 I hold that notwithstanding all this, there is no reason In the world why the Negro Is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated In the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he Is as...  Abraham Lincoln: A History - Page 147by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Full view - About this book
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right of life, .liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to...not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns,... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of .happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled...not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color — perhaps not in intellectual and... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas, that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color — perhaps not in intellectual and... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas, that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color — perhaps not in intellectual and... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - Literature - 1860 - 786 pages
...rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man." Disquisitions and Notes on the Gospels: Matthru: By JOHN H. MORISON. Boston : Walker, Wise & Co. Cincinnati... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color — perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments ; but in the right to eat the bread without the leave of any body... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...natural rights enumerated In the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he Is as much entitled to...color, perhaps not in moral or Intellectual endowment. Hut in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, which hi* own hand earns, he... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to...I agree with Judge Douglas, he is not my equal in m&ny respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But in the... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Donglas he is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual... | |
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