Self-Government, the American Theme: Presidents of the Founding and Civil WarLexington Books, 20/10/2005 - 285 páginas Americans introduced themselves to the world by declaring their independence. They recognized that their "unalienable rights" were secured by institutionalized government that derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. In Self-Government, The American Theme, Will Morrisey defines the concept of self-government and tracks its permutations in the ardent writings of key American presidents. He shows how the transition to a more powerful national state was managed on political soil where "self-government" was not an indigenous crop. Morrisey considers the genesis of "self-government" in the political thought of the founding U.S. presidents, comparing their understanding of the term with that of President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate States of America President, Jefferson Davis. In this text Morrisey aptly demonstrates how the regime of the founders was replaced by a much more statist regime during the Civil War. He offers salient interpretations of the writings of the key presidents of founding and civil war periods, and interpretations centered on the key word, "self-government". This book is an essential contribution to the understanding of early American history and politics. |
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... force , and would deny the ruled any scope to exercise their own virtues . Nor should activity necessarily involve external or bodily action at all . A polis without external relations might buzz with internal activity among its parts ...
... force , and would deny the ruled any scope to exercise their own virtues . Nor should activity necessarily involve external or bodily action at all . A polis without external relations might buzz with internal activity among its parts ...
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... force , " in the words of the first issue of The Federalist . What , then , did the American founders mean by self - government , the rule of reason ? In introducing themselves to the world , Americans declared their independence — not ...
... force , " in the words of the first issue of The Federalist . What , then , did the American founders mean by self - government , the rule of reason ? In introducing themselves to the world , Americans declared their independence — not ...
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... force " ? " In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men , " not by angels over men or angels over angels , " the great difficulty lies in this : You must first enable the government to control the governed ; and ...
... force " ? " In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men , " not by angels over men or angels over angels , " the great difficulty lies in this : You must first enable the government to control the governed ; and ...
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... force . Easy , but none too illuminating : although Europeans in America did enjoy uniquely good prospects for founding self - governing political societies , they also faced serious threats to that enterprise . Things could have turned ...
... force . Easy , but none too illuminating : although Europeans in America did enjoy uniquely good prospects for founding self - governing political societies , they also faced serious threats to that enterprise . Things could have turned ...
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... force and by fraud , has , in different degrees , extended her dominion " over the other three parts of the world , as " Africa , Asia , and America have successively felt her dominion . " Europe " consider [ s ] the rest of mankind as ...
... force and by fraud , has , in different degrees , extended her dominion " over the other three parts of the world , as " Africa , Asia , and America have successively felt her dominion . " Europe " consider [ s ] the rest of mankind as ...
Índice
SelfGovernment and the American Father George Washington | 29 |
SelfGovernment and the Fiery Spirit John Adams | 55 |
SelfGovernment as Natural Right Thomas Jefferson | 91 |
The Coherence of the Idea of SelfGovernment in the Political Thought of the Founding Presidents | 129 |
PRESIDENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR | 135 |
SelfGovernment and the Antebellum Era Crisis of the Self Divided | 137 |
SelfGovernment and Secession Jefferson Davis | 149 |
What Is the New Birth of Freedom? Abraham Lincoln | 177 |
Davis and Lincoln Compared | 207 |
SelfGovernment The American Theme | 211 |
Endnotes | 219 |
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Página 12 - All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.