 | Louisiana - 1978 - 500 pages
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 | Robert Franklin Durden - History - 1985 - 166 pages
...the spring of 1864, Lincoln wrote the recently elected governor concerning the suffrage provision: "I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in [to vote] — as, for instance, the very intelligent and especially those who have fought gallantly... | |
 | Michael G. Cooke - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 260 pages
...Bois may have been influenced by Lincoln's suggestion in 1864 that "some of the colored people may be let in, as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Du Bois approvingly quotes this "cautious" recommendation in "Reconstruction and Its Benefits." It... | |
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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,... 
