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gwarguy

i love college history

Apr 14, 2005 21:06

"I am not, nor ever have I been, in favor of bringing about in any way, the social and political equality of the white and black races; I am not, now nor I have ever been, in favor in making voters or jurors of Negros, nor qualifying them to hold office...I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black ( Read more... )

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He changed his mind, I guess. prayforsex April 15 2005, 14:28:01 UTC

(from Lincoln's second inaugural speech, 1864 ( ... )

Re: He changed his mind, I guess. gwarguy April 15 2005, 19:48:59 UTC

thats why he is one of the most clever presidents in some poll or something, he knows how to win

Re: He changed his mind, I guess. prayforsex April 15 2005, 22:04:22 UTC

Man, look at the second to last line, about "til every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword." That's powerful. Modern politicians don't talk like that. But the I guess modern citizens don't vote like they used to either.

What I mean is, compare that to our current president and his limited vocabulary and knowledge of language structure. All old Dubya can come up with to rouse the people is a bunch of "terror" mixed with liberal amounts of "freedom" and the occasional "democracy," in very basic sentences. I guess so he doesn't stutter too much.

Sad.

Re: He changed his mind, I guess. gwarguy April 16 2005, 12:26:04 UTC

its what the people want...plus i do think it is just about pushing his limits

In context... jkt013 April 15 2005, 17:09:27 UTC

Lincoln was raised in an area where slavery was not prevelant, but racism was accepted and expected. His first real taste of the terrible truths of human bondage was a trip down the Mississippi with a friend of his, making a delivery of stock to the docks in New Orleans. He was only 12 or 14 at the time and the site of boats being unloaded by humans that just had darker skin toubled him. Later when he was elected to the House of Representatives on the Whig ticket, he spoke against Polk's war in Mexico, but wrote about the terrible sight of the slave market in Washington D.C. His days as a lawyer gave him an appreciation for justice and knew that the exploitation of these individuals was going to end one way or another. Later when he was elected President and the South seceeded, he felt they were fleeing not him, but free repulic ideals. The South was going to seceed as long as they didn't get their man in the White house which wasn't going to happen anyway based on electoral data. They didn't have the support, so they were ( ... )