 Nor am 1 able to appreciate the danger apprehended by the meeting that the American people will, by means of military arrests during the rebellion, lose the right of public discussion, the liberty of speech and the press, the law of evidence, trial by...  The Rebellion Record: June '63-Nov. '63 - Page 294edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Periodicals - 1969 - 486 pages
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 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...Public Discussion, the Liberty of Speech and the Press, the Law of Evidence, Trial by Jury, and Habeas Corpus, throughout the indefinite peaceful future,...upon them during the remainder of his healthful life. One of the resolutions expresses the opinion of the meeting that arbitrary arrests will have the effect... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 1988 - 952 pages
...curtailment of civil liberties in wartime would establish precedents fatal to liberty in peacetime "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."17 Lincoln's two letters on civil liberties were published... | |
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