联邦合唱团：亚伯拉罕·林肯和斯蒂芬·道格拉斯如何抛开竞争来拯救国家 Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation

基本信息

Format:Hardback 352 pages

Publisher:Pegasus Books

Imprint:Pegasus Books

ISBN:9781639366378

Published:4 Jun 2024

Weight:476g

Dimensions:229 x 152 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

亚伯拉罕·林肯和斯蒂芬·道格拉斯是一对被误解的二人组。历史将他们视为对手，在两人相识的大部分时间里，他们都是对手。19 世纪 30 年代，他们在伊利诺伊州斯普林菲尔德的 Joshua Speed 商店后面的炉子旁辩论政治。19 世纪 50 年代，他们在堪萨斯-内布拉斯加法案上意见不一，并作为参议院席位的对手就奴隶制问题展开辩论。1860 年，他们都竞选总统。

然而，林肯和道格拉斯结成了盟友，共同对抗我们国家有史以来面临的大威胁——奴隶制。当道格拉斯意识到自己将输掉 1860 年的选举时，他停止为自己竞选，前往南方说服奴隶州接受林肯担任总统。在那次努力失败后，新成立的美利坚联盟国轰炸了萨姆特堡，道格拉斯与林肯会面，讨论组建军队的问题。

林肯和道格拉斯放下竞争，共同努力维护联邦的故事对我们这个时代有着重要的教训。我们刚刚经历了一场总统选举，失败者拒绝承认失败，结果造成了严重的后果。道格拉斯不仅接受了失败，还在竞选快结束还有几天里四处奔走，为对手即将到来的胜利争取支持，放弃了自己长期以来对总统职位的渴望，转而追求更高的国家团结原则。

此外，通过关注伊利诺伊州对林肯政治发展的重要性，《联邦合唱团》将挑战他是一位不可或缺的“伟人”的观念。林肯是带领国家度过内战的合适人选，但他之所以成为总统，是因为他来自正确的地方。住在伊利诺伊州为林肯提供了就堪萨斯-内布拉斯加法案与道格拉斯对峙的机会。 1858 年参议院竞选期间与道格拉斯的辩论为他带来了名声和威望，使他有机会在 1860 年角逐总统候选人提名。林肯在摇摆州的摇摆地区发展出了对奴隶制的温和观点，这使他成为这场具有深远历史影响的选举的理想候选人。

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas are a misunderstood duo. History remembers them as antagonists, and for most of the years the two men knew each other, they were. In the 1830s, they debated politics around the stove in the back of Joshua Speed's store in Springfield, Illinois. In the 1850s, they disagreed over the Kansas-Nebraska Act and debated slavery as opponents for a Senate seat. In 1860, they both ran for president.

Lincoln and Douglas ended as allies, though, against the greatest threat--slavery--that our country has ever faced. When Douglas realized he was going to lose the 1860 election, he stopped campaigning for himself and went South to persuade the slave states to accept Lincoln as president. After that effort failed, and the newly formed Confederate States of America bombed Fort Sumter, Douglas met with Lincoln to discuss raising an army.

The story of how Lincoln and Douglas put aside their rivalry to work together for the preservation of the Union has important lessons for our time. We have just been through a presidential election where the loser refused to concede defeat, with violent consequences. Not only did Douglas accept his loss, he spent the final days of his campaign barnstorming the country to build support for his opponent's impending victory, setting aside his long-held desire for the presidency for the higher principle of national unity.

Also, by focusing on the importance of Illinois to Lincoln's political development, Chorus of the Union will challenge the notion that he was an indispensable "great man." Lincoln was the right person to lead the country through the Civil War, but he became president because he was from the right place. Living in Illinois provided Lincoln the opportunity to confront Douglas over the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The debates with Douglas during the 1858 Senate campaign brought him the fame and prestige to contend for the presidential nomination in 1860. Lincoln's moderate views on slavery, which he developed in the swing region of a swing state, made him the ideal candidate for an election that had sweeping historical consequences.

作者简介

爱德华·罗伯特·麦克莱兰 (Edward Robert McClelland) ，近期，他又出版了《午夜车城》(Midnight In Vehicle City)，讲述了 1936 年弗林特静坐罢工事件。麦克莱兰的作品曾刊登在《芝加哥读者》(Chicago Reader)、《芝加哥论坛报》(Chicago Tribune)、《沙龙》(Salon)、《纽约时报》(New York Times) 上，近期，《华盛顿邮报》(Washington Post) 刊登了一篇关于史蒂芬·道格拉斯让步的重要性的文章 (1 月 6 日)。爱德华现居芝加哥。

Edward Robert McClelland, most recently, Midnight In Vehicle City, about the pivotal Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936. McClelland's work has appeared in the Chicago Reader, the Chicago Tribune, Salon, the New York Times, and a recent piece on the importance of the Stephen Douglas concession was published (on January 6th) in the Washington Post. Edward lives in Chicago.