[central_va]

“You and we are different races. We have between us a broader difference than exists between almost any other two races. Whether it is right or wrong I need not discuss, but this physical difference is a great disadvantage to us both, as I think your race suffers very greatly, many of them, by living among us, while ours suffers from your presence. In a word, we suffer on each side. If this is admitted, it affords a reason at least why we should be separated.”

--A. Lincoln. 1862

[TBP]

Segregationist!

[sargon]

Judging by the Lincoln quote you cited, it's clear that Lincoln harbored some breathtakingly ignorant and misguided opinions regarding separatism. The quote amply exposes one of Lincoln's glaring flaws.

It was John Adams who opined that the U.S. Constitution was inadequate to the governance of any other than a moral people, and—while Adams's point might be debatable—it at least suggests that perhaps morality is a more legitimate distinction to be considered when considering separation—not the arbitrary consideration of what might be the color of one's skin...