 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1082 pages
...thought I would occupy perhaps five minutes in saying something in regard to it. I will say then (hat I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing...equality of the white and black races — that I am u >t, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1042 pages
...question was asked me, I tbooght I would occupy perhaps five minutes in ¿j/ing something in regard to it. I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been,...bringing about in any way the social and political rçuah'7 of the white and black races — that I am not, юг ever have been, in favor of making voters... | |
 | 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
...whole society, that this status should be fixed, controlled, and protected by law. Mr. Lincoln said : I will say, then, that I am not nor ever have been in favor 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... | |
 | 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
...the}' were certainly not 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 or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white... | |
 | James Breckinridge Waller - Enslaved persons - 1880 - 104 pages
...a modification of it during his whole political career before the war, but on the contrary he said: "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing...and political equality of the white and black races. I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of makimj roterx of the free uegroex, or jurors, or qualifying... | |
 | Carlyle McKinley - African Americans - 1889 - 236 pages
...debate with Stephen A. Douglas, on September 18, 1858, seven years before his death, Mr. Lincoln said : "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing...and political equality of the white and black races. I am not; nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1889 - 372 pages
...certainly not ambiguous, and hence every voter could n'nd in them 1 Debates, pp. 88. «9. 2 '' 1 will any, then, . . . that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white... | |
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I will say then that 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... 
