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Moreover, his effort to sent the freed slaves to Africa or the Haiti also went no where, though he also tried to push that.

It should be noted that colonization was also supported by men like Robert Lee, James Madison, and John Breckenridge. Are you condemning them as well?

I haven't even "condemned" Lincoln. So far I have mainly maintained that Reagan was a greater president, based on what he actually accomplished for oppressed people (with minimal loss of life). The fact that every political hero has some imperfections isn't really a "comdemnation."

I don't like Lincoln (this is, after all the rhetoric, a free country), but that doesn't mean I want to reinstitute slavery or that I want to overthrow the government. Too many posters are ready to smear anyone who doesn't worship Mr. Lincoln. One of the wonderful things about this country is that one can disagree about the merits of any politician, living or dead, and still be a good citizen. Lincoln ranks much higher in my estimation than most GOP members of Congress during the 1860s. It's not a fast track.

I'm not a fan of the Southern "fire eaters" either. There were many voices, North and South, which were far more constructive (both Whig and Democrat), but which have been eclipsed by the more extreme forces that brought a war that I have never accepted to have been a plus for the country.

It should be noted that colonization was also supported by men like Robert Lee, James Madison, and John Breckenridge. Are you condemning them as well?

The world waits in silence for non-sequitur to speak, seeking his daily words of wisdom. He opens his mouth and does not fail to disappoint:

"Squack! Tu quoque! Tu quoque! Lee did it too! Squack! Tu quoque! Davis also! Squack!"

Madison was for voluntary colonization. (pro-liberty)
Lincolon - Involuntary. (that's anti-liberty)

"The slaves themselves, connected, as they generally are, by tender ties with others under other masters, would be kept from the list of emigrants by the want of the multiplied consents to be obtained. "

http://www.jmu.edu/madison/emancslaves.htm