Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Table of contents

• Title Page 3
• Acknowledgments 7
• Preface 9
• Contents 13
• Part I - Introductory 17
• Chapter I - 1958: the Crisis in Historical Judgment 19
• Chapter II - 1858: Lincoln Versus Douglas. The Alternatives 28
• Part II - The Case for Douglas 39
• Chapter III - Slavery 41
• Chapter IV - Manifest Destiny 63
• Chapter V - The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise I The Legal Power and Practical Impotence Of Federal Prohibitions of Slavery in The Territories 104
• Chapter VI - The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise Ii Did the Compromise of 1850 "Supersede" The Missouri Compromise? 133
• Chapter VII - The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise Iii What Douglas Intended On January 4, 1854 147
• Chapter VIII - The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise Iv Tragedy. the Extremes Crush the Mean 171
• Part III - The Political Philosophy Of A Young Whig 181
• Chapter X - The Teaching Concerning Political Moderation 236
• Part IV - The Case for Lincoln 273
• Chapter XI - The Legal Tendency Toward Slavery Expansion 275
• Chapter XII - The Political Tendency Toward Slavery Expansion 294
• Chapter XIII - The Intrinsic Evil of the Repeal of The Missouri Compromise 302
• Chapter XIV - The Universal Meaning of The Declaration of Independence 308
• Chapter XV - The Form and Substance of Political Freedom in the Modern World 330
• Chapter XVI - Popular Sovereignty: True and False 347
• Chapter XVII - The Meaning of Equality: Abstract And Practical 363
• Chapter XVIII - The "Natural Limits" of Slavery Expansion 387
• Chapter XIX - Did the Republicans Abandon Lincoln's Principles After the Election of 1860? 400
• Chapter XX - The End of Manifest Destiny 405
• Notes 410
• Appendices 430
• Appendix II - Some Notes on the Dred Scott Decision 441
• Index 445

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