[Van Jenerette]

Perspective time; please remember history, if we arn't careful we'll have to pull Abraham Lincoln out of our schools or rename Ft. Worth Texas, because Hispancis will discover he fought and killed their ancestors in the Mexican War. Uh, oh; so did Grant - change the money....etc...etc...
Lincoln re-affirmed his strong support for gradual emancipation coupled with resettlement in his second annual message to Congress of December 1, 1862 and this proposal had five basic elements:

1. Because slavery was a "domestic institution," and thus the concern of the states alone, they -- and not the federal government -- were to voluntarily emancipate the slaves.

2. Slave-holders would be fully compensated for their loss.

3. The federal government would assist the states, with bonds as grants in aid, in meeting the financial burden of compensation.

4. Emancipation would be carried out gradually: the states would have until the year 1900 to free their slaves.

5. The freed blacks would be resettled outside the United States.

Bottom line: History is pretty rough on many sides and we're stuck with it.

A few more tidbits:

In early 1863, Lincoln discussed with his Register of the Treasury a plan to "remove the whole colored race of the slave states into Texas."

source: 102. N. Weyl and W. Marina, American Statesmen on Slavery and the Negro (1971), pp. 228-229. Source cited: L. E. Chittenden, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln.; Lincoln apparently also gave consideration to setting aside Florida as a black asylum or reservation. See: Paul J. Scheips, "Lincoln ... , " The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 37, No. 4 (October 1952), p. 419.

The attempt to keep changing names of things to satisfy the uneducated could go on an on. We need to stop it.

[stainlessbanner]

Hi Van Jenerette - great posts.

In 1862, Lincoln addressed some freedmen by persuading them to relocated to Liberia or Central America. Lincoln states Blacks and Whites cannot live together. An image of the 1862 original newspaper article is here

[Non-Sequitur]

In early 1863, Lincoln discussed with his Register of the Treasury a plan to "remove the whole colored race of the slave states into Texas."

I'm aware of one side of this equation, the letter from Anthony Dignowity to Lincoln, but it takes two sides to have a discussion. Can you please post Lincoln's reply to Dignowity showing he was interested in pursuing such a plan? Please?

[Ode To Ted Kennedys Liver]

... or rename Ft. Worth Texas

Pancho Villa, Texas