...not intended to be included' in full citizenship" (1998: 121). Even Lincoln, the emancipator, argued: "I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about . . . , the social and political equality of the white and black races . . . Blacks must remain inferior"...

...Lincoln's own policy pronouncements on race, which today carry more than a whiff of the white supremacist: I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been,...political equality of the white and black races... [Audience applauds] ... that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes,...

...placed in an inferior position." But two months later, in southern Illinois, he assured his listeners: "I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been,...and political equality of the white and black races. ... I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.""...

...the Moses of emancipation. In the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, the future president said: I say that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing...and political equality of the white and black races. I am not now, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying...

...the notion of allowing blacks the vote, jury duty, intermarriage, or even citizenship. Lincoln said, "I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing...and political equality of the white and black races ... I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them...

...much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. . . . I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing...social and political equality of the white and black races."47 The elite and rich northern whites Lincoln mostly represented wanted a new, industrial America....

...themselves with another sovereignty had a viable one existed. Integra* "I will say, then, chat I am noi, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in...and political equality of the white and black races [applause]: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor...

...them better." He said nothing of the sort in 1860 or 1861. In 1858, Lincoln declared that he was not "in favor of bringing about in any way the social...political equality of the white and black races." To what extent does that statement accord with the convictions of some of his modern admirers? In 1860,...

...his finest hour. In the first five minutes of his opening remarks, he disclaimed any desire to bring about "in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races" and declared against allowing blacks to participate as voters or jurors in the nation's civic life....

...historic status. He said, 26 Basier, Collected Works, I, 48. 27 Basier, Collected Works, I,209-210. I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about. . . the social and political equality of the white and black races ... I am not, nor ever have been...