 | Virginia State Bar Association - 1903 - 470 psl.
...Said he: "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 so gallantly in our ranks."18 But neither Governor Hahn, nor the Reconstruction Convention which he... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 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,...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... | |
 | Robert Franklin Durden - 1985 - 166 psl.
...suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in [to vote] — as, for instance, the very intelligent and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The governor proved unable to persuade the Louisiana convention to follow Lincoln's advice, but on... | |
 | Michael G. Cooke - 1986 - 260 psl.
...Bois may have been influenced by Lincoln's suggestion in 1864 that "some of the colored people may be let in, as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Du Bois approvingly quotes this "cautious" recommendation in "Reconstruction and Its Benefits." It... | |
 | Frederick J. Blue - 1987 - 452 psl.
...possible approach. In fact, he had urged Hahn to consider giving the vote to a small number of blacks, "the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The constitution did give the legislature the discretionary power to enfranchise blacks in the future... | |
 | Eric L. McKitrick - 1988 - 550 psl.
...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...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Lincoln to Michael Hahn, Mar. 13, 1864. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basier (New... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1988 - 952 psl.
...said Lincoln, "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 in the family of... | |
 | George M. Fredrickson - 1988 - 324 psl.
..."very intelligent" blacks and "those who have fought gallantly in our ranks," adding cautiously that "this is only a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone."54 Lincoln may have been inspired to make this recommendation because of a visit he had received... | |
 | Eric Foner - 2010 - 322 psl.
...with Lincoln, the President wrote Louisiana Gov. Michael Hahn concerning the coming constitutional convention: "I barely suggest for your private consideration,...This quality, unfortunately, was in short supply in Louisiana. The constitutional convention ratified the overthrow of Louisiana's old order. The delegates... | |
 | Merrill D. Peterson - 1995 - 493 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,...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. 
