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L ’ INCOLN S A MERICAN D REAM .................11416$ $$FM 07-13-0514:53:33 PS PAGEi .................11416$ $$FM 07-13-0514:53:33 PS PAGEii L ’ INCOLN S A MERICAN D REAM Clashing Political Perspectives Edited and with an Introduction by K L. D ENNETH EUTSCH and J R. F OSEPH ORNIERI Potomac Books, Inc. Washington, D.C. .................11416$ $$FM 07-13-0514:53:34 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:2)2005byPotomacBooks,Inc. PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyPotomacBooks,Inc.(formerlyBrassey’s,Inc.).Allrights reserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwritten permissionfromthepublisher,exceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincritical articlesandreviews. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Lincoln’sAmericandream:clashingpoliticalperspectives/editedbyKennethL.Deutsch andJosephR.Fornieri.—1sted. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN1-57488-588-X(acid-freepaper)—ISBN1-57488-589-8(pbk.:acid-freepaper) 1. Lincoln,Abraham,1809–1865—Politicalandsocialviews. 2. UnitedStates— Politicsandgovernment—1861–1865. 3. UnitedStates—Politicsandgovernment— Philosophy. 4. Politicalleadership—UnitedStates—Casestudies. I. Deutsch, KennethL. II. Fornieri,JosephR. E457.2.L839 2005 973.7(cid:2)092—dc22 2005001489 PrintedinCanadaonacid-freepaperthatmeetstheAmericanNationalStandards InstituteZ39-48Standard. PotomacBooks,Inc. 22841QuicksilverDrive Dulles,Virginia20166 FirstEdition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 .................11416$ $$FM 07-13-0514:53:34 PS PAGEiv C ONTENTS Foreword,JeanBethkeElshtain ix Preface xi Introduction 1 CHAPTER1:LINCOLN,THEDECLARATION,ANDEQUALITY LincolntheLiberalStatesman,JamesG.Randall 38 Equality:CommitmentorIdeal,WillmooreKendall 60 EqualityasaConservativePrinciple,HarryV.Jaffa 71 TheHeresyofEquality:AReplytoHarryJaffa,M.E.Bradford 98 Equality,Justice,andtheAmericanRevolution:InReplytoBradford’s ‘‘TheHeresyofEquality,’’HarryV.Jaffa 115 CHAPTER2:LINCOLNANDPOLITICALAMBITION Lincolnafter175Years:TheMythoftheJealousSon,RichardN.Current 141 Lincolnafter175Years:ConsciousorSubconsciousCaesarism:ACritique ofRecentScholarlyAttemptstoPutLincolnontheAnalyst’sCouch, RichardO.Curry 147 TheLincolnLegacy:ALongView,M.E.Bradford 153 Lincoln’sLyceumSpeechandtheOriginsofaModernMyth,MarkE. Neely,Jr. 162 CHAPTER3:LINCOLN,RACE,ANDSLAVERY OnlyHisStepchildren:LincolnandtheNegro,DonE.Fehrenbacher 181 InIslesBeyondtheMain:AbrahamLincoln’sPhilosophyonBlack Colonization,JasonH.Silverman 195 ForcedintoGoryLincolnRevisionism:AReviewofForcedintoGlory: AbrahamLincoln’sWhiteDream,LucasE.Morel 202 TowardsaNewBirthofFreedom,StephenB.Oates 207 .................11416$ CNTS 07-13-0514:53:39 PS PAGEv vi CONTENTS CHAPTER4:LINCOLN’SDEMOCRATICPOLITICALLEADERSHIP:UTOPIAN, PRAGMATIC,ORPRUDENT? AbrahamLincoln:PrincipleandPragmatisminPolitics,T.HarryWilliams 225 OnProfessorDonald’sLincoln,EthanFishman 232 Lincoln’sRevolution,RalphLerner 242 AbrahamLincoln:RepublicanintheWhiteHouse,StephenB.Oates 256 APoliticalSourceofGreatness:LincolnandtheRepublicanParty,Colleen ShoganandRobertRaffety 264 CHAPTER5:LINCOLNANDEXECUTIVEPOWER LincolnintheRoleofDictator,JamesG.Randall 278 LincolnandtheConstitution:TheDictatorshipQuestionReconsidered, HermanBelz 289 LincolnandExecutivePower:RebuttingtheDictatorshipThesis,Jeffrey