ou most certainly did not “accurately quote” what Lincoln said. I did accurately quote what Lincoln said. Obviously you can not discern the difference. What, pray tell is the source for your sliced and diced and clipped quote?
You say Lincoln never changed his opinion on it? Do you know the reason for that? Are you familiar with Roger Taney and the Dred Scott Decision? That pretty much blew the Fugitive Slave Law out of the water. It was a very fluid situation. Some get it some don’t.
I most certainly did accurately quote him. His position was that he supported federal fugitive slave legislation to return escaped slaves. You either cannot read or you’re hoping you can simply lie your way through here. You can’t.
“I acknowledge the constitutional rights of the States — not grudgingly, but fairly and fully, and I will give them any legislation for reclaiming their fugitive slaves.”
Boom. There’s no debate. Those are his words.
You trying to BS your way out of Lincoln’s direct quote by citing Dred Scott is yet more BS. The above sentence is an accurate quote from Lincoln. That was his position. He never changed his position at any time before 1861. You can try lying again, but its not going to help you.
“When they remind us of their constitutional rights, I acknowledge them, not grudgingly, but fully, and fairly; and I would give them any legislation for the reclaiming of their fugitives, which should not, in its stringency, be more likely to carry a free man into slavery, than our ordinary criminal laws are to hang an innocent one.” A. Lincoln
Yours:
“I acknowledge the constitutional rights of the States — not grudgingly, but fairly and fully, and I will give them any legislation for reclaiming their fugitive slaves.”
Now can you discern the differences? How do you account for that?