Lincoln did not hesitate to broadcast hisviews publicly. The debate with Douglas in Charleston, Illinois on September 18, 1858 (Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 3, pp. 145-146):
“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 which I
believe will for ever 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.”
The TRUTH.....
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