As is your assertion that the refusal to rescind the EP means he cared about blacks. You can possibly surmise that he was a man of his word for refusing to do it. That's about it, at least from the quote you used to support your argument.
As is your assertion that the refusal to rescind the EP means he cared about blacks. You can possibly surmise that he was a man of his word for refusing to do it. That's about it, at least from the quote you used to support your argument.
My point is a lot better documented in the record than your point is.
And the main proof is what I have been saying. President Lincoln refused to rescind the EP. Why did he do that? Why did he tell Frederick Douglass that there was no man in the country whose opinion he valued more?
Why did Douglass say of Lincoln:
"Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical and determined."
These are facts. Where are yours?
Walt