 I have said that I do not understand the Declaration to mean that all men were created equal in all respects. They are not our equal in color; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects; they are equal in their...  Abraham Lincoln, an Essay - Page 48by Carl Schurz - 1891 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...be misrepresented, but cannot be misunderstood. I have said that I do not understand the Declaration to mean that all men were created equal in all respects. They are not our equal in color ; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 138 pages
...be misrepresented, but cannot be misunderstood. I have said that I do not understand the Declaration to mean that all men were created equal in all respects. They are not our equal in color ; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...be misrepresented, but cannot be misunderstood. I have said that I 96 not understand the Declaration to mean that all men were created equal in all respects. They are not our equal in color ; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...be misrepresented, but cannot be misunderstood. I have said that I do not understand the Declaration to mean that all men were created equal in all respects. They are not our equal in color ; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...be misrepresented, but cannot be misunderstood. I have said that I do not understand the Declaration to mean that all men were created equal in all respects. They are not our equal in color; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects;... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...be misrepresented, but cannot be misunderstood. I have said that I do not understand the Declaration to mean that all men were created equal in all respects. They are not our equal in color; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - African Americans - 1867 - 494 pages
...law is gentleness — violence is the last resoiirce of weakness— NICHOLAS Bn>DLE. I have said that I do not understand the Declaration of Independence to mean that all men are created equal in all respects. Certainly the negro is not our equal in color — perhaps not in... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - African Americans - 1871 - 224 pages
...course of one of his debates with Senator Douglas, in Illinois, (in 1858,) said : " I have said that I do not understand the Declaration of Independence to mean that all men are created equal in all respects. Certainly the negro is not our equal in color, — perhaps not in... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...to mean that all men were created equal in all respects. They are not equal in color; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal...in their right to 'Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.' Certainly the Negro is not our equal in color — perhaps not in many other respects;... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1891 - 130 pages
...that compensation be made to unwilling owners. On everv available occasion, he pronounced hr'.mself in favor of the deportation and colonization of the...equal in their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinesr " With regard '.o come of these subjects Lincoln, modified nis position at a later period,... | |
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