[WhiskeyPapa]

Lincoln was the ultimate racist - he wanted to return all slaves to Africa and replace them with new (white) Irish immigrants who could work the newly invented agricultural machinery, which he felt the blacks were incapable of. He also wanted to kill off the Indians who were brazen enough to expect the US to honor their treaties with them. No one exactly forced him to order the deaths of thousands of Americans in battle, either. He WAS evil.

None of that is supported in the record.

President Lincoln did support relocation schemes during 1862. He -never- suggested that anyone be forced out of the country. He wanted to get the shooting stopped. When neither white nor black would agree to relocation or emancipated compensation, he quickly swung to the other tack and vigorously supported enlisting large numbers of black soldiers. President Lincoln dropped support for colonization after the beginning of 1863. He supported voting rights for black soldiers also.

Lincoln dealt equitably with the indians. In the 1862 Minnesota indian uprisings, he forbade the hanging of 260 indians (out of 303) that federal authorities had already marked for death.

Abraham Lincoln was a great and good man, and his reputation can stand attacks from ignoramouses like you.

Walt

[Treebeard]

That last line of yours sounds like it was partly lifted from a child's prayer.

Abe is great, Abe is good, let us thank Him for our food. By His hand, we must be Fed(eral), give us Abe our daily bread. Amen.