In addition to that line, you left out mostly greetings and the sign off.
Here's the entire letter. The readers can decide for themselves if you pulled a Chuck Todd.
I don't see the relevance of your stated desire to believe Frederick Douglass's apologetic for Lincoln.
He was there. He lived in the south as a slave, and he was freed as a result of the Civil War.
Why should I believe you?
Okay, now you've really got me confused. I did not quote anything at all from the Letter to Horace Greeley, I did quote from Lincoln's first inaugural, which is what I assumed you were referring to. I mentioned the letter to Horace Greeley, but I did not quote anything from it at all. So instead of your accusation of "In true democrat form, you left out the last line of his letter...", you should have said "You didn't quote any part of his letter at all!"
That would have been accurate. Saying "In true democrat form, you left out the last line of his letter..." is completely inaccurate because it implies I quoted something from this letter, which I did not, at least not in the message to which you are responding.
So is it "true Democrat form..." to accuse someone of something they didn't do?
He was there. He lived in the south as a slave, and he was freed as a result of the Civil War.
So his experience made him an expert on Lincoln? It's my recollection that Lincoln had disdain for Frederick Douglas, so i'm not sure Lincoln would have been confiding in him regarding his plans or intentions.
We people who lived later can often get a better picture of events than the participants because we can see information they did not have available to them at the time. Like the financial records showing how much Southern trade caused to flow into the US Treasury, as well as into the pockets of Lincolns "Robber Barons" in New York City.
Why should I believe you?
You shouldn't. I never ask anyone to believe anything on my word alone. I constantly urge them to read the histories I point out to them, and think for themselves rather than just parroting the propaganda we've all been taught our entire lives.
Anyone who believes something simply on someone else's say so is a fool.