7.2 Civil War
Historians Such
As Harry Jaffa
Herman Belz
John Diggins
Vernon Burton
And Eric Foner Stress Lincoln's Redefinition Of Republican Values
As Early As
The 1850s
A Time When Most Political Rhetoric Focused On
The Constitution
Lincoln Redirected Emphasis
To
The Declaration Of Independence As
The Foundation Of American Political Values�what He Called
The "sheet Anchor" Of Republicanism.:399
The Declaration's Emphasis On Equality
And Freedom
For All
In Contrast
To
The Constitution's Tolerance Of Slavery
Shifted
The Debate
Regarding
The 1860 Cooper Union Speech
Diggins Notes
"Lincoln Presented Americans
A Theory Of History That Offers
A Profound Contribution
To
The Theory
And Destiny Of Republicanism Itself.":307 He Highlights
The Moral Basis Of Republicanism
Rather Than Its Legalisms.:215 Nevertheless
Lincoln Justified
The War Via Legalisms (the Constitution Was
A Contract
And
For One Party
To Get Out Of
A Contract All
The Other Parties Had
To Agree)
And Then
In Terms Of
The National Duty
To Guarantee
A Republican Form Of Government
In Every State.:263 Burton Argues That Lincoln's Republicanism Was Taken Up By
The Emancipated Freedmen
Each of
the city's eight wards elects
a single member of
the council
and residents elect four at-large members
to represent
the District as
a whole
the council chair
is also elected at-large. There
are 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) elected
by small neighborhood districts
ANCs can issue recommendations on all issues that affect residents; government agencies take their advice under careful consideration
the Attorney General of
the District of Columbia
currently Karl Racine
is elected to
a four-year term. Creating
a "more perfect union"
and guaranteeing rights. Miniature of George Washington
by Robert Field (1800)
The National Gallery of Art
is one of
the largest art museums
in
the world.
. . .
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