 I think I would not hold one in slavery at any rate, yet the point is not clear enough for me to denounce people upon. What next? Free them, and make them politically and socially our equals.  History of the American War - Page 11by Henry Charles Fletcher - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...there in many times ten days. What then ? Free them all, and keep them among us as underlings ? Is it quite certain that this betters their condition ?...and make them politically and socially our equals V My own feelings will not admit of this; and if mine would, we well know that those of the great mass... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...keep them among us as underlings ? Is it quite certain that this betters their condition ? I think 1 would not hold one in slavery at any rate ; yet the...upon. What next? Free them, and make them politically arid socially our equals ? My own feelings will not admit of this ; and if mine would, we well know... | |
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...there in many times ten days. What then? Free them all, and keep them among us as underlings? Is it quite certain that this betters their condition? I...slavery, at any rate; yet the point is not clear enough for me to denounce people upon. What next? Free them, and make them politically and socially our equals?... | |
 | Robert Black - Slavery - 1861 - 156 pages
...there in many times ten days. What then ? Free them all, and keep them among us as underlings? Is it quite certain that this betters their condition ?...slavery, at any rate; yet the point is not clear enough for me to denounce people upon. What next ? Free them, and make them politically and socially our equals... | |
 | Hugo Reid - Nova Scotia - 1861 - 328 pages
...the choice of the Eepublican party, said, in 1858, in a speech on the all-absorbing question :—" Make them politically and socially our equals? My...feelings will not admit of this; and, if mine would, we know that those of the great mass of white people will not. Whether this feeling accords with justice... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - Freed persons - 1863 - 308 pages
...delivered at Ottawa, Illinois, Aug. 21, 1858, Lincoln said, "I think I would not hold one (a slave) in slavery at any rate ; yet the point is not clear...our equals ? My own feelings will not admit of this ! " Again, when addressing the people at Chicago, July 10, 1858, he said, " I have always hated slavery,... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...there in many times ten days. What then? Free them all, and keep them among us as underlings ? Is it quite certain that this betters their condition ?...feelings will not admit of this ; and, if mine would, we all know that those of the great mass of white people would not. Whether this feeling accords with... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...all, and keep them among us as underlings ? Is it quite certain that this betters their condition ? / think I would not hold one in slavery at any rate,...feelings will not admit of this ; and, if mine would, we all know that those of the great mass of white people would not. Whether this feeling accerds with... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...there in many times ten days. What then ? Free them all, and keep them among us as underlings ? Is it quite certain that this betters their condition ?...is not clear enough to me to denounce people upon. them equals. It does seem to me that systems of gradual emancipation might be adopted, but for their... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...there in many times ten days. What then ? Free them all, and keep them among us as underlings ? Is it quite certain that this betters their condition ?...slavery at any rate, yet the point is not clear enough for me to denounce people upon. What next ? Free them, and make them politically and socially our equals... | |
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