And where was he wrong? What power did the president have to interfere with slavery where it existed?
“I will say, then, that I am not, nor have ever been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races ... I am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.” -— Abraham Lincoln
Yes we know. Lincoln was a racist. But according to you he was the only one in the U.S. at the time, in spite of the fact that his views were far more advanced than any Southerner you would care to name. But you never want to go there.
Polemical hypercharacterization, and of course untrue. I'm unaware of any Southerner on this site who has asserted that Lincoln was a bigger racist than anyone else.
If you have a quote like that handy, specifically from mojitojoe (since you used the pronoun "you"), now would be the time to post it up or withdraw your remark.
..... in spite of the fact that his views were far more advanced than any Southerner you would care to name.
When? In 1858? Not hardly. More advanced than southern abolitionists? Don't think so. Lincoln was a colonizer, remember.