On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:56:45 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

hk wrote:
Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:29:41 -0500, hk wrote:

http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n_Portrait.flv


Another liberal arts major who doesn't know or remember his college
course in American History.

"There is a physical difference between the white and black races,
which will forever forbid the two races living together upon terms of
social and political equality.'' - Abraham Lincoln - 1858.

The Civil War wasn't about slavery - it was about preserving the Union
- that above all was Lincoln's primary goal. His Emancipation
Proclamation only served those who weren't under his control - namely
the Confederacy. He didn't free slaves under his own control.

Abraham Lincoln did not believe in the equality of black people. He
did, however -- and this was no minor distinction in his era --
believe in their humanity. He also abhorred slavery. But he was
willing to countenance it if doing so would have vindicated his
primary goal: to save the Union. For him, nothing mattered more.
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Yeah, Tom, I've seen that same crap quoted on about every right-wing
site I visit,

I have never read any of the right wing sites you are talking about, but
you have no idea what you are talking about. The Emancipation
Proclamation did not end slavery in the United States. It ended Slavery
in those states that did not voluntarily return to the Union before
Jan. 1, 1863. Any state that returned to the Union, would have been
exempt from the Proclamation. There were slave states in the Union
where slavery was legal and the E.P. had no effect on them. In fact,
any area of the Southern States under the Union control were not
effected by the Emancipation Proclamation.

It is very hard to understand what Lincoln's personal view on racial
equality was, because it changed depending upon who he was talking to.



Sounds like he and Harry have a lot in common.
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* I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That? *

John H