 | Peter Joseph Hamilton - History - 1905 - 654 pages
...Louisiana, the president added that as Louisiana was about to have a convention which would 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 in the family of freedom. But this is only a... | |
 | William Albert Sinclair - African Americans - 1905 - 396 pages
...Louisiana, Lincoln wrote in March, 1864, advising that the ballot should be given to the colored men : " Let in, as for instance, the very intelligent, and...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.'' This was probably... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 416 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...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... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 622 pages
...reconstruction, said: "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."2 The feeling... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1906 - 476 pages
...WASHINGTON, March 13, 1864. HON. MICHAEL HAHN. 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. But this is only... | |
 | Walter Lynwood Fleming - Buildings - 1906 - 544 pages
...Century Company. [March 13, 1S64] Now you are about to have a convention, which, . . 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. But this is only... | |
 | American Political Science Association. Annual Meeting - Electronic journals - 1906 - 246 pages
...allowed to take part in reconstructing Louisiana. March 13, 1864 Lincoln wrote to Hahn in Louisiana : " I barely suggest for your private consideration whether...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Nevertheless neither in the Louisiana nor the Arkansas nor the West Virginia government, nor in any... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - History - 1906 - 626 pages
...a week later: "Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will prepare and define the elective franchise. I barely suggest, for...intelligent, and especially those who have fought so gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - Indians of North America - 1906 - 700 pages
...a week later: "Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will prepare and define the elective franchise. I barely suggest, for...intelligent, and especially those who have fought so gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 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 to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom. But this is only... | |
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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,... 
