The paradox of democratic sovereignty is that a democratic politician must both represent and lead the people. The tension between these two things is a version of the tension between democracy, government by the people, and liberalism, government according to fair rules. Lincoln negotiated the tension between the legitimate and the legal by engaging in shrewd strategic indirections, but these indirections have complicated how to interpret his aims and values.
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Michael Cunniff was one of Arizona’s most influential founders, serving at the 1910 Constitutional Convention and as state senate president in its early legislative sessions. At this high tide of progressivism in both the state and the nation, Cunniff—always described as progressive—sought to build a political society in which an active state government worked for the public good within the framework of American federalism. He sought to bridge direct democracy and constitutionalism, using the former not against the latter but against legislative capture or judicial overreach imposing policy preferred by big business. He was an ally of labor but viewed the movement with suspicion and celebrated free enterprise. In embodying these tensions, Cunniff illustrates a conservative progressivism that did not seek sweeping social, economic, or constitutional change, as many scholars have argued of progressivism, but more modestly sought to readjust institutions to restore them to an earlier balance.
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Previous articleNext article Book ReviewsElisabeth R. Anker. Ugly Freedoms. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2022. Pp. 256. $102.95 (cloth); $26.95 (paper).Daniella MascarenhasDaniella MascarenhasXavier University of Louisiana Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Political Thought Volume 12, Number 4Fall 2023 Published in association with the American Political Thought organized section of the American Political Science Association and the Jack Miller Center Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/726784 For permission to reuse, please contact [email protected].PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.
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Slavery has long been seen as central to the debates in the Federal Convention of 1787. Yet scholarship on the ratification debates has generally concluded that slavery was an issue of secondary or localized importance. This article explores the role of slavery in the ratification debate from the vantage point of James Madison and finds that the Convention’s infamous bargain on slavery in late August played a larger role than has been recognized in influencing Madison’s ratification-era activities. Confusion, animosity, and sectional suspicions sparked by a proposal from the Committee of Detail were escaping from behind the curtains of the Philadelphia Convention. This prompted Madison, in his second phase of contributions to The Federalist beginning with no. 37, to begin a complex defense of the reputation of the Convention against rumors of a sectional bargain on slavery that he would later remember as “dishonorable to the American character.”
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Previous articleNext article Book ReviewsMatt Zwolinski and John Tomasi. The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2023. Pp. 432. $35.00 (cloth). Andrew Koppelman. Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed. New York: St. Martin’s, 2022. Pp. 320. $28.99 (cloth).Patrick AllittPatrick AllittEmory University Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Political Thought Volume 12, Number 4Fall 2023 Published in association with the American Political Thought organized section of the American Political Science Association and the Jack Miller Center Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/726340 For permission to reuse, please contact [email protected].PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.
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This article compares Abraham Lincoln’s and John Brown’s justifications for violently confronting slavery during the Civil War and the raid at Harpers Ferry, respectively. Though significant differences existed between these two men, I argue that there is a surprising and often overlooked convergence. Both Brown and Lincoln rooted their opposition to slavery in their belief that it threatened the possibility of free self-government. Both concluded that violence was the only effective way to fight slavery. Finally, both argued that their violence was justified by democratic procedures and principles. In making this comparison, this article offers three contributions to the study of American political thought and political theory more broadly. First, it challenges the historical consensus that portrays these men as radically opposed exemplars. Second, it rehabilitates John Brown’s political thought. Third, through the comparison, it surfaces a democratic approach to the complex relationship between violence, democracy, and racism.
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Previous article Book ReviewsKeegan Francis Callanan and Sharon Ruth Krause, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 300. $34.99 (paper).William SelingerWilliam SelingerUniversity of Oklahoma Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Political Thought Volume 12, Number 4Fall 2023 Published in association with the American Political Thought organized section of the American Political Science Association and the Jack Miller Center Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/726893 For permission to reuse, please contact [email protected].PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.
{"title":":<i>The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu</i>","authors":"William Selinger","doi":"10.1086/726893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/726893","url":null,"abstract":"Previous article Book ReviewsKeegan Francis Callanan and Sharon Ruth Krause, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 300. $34.99 (paper).William SelingerWilliam SelingerUniversity of Oklahoma Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Political Thought Volume 12, Number 4Fall 2023 Published in association with the American Political Thought organized section of the American Political Science Association and the Jack Miller Center Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/726893 For permission to reuse, please contact [email protected].PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.","PeriodicalId":41928,"journal":{"name":"American Political Thought","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135737769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexis de Tocqueville and Abraham Lincoln held nearly identical views on the evils of American slavery but used different arguments against it. In Democracy in America, Tocqueville analyzed slavery chiefly from the standpoint of material self-interest. Although he occasionally condemned slavery as a violation of the laws and rights of humanity, he never explained his meaning or mentioned the Declaration. Tocqueville adopted a similar approach in France’s Caribbean colonies, appealing primarily to considerations of interest. When reaching for grander principles, he invoked France’s glorious fight for liberty, with Christianity playing an auxiliary role. By contrast, Lincoln made the principles of the Declaration central to his fight against slavery. Although he, too, recognized the importance of self-interest, he insisted that it be guided by the Declaration’s principles. Neither, however, relied on rational arguments alone. Each in his own way raised the question of Providence in bringing about democratic justice and liberty.
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Previous articleNext article Book ReviewsClaire Rydell Arcenas. America’s Philosopher: John Locke in American Political Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022. Pp. 280. $35.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper). Glory M. Liu. Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022. Pp. 384. $35.00 (cloth).Michael ZuckertMichael ZuckertUniversity of Notre Dame Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Political Thought Volume 12, Number 4Fall 2023 Published in association with the American Political Thought organized section of the American Political Science Association and the Jack Miller Center Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/726890 For permission to reuse, please contact [email protected].PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.
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