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... French army , of having sold French military secrets to a foreign power , a second council of war convened in Paris for the trial of Marie 1 Reprinted , with explanatory matter , by permission of Benjamin R. Tucker , from The Trial of ...
... French army , of having sold French military secrets to a foreign power , a second council of war convened in Paris for the trial of Marie 1 Reprinted , with explanatory matter , by permission of Benjamin R. Tucker , from The Trial of ...
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... French penal settlement situated off the coast of French Guiana , where he was still confined under guard . The charge against Esterhazy - proffered by Mathieu Dreyfus , brother of Captain Alfred Dreyfus — was that he was the real ...
... French penal settlement situated off the coast of French Guiana , where he was still confined under guard . The charge against Esterhazy - proffered by Mathieu Dreyfus , brother of Captain Alfred Dreyfus — was that he was the real ...
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... French soil ; that army is the whole people , and we have for it 35 nothing but tenderness and respect . But it is not a question of that army , whose dignity is our special desire , in our need of justice . It is the sword that is ...
... French soil ; that army is the whole people , and we have for it 35 nothing but tenderness and respect . But it is not a question of that army , whose dignity is our special desire , in our need of justice . It is the sword that is ...
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... Picquart we have seen even this ignoble thing , 35 French tribunal , after suffering the reporter in the case publically to arraign a witness and accuse him of every a crime , closing its doors as soon as this witness Emile Zola . 37.
... Picquart we have seen even this ignoble thing , 35 French tribunal , after suffering the reporter in the case publically to arraign a witness and accuse him of every a crime , closing its doors as soon as this witness Emile Zola . 37.
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... French chamber of deputies on the day of the appearance of the foregoing letter , Comte de Mun , a member of the chamber and representing the monarchical party , questioned the govern- 10 ment as to the measures which the minister of ...
... French chamber of deputies on the day of the appearance of the foregoing letter , Comte de Mun , a member of the chamber and representing the monarchical party , questioned the govern- 10 ment as to the measures which the minister of ...
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Page 228 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 229 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 15 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 15 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Page 239 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Page 235 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 232 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government and to collect the duties and imposts; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 15 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 232 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 239 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.