Lincoln and the Democrats: The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War (Cambridge Essential Histories)

Synopsis

Lincoln And The Democrats Describes The Vexatious Behavior Of A Two-party System In War And Points To The Sound Parts Of The American System Which Proved To Be The Country's Salvation: Local Civic Pride, And Quiet Nonpartisanship In Mobilization And Funding For The War, For Example. While Revealing That The Role Of A Noxious 'white Supremacy' In American Politics Of The Period Has Been Exaggerated - As Has The Power Of The Copperheads - Neely Revives The Claim That The Civil War Put The Country On The Road To 'human Rights', And Also Uncovers A Previously Unnoticed Tendency Toward Deceptive And Impractical Grandstanding On The Constitution During War In The United States. -- Publisher's Description Beyond Politics: How The North Won The Civil War -- The Elections Of 1862, The Emancipation Proclamation, And The Invention Of The Democratic Party Myth -- The Problem Of A Loyal Opposition -- The Elusive Constitutionalism Of The Democratic Party -- Lincoln, The Constitution, And The Birth Of Human Rights. Mark E. Neely, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.