 I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,...  Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ... - Page 121by Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 399 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Campaign literature - 1868 - 424 pages
...made the negro capable of selfgovernment. — Stephen A. Doug/as. Hear President Lincoln in reply : I AM NOT. NOR EVER HAVE BEEN, IN FAVOR OF MAKING VOTERS OR JURORS OK NEGROES, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor intermarrying them with white people, and I... | |
 | 1869 - 1098 pages
...would seem to endorse its loyalty then, but we doubt whether it would do so now : "I will aay that lam not. nor ever have been, In favor of making voters...qualifying them to hold office, nor to inter-marry wilh white people ; and I will say in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between... | |
 | 1907 - 1184 pages
...of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races — that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters...social and political equality. And inasmuch as they can not so live, while they do remain together, there must be the position of superior and inferior,... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - African Americans - 1871 - 224 pages
...as first given by its far-famed author, Abraham Lincoln, himself, who said : " I am not, and never have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of...qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with whites ; and I will say further, in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1889 - 370 pages
...ambiguous, and hence every voter could find in them i Debates, pp. 88, 89. 8 " I will say, then, . . . that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters...together on terms of social and political equality. ... I give him (Douglas) the most solemn pledge that I will, to the very last, stand by the law of... | |
 | James Breckinridge Waller - Enslaved persons - 1880 - 104 pages
...qualifying them to holl office, or having them to marry with white people. I will say in addition, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races, which I suppose will forever forbid the two races living together upon terms of social and political equality,... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - Springfield Republican - 1885 - 444 pages
...his utterances and sentiments up to that time — against any equality of the two races. He said, " I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters...there is a physical difference between the white and the black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social... | |
 | English literature - 1886 - 456 pages
...Emancipation proclamation had to say about negroes in 1858 : " I am not, nor ever have been, in favour of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying...there is a physical difference between the white and the black races, which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social... | |
 | Carlyle McKinley - African Americans - 1889 - 234 pages
...favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters...together on terms of social and political equality." Our duty to expel alien races is as clear as the duty to exclude them. There is no place in this volume,... | |
 | Carlyle McKinley - African Americans - 1889 - 236 pages
...favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters...the two races living together on terms of social and folitical equality," Our duty to expel alien races is as clear as the duty to exclude them. There is... | |
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