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To: billbears
Except for the colonization to Africa, not an opinion that one could say was held by ol 'root, pig or perish' himself

Careful, you'll tick off the "Saint" Lincoln crowd.

14 posted on 12/16/2003 1:49:08 PM PST by 4CJ (Come along chihuahua, I want to hear you say yo quiero taco bell. - Nolu Chan, 28 Jul 2003)
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
Careful, you'll tick off the "Saint" Lincoln crowd.

Not hardly.

17 posted on 12/16/2003 1:52:34 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
Well into the war, Lincoln would say,

"Root, hog, or die" ….

Lincoln's suggestion to illiterate and property less ex-slaves unprepared for freedom, (Feb. 3, 1865).
18 posted on 12/16/2003 2:00:32 PM PST by PeaRidge
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To: 4ConservativeJustices; billbears
Careful, you'll tick off the "Saint" Lincoln crowd.

Well... you warned 'em!

38 posted on 12/16/2003 8:17:00 PM PST by Gianni (Some things never change.)
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