...in that case he who is a man, may as a matter of self-government do just what he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent a total destruction of self-governmenr to say that he too shall not govern himself ? When the white man governs himself that...

...another man without that other's consent" applies the principle of democracy to the fact of slavery. "When the white man governs himself, that is self-government;...more than self-government — that is despotism." Finally, the Dred Scott case brought the slavery issue to a climax, for in that decision it was evident...

...everywhere as with a brute," they must recognize that there is but one genus of human beings. Hence "if the Negro is a man, is it not to that extent a...self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself?"55 Reasoning from categorical definitions, Lincoln declared that to deny blacks their freedom...

...hold, with Abraham Lincoln, that "no man is good enough to govern another without that man's consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government,...governs another man, that is more than self-government — this is despotism." "Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense...

...establish it, he is blowing out the moral lights around us," 64 Lincoln declared that [i]f the Negro /.va man. is it not to that extent a total destruction...governs another man. that is more than self-government: this is despotism. 6 Lincoln thus exposed the tenuous ideological underpinnings of slavery, and with...

...settlers' "sacred right of self-government." Nonsense, replied Lincoln. Slavery was contrary to that right. "When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...himself, and also governs another man . . . that is despotism. . . . The negro is a man. . . . There can be no moral right in connection with one man's...

..."sacred right of self-government. " Nonsense, replied Lincoln. Slavery was contrary to that right. "When the white man governs himself that is self-government;...himself, and also governs another man . . . that is despotism. . . . The negro is a man. . . . There can be no moral right in connection with one man's...

...in that case, he who if a man may, as a matter of self-government, do just as he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent,...is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man^ why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal;" and that...

...why in thin case, he who is a man may, as a matter of selfgovernment, do just as he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent,...self-government, to say that he too shall not govern /limse//.' ... If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created...

...self-government, thought Lincoln, was preposterous. "When the white man governs himself," he said, "that is self-government; but when he governs himself...more than self-government — that is despotism." 154 The attempt of the South to found a new nation, which would be one very different from the American...