 | Mark E. Neely Jr. - History - 1992 - 297 pages
...deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wiley agitator who induces him to desert?" Lincoln asked. "I think that in such a case, to silence the agitator,...only constitutional, but, withal, a great mercy." Burnside's unfortunate act caused Lincoln to fight on ground not of his own choosing, but he fought... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - United States - 1992 - 692 pages
...there working upon his feelings, till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy, that hj is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked administration of a contemptible...government, too weak to arrest and punish him if he shall deseit. I think that in such a case, to silence the agitator, and save the boy, is not only constitutional,... | |
 | Stephen B. Oates - History - 2009 - 242 pages
...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...only constitutional, but, withal, a great mercy." Though he may actually have regretted Vallandigham's arrest, Lincoln refused to pardon him, instead... | |
 | Terry Eastland - Law - 2000 - 446 pages
...simpleminded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wiley agitator who induces him to desert? ... I think that in such a case, to silence...boy, is not only constitutional, but, withal a great mercy."16 THE FIRST CASES Post-Civil War legislation quickly produced the Supreme Court's first opportunity... | |
 | Thomas R. Hensley - History - 2001 - 420 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...only constitutional, but, withal, a great mercy." 11 If these first two examples focus more on the use of such formal state sanctions as arrest and imprisonment,... | |
 | Avard Tennyson Fairbanks - 2002 - 184 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...not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy." Another time he is quoted as having said, "The severest justice may not always be the best policy."... | |
 | William D. Pederson - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 304 pages
...not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?" According to Sandburg, Lincoln added: "I think that, in such a case, to silence the agitator...boy is not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy."71 President Roosevelt sent a message to a special convocation held at Harvard on June 19, 1941... | |
 | H. L. Pohlman - Law - 2004 - 340 pages
...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. ... I can no more be persuaded that the government can constitutionally take no strong measure in time... | |
 | Geoffrey R. Stone - History - 2004 - 758 pages
...persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in a bad cause, for a wicked Administration. ... I think that in such a case to silence the agitator,...boy is not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy."0 Lincoln turned finally to two critical questions: How should the Constitution apply in wartime?... | |
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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... 
