...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...depends. He was warring upon the military, and this give the military constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him. If Mr. Vallandigham was not damaging...

...Vallandigham was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of the administration . . . but because he was damaging the army, upon the existence...constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him". (Letter to Erastus Corning) Lincoln declared that he who dissuaded one man to refrain from volunteering...

...was laboring, with some effect, to prevent the raising of troops [and] to encourage desertions. ... He was damaging the army, upon the existence and vigor of which the life of the nation depends." The president than asked a rhetorical question that turned out to be the most powerful — and famous...

...was laboring, with some effect, to prevent the raising of troops [and] to encourage desertions. ... He was damaging the army, upon the existence and vigor of which the life of the nation depends." The president than asked a rhetorical question that turned out to be the most powerful — and famous...

...from the army, and to leave the rebellion without an adequate military force to suppress it. . . . He was warring upon the military, and this gave the...constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him. (319) Because the resolutions "support the administration in every constitutional and lawful measure...

...jailed because he was a political opponent of the administration or of the commanding general, Burnside, but "because he was damaging the army, upon the existence,...and vigor of which, the life of the nation depends." Then, in his most effective paragraph, the President noted that even his Albany petitioners had to...

...understanding that Vallandingham had been speaking to prevent the raising of troops. This, he said, was "warring upon the military; and this gave the military constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands on him." The president concluded with a reassurance. He expressed confidence that the "right of public...

...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...and vigor of which the life of the Nation depends." Lincoln maintained that Vallandigham's words were not protected by the Constitution because they undermined...

...from the army. Several enrollment officers had recently been murdered by draft resisters. Vallandigham "was damaging the army, upon the existence and vigor of which the life of the nation depends." Lincoln posed a rhetorical question that turned out to be the most powerful — and famous — illustration...

...an adequate military force to suppress it. He was not arrested because he was damaging die political prospects of the Administration, or the personal interests...damaging the Army, upon the existence and vigor of which die life of the Nation depends. He was warring upon die Military, and diis gave die Military constitutional...