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Page 217
... prisoners , chap- lains and surgeons . TREATMENT OF SURGEONS . - Our government some time since began " to liberate , without exchange , all captured surgeons of the Confederate army who were taken attending on their own sick and ...
... prisoners , chap- lains and surgeons . TREATMENT OF SURGEONS . - Our government some time since began " to liberate , without exchange , all captured surgeons of the Confederate army who were taken attending on their own sick and ...
Page 221
... prisoners are known to have been killed in cold blood ; spies have fre- quented our camps ; the parole has been broken ; flags of truce have been fired upon ; and all sorts of secret treachery practiced upon our men . Yet it would not ...
... prisoners are known to have been killed in cold blood ; spies have fre- quented our camps ; the parole has been broken ; flags of truce have been fired upon ; and all sorts of secret treachery practiced upon our men . Yet it would not ...
Page 223
... prisoners , amount to 96,409 for the rebels , and 106,819 on our side . The casualties , of which there are no re- ports , swell these figures to 108,707 for the former , and 132,819 for the lat- ter ; the sum total on both sides ...
... prisoners , amount to 96,409 for the rebels , and 106,819 on our side . The casualties , of which there are no re- ports , swell these figures to 108,707 for the former , and 132,819 for the lat- ter ; the sum total on both sides ...
Page 226
... prisoners of war , under the impression that their lives would be spared ; but they were slaughtered to a man , and their bodies thrown into the river . These were seen in hundreds floating down the stream , by those on board the ...
... prisoners of war , under the impression that their lives would be spared ; but they were slaughtered to a man , and their bodies thrown into the river . These were seen in hundreds floating down the stream , by those on board the ...
Page 257
... prisoners were all put to death . If one was spared , it was not from any deforence to justice or humanity , but from mere impulse , fancy or freak of selfishness . The laws of war treated every prisoner as properly consigned to death ...
... prisoners were all put to death . If one was spared , it was not from any deforence to justice or humanity , but from mere impulse , fancy or freak of selfishness . The laws of war treated every prisoner as properly consigned to death ...
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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.