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I thought of that too.
If texconfed wanted to he could find the one speech where Lincoln said "as long as they live together" one race must be superior to the other. But that is a social arrangement.
This famous statement is from the 1858 debates.
Lincoln also varied his text slightly as the debates went on (and moved further south in Illnois).
"I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races. There is a physical difference between the two, which in my judgment will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong, having the superior position...."
"...will probably..."
"... inasmuch as it becomes a necessity..."
Now, what would cause a superior/inferior position of whites and blacks to become a --necessity--?
Nothing.
It's Lincoln wriggling out of a tough question like any politician.
That was in 1858. Later, President Lincoln did work for full rights for blacks.
Walt