 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 412 pages
...to Louisiana, that "in defining the franchise some of the colored people might be let in," saying: "They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom." In 1857 he avowed himself "not in favor of" what he improperly called "negro... | |
 | Walter Lynwood Fleming - 1906 - 532 pages
...have a convention, which, . . will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. Proclamation on the Wade-Davis... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 476 pages
...convention, which among other things will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion, — not to the public, but to you alone. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. CALL... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1906 - 622 pages
...convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom."2 The feeling of many, if not all, of the radical Republicans was that the negroes ought to... | |
 | American Political Science Association. Annual Meeting - 1906 - 246 pages
...reconstructing Louisiana. March 13, 1864 Lincoln wrote to Hahn in Louisiana : " I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Nevertheless neither in the Louisiana nor the Arkansas nor the West Virginia government, nor in any... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1906 - 700 pages
...which, among other things, will prepare and define the elective franchise. I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...intelligent, and especially those who have fought so gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1906 - 626 pages
...which, among other things, will prepare and define the elective franchise. I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...intelligent, and especially those who have fought so gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 pages
...convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. Yours truly, A. Lincoln. [Order.]... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 pages
...convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. [Remarks on closing a sanitary... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 pages
...Convention which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. Yours truly, A. Lincoln 92. On... | |
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Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent,... 
