To: ought-six
My God, he's on record as saying that blacks were inferior to whites!I don't believe he ever said that.
Walt
1,413 posted on
07/09/2003 6:29:28 PM PDT by
WhiskeyPapa
(Virtue is the uncontested prize.)
To: WhiskeyPapa; ought-six
There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race--abraham lincoln
You have to understand Walt just ignores the quote that paints his god in a bad light
To: WhiskeyPapa
Henry Clay was Speaker of the House. He was also Secretary of State, in which capacity he said that "there never was a full-blooded Indian who took to civilization," because civilization "was not in their nature." Henry Clay "did not think them, as a race, worth preserving. They were "inferior" to Anglo-Saxons; indeed, their "breed could not be improved." In fact, still speaking of Indians, Henry Clay said, "Their disappearance from the human family will be no great loss to the world."Here
Of course we see lincoln got his 'good' values from his political father Henry Clay
To: WhiskeyPapa
Abraham Lincoln believed that "if a Negro is a man, then my ancient faith teaches me that all men are created equal." Yet he also stated that because "there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality," he strongly favored colonization of the blacks. He was disgusted by the thought of amalgamation of black and white races. In response to Stephen A. Douglas, he concluded that, "the separation of the races is the only perfect preventative of amalgamation."With his background as one of eleven managers of the Illinois State Colonization Society elected in 1857, Lincoln brought with him ideas about colonization. He supported the separation of the races for several reasons. He believed that blacks were inferior to whites and therefore not entitled to live in the same society as whites. He also rationalized that the removal of the black laborers would create a market for white laborers. "Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor." His basic motive, however, for his extensive efforts was to once again have a purely white America.
lincoln's colonization efforts
Guess he didn't say any of this either huh Walt? And my, my abe part of the Colonization Society within three years of running for office? Surely he couldn't have taken any of these ideas with him into office..... And surely you dare not question this source. One of the sources used is your fellow worshipper, Socialist Jimmy Mac
To: WhiskeyPapa
"I don't believe he ever said that."
Actually, he did; and I posted it (the exact quote) on this site several weeks ago in response to one of your packaged praises of Abe.
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