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To: Non-Sequitur

Abraham Lincoln said the following on September 18, 1858 in a speech in Charleston, Illinois:
“I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been , in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races [applause]: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.” Abe Lincoln


220 posted on 09/27/2010 10:12:41 PM PDT by mojitojoe ("Ridicule is man's most potent weap Pon" Saul Alinsky... I will take Odungo's mentors advice)
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To: mojitojoe; nolu chan
Don't get too factual and well-documented on Honest Abe's opinions of African slavery and the Negro race.

Remember nolu chan. (EIS MNHMHN.)

238 posted on 09/28/2010 1:32:37 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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