...necessary to a war situation set precedents for peacetime, saying that this was equivalent to the argument "that a man could contract so strong an appetite for...during temporary illness, as to persist in feeding on them through the remainder of his healthful life."74 The Corning letter, to Lincoln's gratification,...

.... throughout the indefmite peaceful future, which I trust lies before them, any more than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an...feeding upon them during the remainder of his healthful life."1 At almost exactly the moment Lincoln was circulating his reply to the Albany Resolves, Ohio...

...corpus, throughout the indefinite peaceful future which I trust lies before them, any more than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an...temporary illness, as to persist in feeding upon them through the remainder of his healthful life. Source: Letter from A. Lincoln to Erastus Corning, June...

...throughout the indefinite peaceful future, which I trust lies before them, any more than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an...that earnest consideration which you request of me, I can not overlook the fact that the meeting speak as " Democrats." Nor can I, with full respect for...

...future." But not in 1863, when the survival of the nation was at stake. It would be the same as suggesting "that a man could contract so strong an appetite for...them during the remainder of his healthful life." 252 LINCOLN AND CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY no evidence in the record that the defendant had undermined the...

...speech. 53 The political instincts of the lawyer-president emerged in Lincoln's reply when he said: In giving the resolutions that earnest consideration which you request of me, 1 cannot overlook the fact that the meeting speak as 'Democrats.' Nor can I, with full respect for...

...able to appreciate the danger [that temporary powers would become permanent] any more than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an...feeding upon them during the remainder of his healthful life.42 26 OCTOBER. The president remitted the court-martial of Captain James Cutts, brother of Mrs....

...despotism. America would no more come to rely on such measures in time of peace, he said, than a man would "contract so strong an appetite for emetics during...them during the remainder of his healthful life." The President had considerable success, in the North, in overcoming opposition to his leadership, and...

...Lincoln offered one of his piquant metaphors. He could no more believe this, he wrote, "than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an...temporary illness, as to persist in feeding upon them through the remainder of his healthful life." As for the argument that military courts cannot try civilians...

...throughout the indefinite peaceful future which, I trust, lies before them, any more than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an...them during the remainder of his healthful life." Doubtless many who looked upon the American war with a feeling that God was about to plead with a Christian...