[WhiskeyPapa]

The president asked the black leaders to recruit volunteers for a government-financed pilot colonization project in Central America. If this worked, it could pave the way for theemigration of thousands more who might be freed by the war.
Most black spokesmen in the North ridiculed Lincoln's proposal and denounced its author. "This is our country as much as it is yours," a Philadelphia Negro told the president, "and we will not leave it." Frederick Douglass accused Lincoln of, "contempt for negroes" and "canting hypocrisy." The president's remarks, said Douglass, would encourage "ignorant and base" white men "to commit all kinds of violence and outrage upon the colored people."

Not exactly a revelation. President Lincoln always made clear that his first duty was to save the Union.

Walt

[nolu chan]

[nc] The president asked the black leaders to recruit volunteers for a government-financed pilot colonization project in Central America. If this worked, it could pave the way for the emigration of thousands more who might be freed by the war.

[nc]Most black spokesmen in the North ridiculed Lincoln's proposal and denounced its author. "This is our country as much as it is yours," a Philadelphia Negro told the president, "and we will not leave it." Frederick Douglass accused Lincoln of, "contempt for negroes" and "canting hypocrisy." The president's remarks, said Douglass, would encourage "ignorant and base" white men "to commit all kinds of violence and outrage upon the colored people."

[Walt] Not exactly a revelation. President Lincoln always made clear that his first duty was to save the Union.

So let me get this straight Walt. You are saying that as long as Lincoln thought it would save the Union, you would support the forced expulsion or deportation of Blacks or all non-whites from the United States, including Blacks and non-whites who were citizens of the United States.

Correct me if I have misinterpreted what you just said.