 | James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. - 2004 - 190 psl.
...barely suggest, for your private consideration," he wrote, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in, as, for instance, the very intelligent,...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... | |
 | Walter Berns - 2002 - 164 psl.
...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... | |
 | Ethan M. Fishman - 2002 - 248 psl.
...governor: "I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as for instance, the very intelligent,...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 within the family... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 1999 - 532 psl.
...free-state governor of Louisiana, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in" to voting rights, "as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially...those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." But as much as he was willing to concede to Ward Hill Lamon "the justice of the measure," he wondered whether... | |
 | 2003 - 260 psl.
...private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in [given the right to vote] — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Lincoln was responding not only to Radical congressmen but also to black people. Two Louisiana black... | |
 | Charles Pierce Roland - 2004 - 348 psl.
...governor of Louisiana: "I barely suggest for your consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The Radicals countered in early July by passing the Wade-Davis bill (named after Senator Benjamin Wade... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 2004 - 374 psl.
...congratulation than to "barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Hahn did not take the hint; the state constitutional convention that followed in April obediently eliminated... | |
 | Richard Striner - 2006 - 320 psl.
...suggestion: "I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent,...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 within the family... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 psl.
...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...and especially those who have fought gallantly in -nr rnnks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the... | |
 | Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - 2006 - 180 psl.
...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 to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family... | |
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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. 
