Advocate of Peace and Universal BrotherhoodAmerican Peace Society, 1863 - Arbitration (International law) |
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Page 217
... officers captured on the field of battle or ships of war , were subjects of exchange , and held as prisoners . The importance of this rule to humanity , if made general in war , can hardly be over - estimated . If a surgeon must either ...
... officers captured on the field of battle or ships of war , were subjects of exchange , and held as prisoners . The importance of this rule to humanity , if made general in war , can hardly be over - estimated . If a surgeon must either ...
Page 218
... officer ordered a part of his men to lie flat on the ground , and let those in the rear advance to meet the first fire of the British . As these fell , killed or wounded , the others were to rise and re- ceive the next shower of balls ...
... officer ordered a part of his men to lie flat on the ground , and let those in the rear advance to meet the first fire of the British . As these fell , killed or wounded , the others were to rise and re- ceive the next shower of balls ...
Page 219
... officers , educated by the Federal government , clothed , fed , sup- ported by it , desert the flag they had sworn to support , and join in a grand conspiracy for its destruction . With all this infamy attached to them , Southern ...
... officers , educated by the Federal government , clothed , fed , sup- ported by it , desert the flag they had sworn to support , and join in a grand conspiracy for its destruction . With all this infamy attached to them , Southern ...
Page 220
... Officers may throw up their commissions with- out playing the peculator and the spy . We repeat , that the cause of this general dereliction lies much deeper than the rebellion . It has its origin in the peculiar organization of South ...
... Officers may throw up their commissions with- out playing the peculator and the spy . We repeat , that the cause of this general dereliction lies much deeper than the rebellion . It has its origin in the peculiar organization of South ...
Page 225
... officers as well as soldiers . Indeed , the latter have few opportunities , comparatively , to dissipate , and are liable to punishment therefor , while the former can indulge their pro- pensity to any extent . Of this fact I was ...
... officers as well as soldiers . Indeed , the latter have few opportunities , comparatively , to dissipate , and are liable to punishment therefor , while the former can indulge their pro- pensity to any extent . Of this fact I was ...
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Page 212 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 212 - They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Page 36 - So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.
Page 215 - Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 304 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 292 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.