re: Poll for Texans

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Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths in the various departments of science.

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Funny, this is exactly what Lincoln's views were of the black slaves. Just because he was an abolitionist, does not mean that he didn't view the black person as completely inferior. He also did not consider them citizens, nor was he willing to offer the citizenship.