Crisis of the House Divided was completed in the spring of 1958, on the eve of the centennial of the Lincoln-Douglas debated.
An edition of Crisis of the house divided: an interpretation of the issues in the Lincoln-Douglas debates
(1959)
Crisis of the house divided
an interpretation of the issues in the Lincoln-Douglas debates
50th anniversary ed.
by Harry V. Jaffa
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Political career before 1861, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858, Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1858, Politics and government, Abraham Lincoln's political career before 1861, Lincoln-douglas debates, ill., 1858, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, United states, politics and government, 1861-1865People
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861), Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Stephen Arnold DouglasPlaces
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1958: the crisis in historical judgment
1858: Lincoln versus Douglas: the alternatives
Slavery
Manifest destiny
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise I: the legal power and practical impotence of federal prohibitions of slavery in the territories
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise II: did the Compromise of 1850 "supersede" the Missouri Compromise?
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise III: what Douglas intended on January 4, 1854
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise IV: tragedy: the extremes crush the mean
The teaching concerning political salvation
The teaching concerning political moderation
The legal tendency toward slavery expansion
The political tendency toward slavery expansion
The intrinsic evil of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
The universal meaning of the Declaration of Independence
The form and substance of political freedom in the modern world
Popular sovereignty: true and false
The meaning of equality: abstract and political
The "natural limits" of slavery expansion
Did the Republicans abandon Lincoln's principles after the election of 1860?
The end of manifest destiny
Appendix I: some of the historical background to the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Appendix II: some notes on the Dred Scott decision.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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