E.J. Dionne Jr. - Washington Post on Lincoln

[AussieMick]

100% agreement from me.

I wonder how the people who are currently taking a high moral ground with respect to Lincoln on racial issues, would have managed in 1860. Would they have discussed their views on black-white equality in all things ( including voting, employment opportunity, marriage and sexual affairs) ? Would they think that publicly expounding those views would have assisted in the elimination of slavery or improving the lives of Black Americans ( I choose not to use the term Afro-Americans) ?
Would they have had the courage and foresight of Abraham Lincoln?