 | Allen Caperton Braxton - 1903 - 98 pages
...the experiment of granting suffrage to a few selected negroes. Said he: "I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...intelligent, and especially those who have fought so gallantly in our ranks."18 But neither Governor Hahn, nor the Reconstruction Convention which he... | |
 | Emory Speer - 1903 - 28 pages
...which among other things will prepare and define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored...be let in, as for instance, the very intelligent, etc." It is interesting to know that the vicepresident of the confederacy entertained views similar... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 pages
...hitherto by the military Governor of Louisiana." Privately, Lincoln wrote to Mr. Hahn (March I5th, 1864): They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. Probably... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1903 - 256 pages
...suggesting 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 460 pages
...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, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1904 - 352 pages
...letter to his provisional governor in Louisiana, Governor Hahn, he said: " I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...very intelligent and especially those who have fought so gallantly in our ranks." Of the thirty-four States which formed the Union in January, 1861, thirty... | |
 | Charles Landon Carter Minor - 1904 - 242 pages
...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." Nicolay and Hay (Abraham Lincoln, Vol. IX, p. 436, et seq.) describe the process of making a loyal... | |
 | Peter Joseph Hamilton - 1905 - 654 pages
...to have a convention which would probably define the elective franchise, "I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone." An election... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 416 pages
...suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in—as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially...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. LETTER... | |
 | William Albert Sinclair - 1905 - 396 pages
...Louisiana, Lincoln wrote in March, 1864, advising that the ballot should be given to the colored men : " Let in, as for instance, the very intelligent, and...ranks. They would probably help in some trying time in the future to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom.'' This was probably the first... | |
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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,... 
