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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 4: the reelection of Lincoln.—1864. (search)
eneral commanding the Department, refused their Gen. N. P. Banks. application. Military power could abrogate the provisions Lib. 34.55, 63. of the old State Constitution so far as to allow white soldiers and sailors to vote, but declined to recognize those who were black. The assumption that Mr. Lincoln was either hostile or indifferent to the matter was erroneous, however. On the contrary, he favored the extension of the suffrage to such colored men as were qualified by Letter to Gov. Michael Hahn. intelligence or by having borne arms in defense of the Union, and he suggested that a provision to that effect be made in the new Constitution. Under pressure from General Banks, a clause authorizing the Legislature to extend the suffrage to such citizens was finally inserted (Lib. 34.182). In May, Miller McKim wrote from Washington to Mr. Garrison: I have had an interview with the President since I have been here— not of my seeking. I . . . have seen some of the correspondence be