 | James M. McPherson - 1964 - 496 pages
...consideration," wrote the president, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in [to the suffrage] — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks."18 This idea of a qualified Negro suffrage was gaining considerable support in the North. But... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - 1996 - 208 pages
...blacks and whites. By 1864, however, he pleaded, in fact demanded, votes for some black people for "they would probably help, in some trying time to...the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom." Similarly, in 1848 he warned against amending the Constitution: "No slight occasion should tempt us... | |
 | David W. Blight, Brooks D. Simpson - 1997 - 260 pages
...Louisiana in March 1864, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in [to the suffrage] — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially...gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help," he added, "in some trying times to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom."... | |
 | James Gill - 1997 - 316 pages
...males, although Lincoln himself had asked Hahn to consider "whether some of the colored people may be let in; as, for instance, the very intelligent...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The convention did, however, leave the way open for the legislature "to pass laws extending suffrage... | |
 | Wang, Xi - 1997 - 466 pages
...blacks, especially those who had "fought gallantly" with the Union armies. These people, Lincoln noted, "would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom."63 Even so, Lincoln remained cautious about initiating any national action on black suffrage.... | |
 | Caryn Cossé Bell - 1997 - 348 pages
...consideration," the president wrote, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in [granted suffrage] — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The president's recommendation notwithstanding, the constitutional convention, which met during the... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - 1998 - 332 pages
...suspiciously resembles Lincoln's language in a letter to Louisiana Governor Michael Hahn, dated 13 March 1864: "They would probably help, in some trying time to...the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom." Basler, Collected Works of Lincoln, 7:2.43. A Drink and a Sunrise i. This informant was perhaps Benjamin... | |
 | Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - 1998 - 952 pages
...the forthcoming constitutional convention "some of the colored people" might be granted the suffrage, "as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." But even this modest suggestion was rejected. cepts from the Book of Books, learn the great truth that... | |
 | Larry Arnhart - 1998 - 356 pages
...he proposed that the new state constitution should allow at least some of the blacks to vote—"as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks" (1953, 7:243). Here Lincoln is both bold and cautious. It is bold to suggest that a Southern state... | |
 | W. E. B. Du Bois - 1998 - 772 pages
...which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise, I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...ranks. They would probably help in some trying time in the future to keep the jewel of Liberty in the family of freedom. But this is only suggestion, not... | |
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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,... 
