Topic > |||Indeed, at one point during the debates between him and Douglas he states: "I will therefore say that I am not, nor have I ever been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races." (Borrit 2002). As for forcing blacks to work for whites in harmful circumstances, he states that people didn't deserve to be treated like animals, but at the same time they had their place. The only concern with his disagreement on slavery was that it went against the foundations of America (i.e. the Constitution). Lincoln believed that colonization was the solution to the problem that robbed the nation of its characterizations. In response to the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's colonization beliefs caused an uproar among blacks, who supported their birth in America. During his presidency, Lincoln was able to make great progress or, at the very least, push for the development of America as a whole. However, he fought to get Congress on his side for many of his beliefs; however, he had grandiose ideas of domestic politics, which directly influenced his foreign policies, such as the Confederacy as a sovereign state. Lincoln was a Republican, and after his presidency, his party's success created numerous domestic parties in the country