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Kalamata: "The editor, Roy Basler, commented:
"The truth is that Lincoln had no solution to the problem of slavery except the colonization idea which he had inherited from Henry Clay, and when he spoke beyond his points of limiting the extension of slavery, of preserving the essential central idea of human equality, and of respecting the Negro as a human being, his words lacked effectiveness." [Ibid. p.23]"
No, the truth is quite different.
The truth is Lincoln hated slavery and wished to abolish it everywhere he lawfully could -- in Northern states and Western territories.

As for what was then called "recolonization", that was first proposed by Thomas Jefferson and had been official US government policy since the time of President Monroe, circa 1820.
For decades both Federal and state governments voted large sums to support voluntary recolonization of freedmen to Liberia and elsewhere.
These efforts proved very disappointing -- hugely expensive with meager results.
By 1860 many, especially freed-blacks themselves, had grown disillusioned with recolonization, but Lincoln was determined to give it another try.

President Lincoln's efforts on a vastly larger scale than attempted before also failed and in the end he gave up on recolonization.
The real truth is that most freedmen wanted to remain in the country where they were born, and Lincoln came to realize that having such people as reliable Republican voters would be a good thing.

Curiously, so it's sometimes said, that's what got Lincoln assassinated.

Kalamata: "What is a Neo-Confederate?"

I think for purposes of these threads: Neo-Confederate = Pro-Confederate = Southron = secessionist = anti-American.

Kalamata: "That is not the way Andrew Jackson presented it.
He clamed the rich money-grabbers were those, like Clay, who pushed for a national bank:"

And most curiously, both Jackson and Clay were New Englanders, from those Northeastern states of Tennessee and Kentucky.
And they were initially joined by that other uber-Northerner, John C. Calhoun, from Northern South Carolina, in proposing the 1828 Tariff of Abominations against strong objections from other New England states like Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc.

And this proves it was "Northern oppression" which drove Southern lunatics to secede over tariffs in 1828... oh, wait...

BroJoeK to Kalamata; rockrr; x

>>Kalamata wrote: “The editor, Roy Basler, commented: “The truth is that Lincoln had no solution to the problem of slavery except the colonization idea which he had inherited from Henry Clay, and when he spoke beyond his points of limiting the extension of slavery, of preserving the essential central idea of human equality, and of respecting the Negro as a human being, his words lacked effectiveness.” [Ibid. p.23]”
>>Joey wrote: “No, the truth is quite different.The truth is Lincoln hated slavery and wished to abolish it everywhere he lawfully could — in Northern states and Western territories.”