 | David W. Blight, Brooks D. Simpson - History - 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 - Carnival - 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... | |
 | Caryn Cossé Bell - History - 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... | |
 | Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - History - 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 - Science - 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 - History - 1998 - 772 pages
...Governor of 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 in the future to keep the jewel of Liberty in the family of freedom. But this is only... | |
 | J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 460 pages
...convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest to your private consideration, whether some of the colored...instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel... | |
 | James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. - History - 2004 - 190 pages
...confidential letter to Michael Hahn. "I barely suggest, for your private consideration," he wrote, "whether some of the colored people may not be let...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Although Hahn waited more than two years before releasing the contents of the letter, the die had been... | |
 | Rogan Kersh - History - 2001 - 388 pages
...heart, and deceitful speech, they strove to hinder it." In 1864 Lincoln wrote Louisiana's new governor: "I barely suggest for your private consideration,...whether some of the colored people may not be let in [to the franchise]. . . . They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel... | |
 | Walter Berns - Political Science - 2002 - 164 pages
...done to their lands, goods, persons, or reputations. But, despite Lincoln's appeal that, at least, "the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks," be given the right to vote, the new constitution provided no guarantee of black suffrage. The best... | |
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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,... 
