 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1895 - 348 pages
...— (PRIVATE.) EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, March 13, 1864. Hon. Michael Hahn : MY DEAR SIR, — I congratulate you on having fixed your name in history...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,... | |
 | Edmund Gibson Ross - 1896 - 200 pages
...very intelligent, and especially those who havefought gallantly in our ranks." "They would," said he, "probably help in some trying time in the future, to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of Freedom.'This action in regard to Louisiana was accompanied, indeed in some particulars preceded, by... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 624 pages
...writing to Michael Hahn, the newly elected governor of Louisiana under his plan of reconstruction, said: "Now you are about to have a convention, which, among...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 of many, if not all,... | |
 | Charles Hallan McCarthy - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 566 pages
...of the State. On March 13, 1864, the President wrote the following private letter to Governor Hahn : I congratulate you on having fixed your name in history...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,... | |
 | Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - President - 1901 - 550 pages
...convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for you private consideration, whether some of the colored...ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom." IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG SPEECH. Lincoln... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - United States - 1901 - 668 pages
...barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in; for instance, the very intelligent, and especially...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 suggestion, not to... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1901 - 750 pages
...may not be let in ; as, for instance, the very 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 of liberty within the family of freedom."1 Two days later, the President... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1901 - 760 pages
...may not be let in; as, for instance, the very 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 of liberty within the family of freedom."1 Two days later, the President... | |
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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,... 
