 | James Malcolm - New York (State) - 1918 - 598 pages
...was head of the school? " " Yes, pa; and when he was your age he was president of the United States." I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN. AMERICA'S FIRST RAILROAD IN NEW YORK Operated on... | |
 | Law - 1917 - 880 pages
...the constitution of Illniois contained no provision restricting the right of suffrage. Lincoln said: "I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing the burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or... | |
 | United States. Dept. of the Treasury - Finance, Public - 1969 - 992 pages
...the simple truth on the cover of your colorful campaign brochure as stated by a great President — "I go for all sharing the privileges of the Government who assist in bearing its burdens." In an altogether fitting observance of New Year's Day, President Johnson launched an Action Program... | |
 | Charles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry - History - 1971 - 1530 pages
...the happiness of the masses by their reliance on themselves. Sangamo Journal, 1836 To (he Editor of the Journal: In your paper of last Saturday, I see...its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females). . . . While... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...first among seventeen candidates in the ensuing election. New Salem, June 13, 1836. To the Editor of the Journal: In your paper of last Saturday, I see...privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burthens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear... | |
 | Anne Firor Scott, Andrew MacKay Scott - Law - 1982 - 198 pages
...property ought to be enfranchised. In 1836 Abraham Lincoln, in a letter to the Sangamo Journal, wrote "I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burthens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear... | |
 | John Mack Faragher - History - 1986 - 306 pages
...first-term legislator Abraham Lincoln made a back-handed statement of this principle when he declared that "I go for all sharing the privileges of the government...its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females)." Some have... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1989 - 946 pages
...1832. To the Editor of the Sangamo Journal To the Editor of the Journal: New Salem, June 13, 1836. In your paper of last Saturday, I see a communication...privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burthens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear... | |
 | Paul Simon - Illinois - 1989 - 348 pages
...newspaper suggested that candidates state their position on the issues, Lincoln responded: In your paper last Saturday, I see a communication over the signature...privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burthens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear... | |
 | Ralph D. Gray, Michael A. Morrison - History - 1994 - 500 pages
...females.30 Abraham Lincoln reputedly wrote the following letter to the Sangamon journal of Illinois in 1836: "I go for all sharing the privileges of the government...its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the rights of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females)."31 During... | |
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Voters," in which the candidates who are announced in the "Journal" are called upon to "Show their hands." Agreed. Here's mine. I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all... 
