Lincoln’s clarity on slavery.

[LincolnMan]

I love this excerpt from Lincoln’s speech in Michigan:

“We have been in the habit of deploring the fact that slavery exists among us. We have ever deplored it. Our forefathers did, and they declared, as we have done in later years, the blame rested upon the mother government of Great Britain. We constantly condemn Great Britain for not preventing slavery from coming amongst us. She would not interfere to prevent it, and so individuals were able to introduce the institution without opposition.”

I don’t recall seeing this quote before but I think it says everything on Lincoln’s view regarding slavery.