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by James Magee - 2002 - 328 pages
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Truth from an Honest Man

Abraham Lincoln - Copperhead movement - 1863 - 38 pages
...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...meeting, and there working upon his feelings till he is persuadeâ to write the soldier-boy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked Administration...
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President Lincoln's Views: An Important Letter on the Principles Involved in ...

Abraham Lincoln - History - 1863 - 18 pages
...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...meeting, and there working upon his feelings till lie is persuaded to write the soldier-boy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked Administration...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 6

Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 870 pages
...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...he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is lighting in a bad cause, for a wicked administration of a contemptible government, too weak to arrest...
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Logic of History: Five Hundred Political Texts: Being Concentrated Extracts ...

Stephen D. Carpenter - Antislavery movements - 1864 - 368 pages
...punishmemt. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a willy agitator who induces him to desert? This is none the...brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there work upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in a bad cause,...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...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...a contemptible Government, too weak to arrest and ptmish him if he shall desert. I think that in such a case to silence the agitator and save the boy...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...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...Administration of a contemptible Government, too weak to arrest nnd punish him if he shall desert. I think that in such a case to silence the agitator and save the...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 690 pages
...punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I mnst not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? This is none the...persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in я bad cause, for a wicked Administration of a contemptible Government, too weak to arrest and punish...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...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...friend, into a public meeting, and there working upon bis feelings till he is pereuadcd to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...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...by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a publie meeting, and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...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...feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier hoy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked Administration of a contemptible Government, too...
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