Freedom, Union, and Power : : Lincoln and His Party in the Civil War / / Michael Green.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Green, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The North's Civil War
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (398 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Abbreviations Used in the Notes --; Preface and Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Freedom, Union, and Power: The Civil War Republican Party --; 2. Free Labor, Freed Labor, and Free Capital --; 3. The Great Secession Winter and the Politics of Power and Responsibility --; 4. Lincoln's Warring Cabinet: Many Secretaries, One Ideology --; 5. The Republicans and Slavery --; 6. Law and Order: The Republicans, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution --; 7. The Paradox of Power: Republicans and the Military --; 8. The Republican Party, the Union Party, and Lincoln's Reelection --; 9. Reforming and Remaking the Nation --; Conclusion: Successes and Failures of Republican Ideology --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780823291618; 9783111189604; 9783110707298
• DOI: 10.1515/9780823291618
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Green.

Freedom, Union, and Power analyzes the beliefs of the Republican Party during the Civil War, how those beliefs changed, and what those changes foreshadowed for the future. The party's pre-war ideology of "free soil, free labor, free men" changed with the Republican ascent to power in the White House. With Lincoln's election, Republicans faced something new-responsibility for the government. With responsibility came the need to wage a war for the survival of that government, the country, and the party. And with victory in the war came responsibility responsibility for saving the Union-by ending slavery-and for pursuing policies that fit into their belief in a strong, free Union. Michael Green shows how Republicans had to wield federal power to stop a rebellion against freedom and union. Crucial to their use of federal power was their hope of keeping that power-the intersection of policy and politics.