[Maelstrom]

My error.

However, Lincoln and Lee were on that same bandwagon.

[stainlessbanner]

Don't give up so quickly, Maelstrom. Follow the roots of the American Colonization Society and Henry Clay. Lincoln's protege was Clay, the statesman and one-time president of the ACS. Clearly Lincoln followed Clay's ideals of the American System of centralization, banking, and internal economic improvements. Why would Lincoln not follow Clay's lead on deportization?