Lincoln the Great Emancipator Racist

Do you wonder why Lincoln is revered in such high esteem within the Civil Rights movements? Civil Rights organizations will flock to his monument because he freed the slaves. One only has to read the words of the document to fully comprehend that all he wanted to do was create insurrection in the South. He even mentioned to his closest friends that the document was a war measure and nothing else. A slave holding state that came back into the union would not be covered by his proclamation. Furthermore, slavery was not abolished in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia (Union states). Seems kind of odd for a war that was fought to free the slaves.

Do you know the real Lincoln?

If organizations that gathered at this monument knew Lincolns true feelings towards blacks, they would find another site to go. Why would they hold in high esteem a man that kept them in such low esteem. The following are quotes from the great Emancipator himself. They were cited in "The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln" by Roy Basler, ed 1953 New Brunswick, NJ.: Rutgers University Press

"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 -- 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 from 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."

On June 26, 1857, Lincoln while presenting an address in Springfield, Illinois made the following statement

"A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation, but as immediate separation is impossible the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. Such separation, if ever affected at all, must be effected by colonization The enterprise is a difficult one, but 'where there is a will there is a way:' and what colonization needs now is a hearty will. Will springs from the two elements of moral and self-interest. Let us be brought to believe it is morally right, and at the same time, favorable to, or at least not against our interest, to transfer the African to his native clime, and we shall find a way to do it, however great the task may be."

These are but two statements of the many more statements Lincoln made regarding blacks and where he saw their place within American society. How can anyone in these days of pushing for equal rights continue to support one of the most anti-black leaders in American history. A leader that turned his back on Constitutional law and sent over 620,000 citizens to their death. Yet, this country honors him with a monument that depicts him sitting in his throne situated in a building that rivals the buildings the Greeks built for their Gods.