| William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...that case he who is a man, may, as a matter of selfgovernment, do just what he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent a...govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government ; but when he governs himself, and also governs another man, that is more than... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 598 pages
...— Mr. Lincoln replied, " When the white man governs himself, that is self-government, but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that...is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism." It was on these opposing grounds that the two men took their stand for the battle of argument and principle... | |
| John George Nicolay - United States - 1881 - 246 pages
...all nations and ages : " When the white man governs himself, that is self-government ; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that...is more than self-government — that is despotism ; " his irrefutable statement of the natural right of every man "to eat. the bread, without leave of... | |
| New England - 1899 - 870 pages
...without that other's consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that...is more than self-government — that is despotism. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us; our defence is in the spirit which... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...self-interest. (Same speech.) When the white man governs himself, that is self-government ; but when he governs himself, and also governs another man, that...is more than self-government — that is despotism. (Same.) Slave States are places for poor white people to remove from, not to remove to; new free States... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 544 pages
...in that case he who is a man may as a matter of selfgovernment do just what he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent a...self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself 1 When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 536 pages
...in that case he who is a man may as a matter of selfgovernment do just what he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent a...self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself T When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also... | |
| Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...that case he who is a man, may, as a matter of self-government, do just what he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not, to that extent,...govern himself ? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government ; but when he governs himself, and also governs another man, that is more than... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 pages
...that case he who is a man may as a matter of self-government do just what he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent a...govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 174 pages
...that case he who is a man may as a matter of self-government do just what he pleases with him. But if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent a...govern himself ? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government ; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is despotism."... | |
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