 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 ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time...  Grant, Lincoln, and the Freedmen: Reminiscences of the Civil War, with ... - Page 174by John Eaton, Ethel Osgood Mason - 1907 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1877 - 532 pages
...and especially those who have fought 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." In other words, Mr. Lincoln was in favour of a suffrage based upon education and military service.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1881 - 926 pages
...with a different motive. " They would probably help," he said, almost prophetically, " in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of Liberty in the family of Freedom." — Letter to Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864. on internal commerce were removed [August 29] ; State prisoners... | |
 | Albert Talmon Morgan - African Americans - 1884 - 524 pages
...the war was still a living thing, and when the hope that " They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom,"* had neither been extinguished under the pressure of " great business and commercial interests," nor... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - Reconstruction - 1885 - 774 pages
...and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the...a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN." But the Mississippi convention was not alone in its objection to negro suffrage.... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - Reconstruction - 1885 - 766 pages
...and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the...a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN." But the Mississippi convention was not alone in its objection to negro suffrage.... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - Reconstruction - 1885 - 770 pages
...and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the...a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN." But the Mississippi convention was not alone in its objection to negro suffrage.... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - United States - 1886 - 928 pages
...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 a suggestion — not to the public, but to you alone." It was apparent to all who bore intimate relations with Mr. Lincoln, that, foreseeing the termination... | |
 | United States. Congress. House House - Legislators - 1886 - 58 pages
...and especially those who have fought 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. Hut this is only a suggestion, not to the public but to you alone. A. LINCOLN. or bad advice to the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...especially those who have fought gallantly in our rank.s ? They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the...a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. ADDRESS AT THE PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, MARCH 16, 1864. Ladies and Gentlemen... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 638 pages
...and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They will probably help in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the...suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone." It could scarcely be expected of human nature that these important proceedings should pass without... | |
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