 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 strani
...sleep, and mdr'-y with negroes ! He will have it that they can not be consistent else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands, without asking leave of any one else, she is my equal, and the equal... | |
 | Richard Striner - 2006 - 320 strani
...so only because they want to vote, and eat, and sleep, and marry with negroes! . . . Now I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...my equal; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands without asking leave of anyone else, she is my equal, and the equal of... | |
 | James F. Simon - 2006 - 337 strani
...amalgamation of the races, Lincoln focused on Douglas alone. He rejected Douglas's "counterfeit logic" that "because I do not want a black woman for a slave...my equal; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands without asking leave of any one else, she is my equal and the equal of... | |
 | Eric J. Sundquist - 2006 - 262 strani
...white people at the idea of an indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races. ... I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...black woman for a slave I must necessarily want her as a wife. ... In some respects she is certainly not my equal; but in her natural right to eat the... | |
 | Mark Mattern - 2006 - 486 strani
...(1809-1865) conceded only partial equality among blacks and whites. Speaking of a black woman, he wrote that "in some respects she certainly is not my equal; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands without asking leave of any one else, she is my equal, and the equal of... | |
 | George McKenna - 2007 - 454 strani
...promoting intermarriage between blacks and whites. "Now," Lincoln replied, "I protest against that counterfeit logic which concludes that, because I...have her for either. I can just leave her alone." The Founders "did not intend to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all... | |
 | James Oakes - 2007 - 366 strani
...Lincoln then repeated his familiar aphorism: "I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. [Cheers and laughter.] My understanding is that I can just let her alone."28 For Lincoln, unlike Frederick... | |
 | Marc Karnis Landy, Sidney M. Milkis - 2008 - 41 strani
...but they must not deny them their humanity. I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone. I am now in my fiftieth year, and I certainly never... | |
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Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that because I do not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife. I need not have her for either. I can just leave her alone. 
