As to people stating, that whites were power hungry. What about the Spanish and French. They were not exactly all sweetness and cuddles to the Native Americans in this country.

Lincoln, did not have any feelings for blacks. In his mind, they were inferior, had intelligence lower than a canine, and had no ability other than physical labor, and should not be allowed to mix with the white race, in any way at all. It says, all these things in his many letters to friends and other politician's. If your going to take some quotes of his from his papers and letters, you have to take them all. You can not pick and choose. The man used blacks, as a means to keep the North in the War, when the Northern's were ready to stop the war in the 3rd year, not before. Never before.