 Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy, who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think that, in such a case, to silence the agitator and save the boy, is not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy.  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 423by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1863 - 18 pages
...Constuittion sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy who deserts, whil¿ I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? This is none the less injurious when eflected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a public... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? This U none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a public... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert ? This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 858 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father or brother or friend into a public... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert ? This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 672 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? This is none tho less injurious when ejected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a public... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simpleminded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a public... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simpleminded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert ? This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simpleminded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert ? This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a... | |
 | Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch, a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? This ¡a none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a public... | |
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