 | Allen C. Guelzo - 1999 - 532 pages
...free-state governor of Louisiana, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in" to voting rights, "as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." But as much as he was willing to concede to Ward Hill Lamon "the justice of the measure," he wondered... | |
 | 2003 - 260 pages
...first-free-state Governor of Louisiana," Lincoln had discreetly written, "I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in [given the right to vote] — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 2004 - 374 pages
...Lincoln wrote him a letter, less for the purpose of congratulation than to "barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Hahn did not take the hint; the state constitutional convention that followed in April obediently eliminated... | |
 | Charles Pierce Roland - 2004 - 348 pages
...Lincoln had written to the newly elected "loyal" governor of Louisiana: "I barely suggest for your consideration whether some of the colored people may...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The Radicals countered in early July by passing the Wade-Davis bill (named after Senator Benjamin Wade... | |
 | Richard Striner - 2006 - 320 pages
...probably define the elective franchise." Then he made his secret suggestion: "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."5 for blacks all over the nation.... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 pages
...which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored...and especially those who have fought gallantly in -nr rnnks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the... | |
 | Robert C. Williams - 2006 - 562 pages
...be extended to freedmen. This did not happen. Lincoln supported Hahn's proposal, saying such rights "would probably help, in some trying time to come,...the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom." Freedom was something bigger and broader than liberty. One month later, Lincoln noted in his address... | |
 | Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - 2006 - 180 pages
...state in early 1864, the president broached the question of voting rights: "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... | |
 | Andrew E. Taslitz - 2006 - 377 pages
...Louisiana's Governor Michael Hahn and suggested that he consider allowing the vote for blacks who were "very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks," by April 1865 going further by publicly endorsing limited black suffrage. In his last annual message... | |
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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,... 
