 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 pages
...EXECUTIVE MANSION, ) WASHINGTON, March 13, 1864. j HON. MICHAEL HAHN — My Dear Sir: I congratulate yon on having fixed your name in history as the first...and especially those who have fought gallantly in ~ur ranks. They would probably help, in Bonie trying tim« to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - Presidents - 1902 - 476 pages
...Now, you are about to have a convention which, among other things, will probably define the 22 337 elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private...ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty safe within the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 pages
...suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in,—as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially...ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty safe within the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion—not... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 394 pages
...acted upon. Please do it. [Letter of Governor Michael Hahn, Washington, 13 March 1864.] 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,... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - Biography & Autobiography - 1903 - 478 pages
...having his name fixed in history as the first free Governor of the State of Louisiana, and saying, " 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 safe within the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 pages
...suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in—as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially...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,... | |
 | Peter Joseph Hamilton - History - 1905 - 654 pages
...governor of Louisiana, the president added that as Louisiana was about to have a convention which would probably define the elective franchise, "I barely...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... | |
 | William Albert Sinclair - African Americans - 1905 - 396 pages
...Louisiana, Lincoln wrote in March, 1864, advising that the ballot should be given to the colored men : " Let in, as for instance, the very intelligent, and...future to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom.'' This was probably the first utterance from a responsible source in favor of bestowing the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 416 pages
...suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in—as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially...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,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 622 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,... | |
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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,... 
