 | Henry Howe - Ohio - 1898 - 1006 pages
...frank reply, putting in it some of his characteristic, homelytouches of humor, for instance saying : " I can no more be persuaded that the government can...good medicine for a sick man, because it can be shown not to be good food for a well one." tie closed by j stating that when he felt that the public safety... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...respects the same in cases of rebellion or invasion involving the public safety, as it is in times of profound peace and public security. The Constitution...persuaded that the government can constitutionally take no j strong measures in time of rebellion, because it can be shown that the same could not be lawfully... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 pages
...public safety, as it is in time of profound peace and public security. The Constitution iteelf mivkes the distinction ; and I can no more be persuaded that...Government can constitutionally take no strong measures in tinis of rebellion, because it can be shown that the same could noJ be lawfully taken in time of peace,... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - History - 1906 - 626 pages
...respects the same in cases of rebellion or invasion involving the public safety, as it is in times of profound peace and public security. The Constitution...drug is not good medicine for a sick man because it cannot be a good food for a well one. Nor am I able to appreciate the danger apprehended by the meeting,... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - Indians of North America - 1906 - 700 pages
...respects the same in cases of rebellion or invasion involving the public safety, as it is in times of profound peace and public security. The Constitution...drug is not good medicine for a sick man because it cannot be a good food for a well one. Nor am I able to appreciate the danger apprehended by the meeting,... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - History - 1913 - 444 pages
...agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional, but a great mercy. In fine, said the President: I can no more be persuaded that the Government can...good medicine for a sick man because it can be shown not to be good food for a well one. Nor am I able to appreciate the danger apprehended by the meeting,... | |
 | Thomas Edward Powell - 1913 - 640 pages
...deprived." President Lincoln dignified the request by a reply and the reply was characteristic. He said, "I can no more be persuaded that the government can...measures in time of rebellion, because it can be shown the same could not be lawfully taken in time of peace, than I can be persuaded that a particular drug... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1906 - 524 pages
...respects the same in cases of rebellion or invasion involving the public safety as it is in times of profound peace and public security. The Constitution...shown that the same could not be lawfully taken in times of peace, than I can be persuaded that a particular drug is not good medicine for a sick man... | |
 | Arthur Norman Holcombe - Political Science - 1923 - 536 pages
...when, in the absence of rebellion or invasion, the public safety does not require them. He continued: "The Constitution itself makes the distinction, and...rebellion, because it can be shown that the same could not lawfully be taken in time of peace, that I can be persuaded that a particular drug is not good medicine... | |
 | ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE - 1923 - 536 pages
...rebellion, because it can be shown that the same could not lawfully be taken in time of peace, that I can be persuaded that a particular drug is not good medicine for a sick man because it can be shown not to be good food for a well one. Nor am I able to appreciate the danger apprehended by the meeting... | |
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The Constitution itself makes the distinction; and I can no more be persuaded that the Government can constitutionally take no strong measures in time of rebellion, because it can be shown that the same could not be lawfully taken in time of peace, than... 
