This paragraph now seems to be your latest nugget of fools gold. You would be wise to read the words of a great man who spoke specifically to this same paragraph in 1922. His name was W.E.B. Dubois and his words can be found here:
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/again-lincoln/
Here is a piece of it:
“I do not retail foul gossip about either the living or the dead; but I glory in that crucified humanity that can push itself up out of the mud of a miserable, dirty ancestry; who despite the clinging smirch of low tastes and shifty political methods, rose to be a great and good man and the noblest friend of the slave.”
Do yourself a favor and stop “retailing foul gossip”. Hear what Dubois had to say about that “unfortunate” paragraph.
Citing an old Marxist fool, even a black one like W. E. B. Du Bois, waxing poetic about Abraham Lincoln does little to bolster your case.
It would seem a good idea to research the individuals whose words you link here on Free Republic of all places, before you hit the send button.
“You would be wise to read the words of a great man who spoke specifically to this same paragraph in 1922. His name was W.E.B. Dubois “
Ha! 16 years ago when my kid was in the 9th grade he had to do a report on W.E.B. Dubois. After he read the book I asked him what he thought of the man and he replied, “The guy was was a raging socialist”.