Lincoln Research

[David Lockmiller]

(04-20-2017 07:41 AM)ELCore Wrote:  Abraham Lincoln was anti-slavery on a logical level, not an emotional way.

To you, Dani: what does that mean? To all: does the statement strike you as accurate?

It does not strike me as accurate.

President Lincoln's addressed the 140th Indiana Regiment on March 17, 1865 with the following words:

“I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."

The People of the South did not desire slavery for themselves, but they did desire slavery for others.