CrouchandMarkJ.Rozell 304 AbrahamLincolnandHisCabinet,PhillipG.Henderson 311 CHAPTER6:LINCOLN’SRELIGIONANDPOLITICS Lincoln’sSecondInaugural:TheZenithofStatecraft,WilliamLeeMiller 333 LincolnandtheProblemofCivilReligion,MichaelP.Zuckert 350 LincolnandtheProblemofPoliticalReligion,BruceP.Frohnen 366 TheReligionofAbrahamLincoln,ReinholdNiebuhr 378 CHAPTER7:LINCOLN,THEUNION,ANDTHEROLEOFTHESTATE LincolnasanAdvocateofPositiveGovernment,FrankJ.Williamsand WilliamD.Pederson 393 TheGreatCentralizer:AbrahamLincolnandtheWarbetweentheStates, ThomasJ.DiLorenzo 398 ForeverWorthyoftheSaving:LincolnandaMoreMoralUnion,Rogan Kersh 423 WaltWhitman’sAbrahamLincoln,GeorgeAnastaplo 435 CHAPTER8:LINCOLNFOROURTIME WhatIsanAmerican?AbrahamLincolnand‘‘Multiculturalism,’’Richard N.Current 455 OnAbortion:ALincolnianPosition,GeorgeMcKenna 463 .................11416$ CNTS 07-13-0514:53:39 PS PAGEvi CONTENTS vii Afterword,AllenC.Guelzo 485 Contributors 490 Index 493 .................11416$ CNTS 07-13-0514:53:39 PS PAGEvii .................11416$ CNTS 07-13-0514:53:40 PS PAGEviii F OREWORD Jean Bethke Elshtain It is said of Lincoln thatthereweremorebookswrittenofhimthananyother personinworldhistory—saveJesusChrist,whoisnotapersonintheordinarysense ofthe word.Whetherthis istrue or not,itfits. Lincolnsodominates notonlythe popularandpoliticalconsciousnessoftheUnitedStates—withbothpartiesclaiming himastheirrightfulheir—butthatofanyportionofourtroubledglobethatyearns forpoliticalliberty,thatonecanscarcelyexaggeratehisinfluence.Thishasbeensaid sooften,andinsomanyways,thatitnodoubtsoundsbanal.Andthis,too,tellsan important tale. It is almost impossible to say anything fresh about Lincoln, we are told. Thisvolumesuggestsotherwise,foritcontainsmuchthatisfresh,bold,andcon- troversial. The reader will no doubt find illumination, confirmation, and vexation inequalmeasure.Andthatisasitshouldbe.Lincolnshouldneverbecomeforusa figurefixedforeverlikeaflyinamber.Hisstoryhasgreatconstancyandextraordi- naryfluidity.Dependinguponthecontextandtheissue,Lincolntakesondifferent hues and aspects. Through it all, however, his stature and his greatness come through. Although a certain fashionable cynicism about Lincoln is rife in some scholarly circles—he was just another ‘‘racist,’’ say some—such views do not and cannotstickbecauseLincoln’scomplexitydefiesanysuchcrudechargeorattack. Lincolnbelievedinthegreatpoliticalvirtues,includingprudence.Oneneedsto trytodowhatisright—thatgoeswithoutsaying.Butonemustalsodowhatis,well, doable.Giventheconfigurationofforcesatplay,giventherepertoireofpoliticaland moralconceptsavailable,givenwherethepublicisandwhereitmightbeledtogo, the political leader can either barrel ahead and do what is right, damn the conse- quences,or,morecautiously,trytodowhatisrightwithakeeneyeonthepossible consequences. The John Browns of this world can rampage and not worry about takinginnocentlives;moralradicalsandrevolutionists,likeBrownandsomeofthe radicalabolitionistswhowerequitepreparedtoseethecountrydrenchedinaflow- ing river of blood and the constitution overthrown entirely, ignore consequences. Responsiblepoliticalleadersdonotandcannot.Theymaynotgetitright,ofcourse, foreverypoliticaldecisionismadeinakindoftwilightwiththeunderstandingthat .................11416$ FRWD 07-13-0514:53:42 PS PAGEix
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