Here he is in a debate in 1858with Stephen A. Douglas: I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And in as much as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man 105 am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. Had Huxley and Lincoln been born and educated in our time,they would have been the first to cringe with the rest of us at theirown Victorian sentiments and unctuous tone.

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