I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the coloured people may not be let in--as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks.
In a private letter to Governor Hahn of Louisiana, Lincoln cautiously suggests extending voting rights to some Black citizens.
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