissued on the centenary of Jaffa’s birth with a new foreword by the esteemed Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo, this long-awaited sequel to Jaffa’s earlier classic, Crisis of the House Divided, offers a piercing examination of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln and the themes of self-government, equality, and statesmanship on the eve of the Civil War. “Four decades ago, Harry Jaffa offered powerful insights on the Lincoln-Douglas debates in his Crisis of the House Divided. In this long-awaited sequel, he picks up the threads of that earlier study in this stimulating new interpretation of the showdown conflict between slavery and freedom in the election of 1860 and the secession crisis that followed. Every student of Lincoln needs to read and ponder this book.”— James M. McPherson, Princeton University “A masterful synthesis and analysis of the contending political philosophies on the eve of the Civil War. A magisterial work that arrives after a lifetime of scholarship and reflection—and earns our gratitude as well as our respect.”— Kirkus Reviews “The essence of Jaffa's case—meticulously laid out over nearly 500 pages—is that the Constitution is not, as Lincoln put it, a 'free love arrangement' held together by passing fancy. It is an indissoluble compact in which all men consent to be governed by majority, provided their inalienable rights are preserved.”— Bret Stephens; The Wall Street Journal |
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Pagina xxiv
... despotism.”21 It was these convictions—about consent and rebellion—which nerved Lincoln, despite his awareness of “how militarily weak the Union government was at that moment,” to make no concession of any sort to the secessionists (273) ...
... despotism.”21 It was these convictions—about consent and rebellion—which nerved Lincoln, despite his awareness of “how militarily weak the Union government was at that moment,” to make no concession of any sort to the secessionists (273) ...
Pagina xxvii
... despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that “all men are created equal;” and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.25 It was from that point in Peoria ...
... despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that “all men are created equal;” and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.25 It was from that point in Peoria ...
Pagina 5
... despotic power over them. They would have seen a vote to accept it as a vote to accept slavery. Can anyone be asked to vote to enslave himself? Is not the very idea of an election to decide such a question an absurdity? Is it not also ...
... despotic power over them. They would have seen a vote to accept it as a vote to accept slavery. Can anyone be asked to vote to enslave himself? Is not the very idea of an election to decide such a question an absurdity? Is it not also ...
Pagina 18
... despotism was not the government we fought for.”35 Not only in Restoration Britain but also in Whig Britain after the Glorious Revolution, hereditary monarchy appeared to be a safeguard against democratic tyranny. The king would be ...
... despotism was not the government we fought for.”35 Not only in Restoration Britain but also in Whig Britain after the Glorious Revolution, hereditary monarchy appeared to be a safeguard against democratic tyranny. The king would be ...
Pagina 21
... despots, and these into enemies, destroys the morals of the one part, and the amor patriae of the other.”38 For Jefferson to write in the 1780s of slaves as “one half the citizens” of Virginia—that is to say, citizens by natural right ...
... despots, and these into enemies, destroys the morals of the one part, and the amor patriae of the other.”38 For Jefferson to write in the 1780s of slaves as “one half the citizens” of Virginia—that is to say, citizens by natural right ...
Inhoudsopgave
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Chapter 3 The Divided American Mind on the Eve of Conflict James Buchanan Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens Survey the Crisis | 153 |
Chapter 4 The Mind of Lincolns Inaugural and the Argument and Action of the Debate That Shaped ItI | 237 |
Chapter 5 The Mind of Lincolns Inaugural and the Argument and Action of the Debate That Shaped ItII | 285 |
Chapter 6 July 4 1861 Lincoln Tells Why the Union Must Be Preserved | 357 |
Chapter 7 Slavery Secession and State Rights The Political Teaching of John C Calhoun | 403 |
Appendix The Dividing Line between Federal and Local Authority Popular Sovereignty in the TerritoriesA Commentary | 473 |
Notes | 489 |
Index | 539 |
About the Author | 551 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War Harry V. Jaffa Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2000 |
A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War Harry V. Jaffa Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |
A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War Harry V. Jaffa Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2018 |
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