Lou, Before Lincoln's election, Wendell Phillips referred to him as the "slave-hound of Illinois." After his election, he said the following:
"It is the moral effect of this victory, not anything which his administration can or will do, that gives value to this success. Not an Abolitionist, hardly an antislavery man, Mr. Lincoln consents to represent an antislavery idea. A pawn on the political chessboard, his value is in his position; with fair effort, we may soon change him for a knight, bishop, or queen, and sweep the board. (Applause) …The Republican party have undertaken a problem, the solution of which will force them to our position…." It was not until 1863 that Lincoln was won over to the cause emancipation. Until then he prosecuted the Civil War to preserve the Union, NOT TO FREE THE SLAVES. It is not the intention of Obama and the Democrats to emancipate wage labor. But they have "undertaken a problem, the solution of which will force them to our position..." On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zinn wrote: > > Obama has more in common with Jefferson Davis since wage slavery is the > chattel slavery of our epoch. -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
