 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1900 - 1128 pages
...and absolutely, or introduced gradually and with conditions. In my judgment, the freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obtain...on whom they have heretofore most closely depended. But while I have no doubt that now, after the close of the war, it is not competent for the General... | |
 | Hugh McCulloch - United States - 1900 - 836 pages
...and absolutely, or introduced gradually and with conditions. In my judgment, the freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obtain...subsided, it may prove that they will receive the kindliest usage from some of those on whom they have heretofore most closely depended. migration and... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton, John Lord - United States - 1903 - 566 pages
...Johnson says in his first annual message to Dec. 4. Congress: "In my judgment, the freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obtain...through the States than through the General Government ;" again : " It is not competent for Congress to extend the elective franchise in the several States."... | |
 | David Miller DeWitt - Trials (Impeachment) - 1903 - 668 pages
...heretofore most closely depended," and "if they show patience and manly virtues" "will sooner obtain participation in the elective franchise through the...than through the general government even if it had the power to intervene." He affirms that good faith requires their security in their liberty, their... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1904 - 692 pages
...they might after a while obtain a participation in the elective franchise. " When," he continued, " the tumult of emotions that have been raised by the...have subsided it may prove that they will receive the kindliest usage from some of those on whom they have heretofore most closely depended. . . . Good faith... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1904 - 696 pages
...suddenness of the social change shall have subsided it may prove that they will receive the kindliest usage from some of those on whom they have heretofore most closely depended. . . . Good faith requires ; the security of the freedmen in their liberty and their J /property, their... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1909 - 570 pages
...once and absolutely or introduced gradually and with conditions. In my judgment the freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obtain...on whom they have heretofore most closely depended. But while I have no doubt that now, after the close of the war, it is not competent for the General... | |
 | John Spencer Bassett - United States - 1913 - 954 pages
...themselves, let not the process of reform be unduly hastened, and "it may prove that they [the negroes] will receive the kindest usage from some of those on whom they have hitherto most closely depended." Johnson and his advisers thought of a new republican party, and under... | |
 | John Spencer Bassett - United States - 1913 - 950 pages
...themselves, let not the process of reform be unduly hastened, and "it may prove that they [the negroes] will receive the kindest usage from some of those on whom they have hitherto most closely depended." Johnson and his advisers thought of a new republican party, and under... | |
 | Mississippi Historical Society - Local history - 1916 - 782 pages
...the suddenness of the social. change has subsided, it may prove that they will receive the kindliest usage from some of those on whom they have heretofore most closely depended. But while I have no doubt that now, after the close of the war, it is not compatible for the general... | |
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In my judgment the freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obtain a participation in the elective franchise through the States than through the General Government, even if it had power to intervene. 
