 | James Kendall Hosmer - Literary Criticism - 1907 - 400 pages
...there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded to write the soldier-boy that he is fighting in a bad cause for a wicked administration of a contemptible...only constitutional, but, withal, a great mercy." Stating his conviction that arbitrary measures, under ordinary circumstances harsh or unconstitutional,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
...is fighting in a bad cause, for a v,-icked administration of a contemptible government, too weak to punish him if he shall desert. I think that, in such...boy is not only constitutional, but withal a great tnercy. That talking knave Consumes his time in speeches to ihe rabble. And sows sedition up and down... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1908 - 214 pages
...and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked administration of a contemptible...not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy. — Letter to Erastus Corning and Others; June 12, 1863. YOU claim that men may, if they choose, embarrass... | |
 | Horace Garvin Platt - United States - 1908 - 296 pages
...and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier-boy that he is fighting in a bad cause for a wicked administration of a contemptible government. I think that, in such a case, to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional,... | |
 | De Alva Standwood Alexander - New York (State) - 1909 - 592 pages
...persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in a bad cause for a wicked administration and contemptible government, too weak to arrest and punish him if he shall desert." 10 This argument, undoubtedly the strongest that could be made in justification, found great favour... | |
 | Daniel Joseph Ryan - History - 1911 - 550 pages
...meeting and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldierboy he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked Administration of a contemptible...not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy." For the reply of the Committee to President Lincoln's Letter, see "Vallandigham, Clement L." [437]... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - Genius - 1911 - 330 pages
...and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked administration of a contemptible...not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy." The exercise of martial law which, at this time, had specially excited the political opponents of the... | |
 | Frederic Logan Paxson - United States - 1911 - 266 pages
...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...not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy." The most famous arbitrary arrest was that of Clement L. Vallandigham, an Ohio lawyer and journalist,... | |
 | Emilius Oviatt Randall, Daniel Joseph Ryan - Ohio - 1912 - 754 pages
...and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier-boy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked Administration of a contemptible...not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy." It is a fact, however, that notwithstanding President Lincoln's attitude, Vallandigham's arrest and... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - United States - 1913 - 386 pages
...there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded to write the soldier-boy that he is fighting in a bad cause for a wicked administration of a contemptible...only constitutional, but, withal, a great mercy." Stating his conviction that arbitrary measures, under ordinary circumstances harsh or unconstitu1 Am.... | |
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... till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked Administration of a contemptible Government, too weak to arrest and punish him if he shall desert. I think that in such a case to silence the agitator and... 
