 | Merrill D. Peterson - History - 1995 - 493 pages
...liberated Louisiana. Now you are about to have a Convention which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for...gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom. The new constitution... | |
 | John Hope Franklin - History - 1994 - 279 pages
...Governor of Louisiana." In discussing the franchise in Louisiana, the President took the liberty to "barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether...colored people may not be let in, as, for instance, the BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PllOCLA-MATION. WIIKHKA», the President ..I the... | |
 | John Hope Franklin - History - 1994 - 279 pages
...(Courtesy of the National Archives.) Test oath, signed by former Confederate Wade Hampton in August, 1865. very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The President's thinking had gone even beyond this proposal. To one of his intimates, he said that... | |
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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,... 
