I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is 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.
Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln Douglas Debates
There’s your precious Lincoln, GOP.
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BUT LINCOLN LOVED BLACK PEOPLE AND FREED THE SLAVES GUISE!!!!111
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let us keeeeeep exposing white peoples heroes pweese
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…yet we are going to maintain that the abolition of slavery was the primary goal of the Union in fighting the civil war? abolition was the primary goal of abolitionists, maintaining political hegemony was the only goal of everyone else. I object to the “the civil war was fought over slavery” entirely because it gives too much credit to the north, most of which was every bit as racist as the south.
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Trebaol of Arabia: The way I always read this was Lincoln trying to be a populist, he had Buchanan telling the South to carry on and that if Lincoln wins that he wont argue with their departure, you have Lincoln already trying to avoid an outcome that seems forgone, that the South will rebel if he gets elected. So he debates the Democratic candidate and tries to play at the south’s fear and say ‘hey, I get it, lets not just run away and secede, I can be just as big a dick as you are.’ It’s not heroic, but it certainly looks like politics, which is what lead to his election. This was an era of not just playing at hollow politics, where you’d get elected and not do anything for four to eight years (not that at that point you couldn’t have run indefinitely) it was a matter of playing politics, while also actually championing or acting on matters of importance to the nation. Slavery was a major worry at this point, as well as any number of other elements occurring simultaneously, but to shake it down as a matter of hegemonic old racists battling each other seems overly simplistic.
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