...future." But not in 1863, when the survival of the nation was at stake. It would be the same as suggesting "that a man could contract so strong an appetite for...them during the remainder of his healthful life." 252 LINCOLN AND CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY no evidence in the record that the defendant had undermined the...

...for a well one. Nor am I able to appreciate the danger [that temporary powers would become permanent] any more than I am able to believe that a man could...feeding upon them during the remainder of his healthful life.42 26 OCTOBER. The president remitted the court-martial of Captain James Cutts, brother of Mrs....

...civil liberties, Lincoln offered one of his piquant metaphors. He could no more believe this, he wrote, "than I am able to believe that a man could contract...temporary illness, as to persist in feeding upon them through the remainder of his healthful life." As for the argument that military courts cannot try civilians...

...despotism. America would no more come to rely on such measures in time of peace, he said, than a man would "contract so strong an appetite for emetics during...them during the remainder of his healthful life." The President had considerable success, in the North, in overcoming opposition to his leadership, and...

...press, the law. of evidence, trial by jury, and Northern Reverse! — Wholesome Discipline. 298 habeas corpus, throughout the indefinite peaceful future...them during the remainder of his healthful life." Doubtless many who looked upon the American war with a feeling that God was about to plead with a Christian...

...law of evidence, trial by jury, and habeas corpus, throughout the indefinite peacenit future, which 1 trust lies before them, any more than I am able to...upon them during the remainder of his healthful life. The President parried the political thrust in the resolutions by reminding the gentlemen of Albany...