Licoln stated, "There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together
there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having
the superior position assigned to the white race."
Of interest is the last line where Lincoln states that "any other man" would be in favor of having whites be superior. I guess Lincoln didn't consider black males to be "men".