...trenchant argument in favor of the Administration's course. He said that Vallandigham was arrested because he was damaging the army, upon the existence and vigor of which the life of the Nation depended. Alluding to the proclaimed fact that the assembly which had formulated the protest against...

...desertions from the army, and to leave the rebellion without any adequate military force to suppress it. ... He was warring upon the military, and this gave the...constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him. Vallandigham ran the blockade and made his way to Windsor in Canada, from whence he conducted a political...

...adequate military force to suppress it. "He was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of the administration, or the personal interests...warring upon the military, and this gave the military the Constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him. A. LINCOLN." LETTER TO MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER....

...Democrats Mr. Lincoln said that Mr. Vallandigham was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of the administration, or the personal interests...and vigor of which the life of the nation depends. Long experience has shown that armies cannot be maintained unless desertions shall be punished by the...

...he was damaging the army, up_gii_dae_existen£e and vigor of which fofnm'-PJLjJIfi- nation deperids. He was warring upon the military, and this gave the...constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him. . . . "I understand the meeting whose resolutions I am considering, to be in favor of suppressing the...

...concede that the arrest was wrong. But ... he was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of the Administration, or the personal interests...constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him." 1 the°wa£ be stated. "Long experience," he said, "has shown that power armies cannot be maintained...

...concede that the arrest was wrong. But ... he was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of the Administration, or the personal interests...military constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him."1 Lincoln stated his side of the case as strongly as it could be stated. "Long experience," he...

...an adequate military force to suppress it. He was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of the administration or the personal interests...nation depends. He was warring upon the military, and thus gave the military constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him. If Mr. Vallandigham was not...

...Vallandigham, he said : ' He was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of this administration or the personal interests of the commanding...because he was damaging the army, upon the existence and vigour of which the life of the nation depended. He was warring upon the military ; and this gave the...

...because he was damaging the army, upon the existence and vigour of which the life of the nation depended. He was warring upon the military ; and this gave the...constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him. ... I understand the meeting, whose resolutions I am considering, to be in favour of supressing the...