 | Henry Martyn Field - Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864 - 1890 - 338 pages
...equality between the negroes and white people," he replied in words which could not be more explicit: " 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... | |
 | Henry Whitcomb Holley - Books - 1891 - 156 pages
...perplexity. I copy them from one of his speeches made in his campaign with Senator Douglas: "I will say that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing...equality of the white and black races; that I am not or ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office... | |
 | John Witherspoon Du Bose - Confederate States of America - 1892 - 828 pages
...bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not now, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors...qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with •When Richmond was occupied by the United Stales army, in April, 1866, the inhabitants were upon... | |
 | John Witherspoon Du Bose - Confederate States of America - 1892 - 820 pages
...knowing nothing of its foundations. In 1858 Mr. Lincoln said in debate with Douglas : " I am not now, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in...and political equality of the white and black races. I am not now, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qu,ilifying... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - United States - 1892 - 398 pages
...they were certainly not ambiguous, and hence every voter could find in them 1 Debates, pp. 88. 89. 2 "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 oflice, nor to intermarry with white... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 438 pages
...discarding all distinctions between the two races, I will again read to you what he said at Charleston : I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been,...not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters of the free negroes, or jurors, or qualifying them to hold office, or having them to marry with white... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...question was asked me I thought I would occupy perhaps five minutes in saying something in regard to it. I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been,...the social and political equality of the white and the black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 444 pages
...question was asked me I thought I would occupy perhaps five minutes in saying something in regard to it. I will say, then, that I am not,""? nor ever have...the social and political equality of the white and the black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes,... | |
 | Charles H. Otken - Southern States - 1894 - 298 pages
...said, in his joint debate with Stephen A. Douglas on September 18, 1858, concerning the negroes : " 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1894 - 336 pages
...referring to this subject, used the following language : — " I will say, then, that I am not, nor never have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the...of the white and black races ; that I am not, nor never have been, in favor of making voters of the free negroes, or jurors, or qualifying them to hold... | |
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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... 
