 | Geoffrey R. Stone - History - 2004 - 758 pages
...and Writings at 459-60 (cited in note 45). 128 Id. 129 Id at 460. 130 Lincoln added, in passing, "1 do not know whether I would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham," but "the commander in the field is the better judge of the necessity in any particular case." Id at... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...conduct of Gen. JACKSON, or its subsequent approval by the American Congress. And yet, let me say, that in my own discretion, I do not know whether I...necessity in any particular case. Of course, I must practice a general directory and revisory power in the matter. One of the resolutions expresses the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...conduct of General Jackson, or its subsequent approval by the American Congress. And yet, let me say that, in my own discretion, I do not know whether...have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham. While I can not shift the responsibility from myself, I hold that, as a general rule, the commander in the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1989 - 844 pages
...that conduct of Gen. Jackson, or its subsequent approval by the American Congress. And yet, let me say that, in my own discretion, I do not know whether...necessity in any particular case. Of course, I must practice a general director)' and revisory power in the matter. One of the resolutions expresses the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 668 pages
...President Lincoln added, in conclusion, with his characteristic good temper and moderation, "let me say that, in my own discretion, I do not know whether...necessity in any particular case. Of course, I must practice a general directory and revisory power in the matter. One of the resolutions expresses the... | |
 | 1889 - 982 pages
...remarkable admission in these words : And yet let me say that in my own discretion 1 do not know whether 1 would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham....While I cannot shift the responsibility from myself, 1 hold that, as a general rule, the commander in the field is the better judge of the necessity in... | |
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Jackson, or its subsequent approval by the American Congress. And yet, let me say that, in my own discretion, I do not know whether I would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham. 
