 | James D. McCabe - Campaign biography - 1868 - 508 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 would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Yallandigham. While I cannot shift the responsibility from myself, I hold that, as a general rule,... | |
 | Literature - 1889 - 1028 pages
...President made a remarkable admission in these words : And yet let me say that in my own discretion 1 do not know whether I would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham. While 1 cannot shift the responsibility from myself, I hold that, as a general rule, the commander in the... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 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 would have ordered I he arrest of Mr. Vallandigham. While I cannot shift the responsibility from myself, I hold that,... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 554 pages
...the action of Burnside the President made a remarkable admission in these words : And yet let me say that in my own discretion I do not know whether I...better judge of the necessity in any particular case. . . It gave me pain when I learned that Mr. Vallandigham had been arrested — that is, I was CHAP.... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 548 pages
...the action of Burnside the President made a remarkable admission in these words : And yet let me say that in my own discretion I do not know whether I...responsibility from myself, I hold that, as a general rnle, the commander in the field is the better judge of the necessity in any particular case. . . It... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...discretion, I do not know whether I would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham. While I can not shift the responsibility from myself, I hold that,...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 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 thatj as a general rule, the commander in the... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1893 - 394 pages
...allowed matters to proceed so far. Soon afterward, in his reply to the New York Democrats, he said: " In my own discretion, I do not know whether I would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham." On the other hand, Mr. Blaine states that Burnside "undoubtedly had confidential instructions in regard... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 618 pages
...law. The connection of Lincoln with this case is of interest. " In my own discretion," he wrote, " I do not know whether I would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham. . . . It gave me pain when I learned that he had been arrested (that is, I was pained that there should... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 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... | |
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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. 
