 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.  Self Culture - Page 1961897Full view - About this book
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...contend it does, do so only because they want to vote, eat, sleep, and marry with negroes. 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... | |
 | Henry Wilson - 1874 - 754 pages
...in favor of social equality. " I protest against the counterfeit logic," he said, " which concludes, because I do not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife." Comprehending the magnitude of the contest and the gravity of the occasion, he spoke at Quincy of "these... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 274 pages
...emancipation implied amalgamation, he answered — " I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife." This popular Democratic shibboleth, " How would you like your daughter to marry a negro ?" was keenly... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 260 pages
...emancipation implied amalgamation, he answered — " I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife." This popular Democratic shibboleth, "How would you like your daughter to marry a negro ?" was keenly... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - 1881 - 812 pages
...a black woman for a slave, it does not follow that I want her for a wife. * * In some respects she is not my equal, but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hand without asking leave of anyone else, she is my equal and the equal of all... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 528 pages
...and sleep, and marry with negroes. He will have it that they cannot 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 of... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 526 pages
...and sleep, and marry with negroes. He will have it that they cannot 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 of... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1891 - 424 pages
...sleep, and marry with negroes! He will have it that they cannot be consistent else. Now, I prot-iat against the counterfeit logic which concludes that, because I do not want a black woman ibr & slave, 1 mnnt necessarily want her for a wife. I need not have her for either. I can just leave... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1892 - 564 pages
...only because they want to vote, and eat, and sleep, and marry with the negroes ! . . . Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...; I can just leave her alone. In some respects she is certainly not my equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1892 - 604 pages
...only because they want to vote, and eat, and sleep, and marry with the negroes ! . . . Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...; I can just leave her alone. In some respects she is certainly not my equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands,... | |
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