 | Henry William Elson - 1904 - 1020 strani
...chord when, in speaking of the universal rule of inflicting the death penalty for army desertions, he said, " Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces him to desert?" Vallaudigham did not remain long in the South. He escaped... | |
 | James McSherry - 1904 - 456 strani
...expostulation at the President's proceeding, was succinct, "Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induced him to desert ?"* On June 10th General Banks assumed command of Baltimore, being placed in... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 598 strani
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 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 582 strani
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 | James Ford Rhodes - 1906 - 622 strani
...unlikely to come when I shall be blamed for having made too few arrests rather than too many. . . . Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts,...desert? This is none the less injurious when effected by 1 Letter to Erastus Corning and others, Complete Works, vol. ii. p. 851. » OR, vol. xxiii. part ii.... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1906 - 766 strani
...circumstances. He referred to Vallandigham's speeches as calculated to encourage desertions, and asked " Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think in such a case to silence the agitator and save... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 410 strani
...severe penalty of death. The case requires, and the law and the Constitution sanction this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts,...brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there work upon his feelings until he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in a bad... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1907 - 395 strani
...parried the remonstrances as they came with tact and logic. "Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? This is not the less injurious when effected by getting a father, brother, or friend into a public meeting,... | |
 | Horace Garvin Platt - 1908 - 300 strani
...cause as much as he who kills an American soldier in battle. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily...less injurious when effected by getting a father, a mother, or friend into a public meeting and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded... | |
 | Horace Garvin Platt - 1908 - 296 strani
...cause as much as he who kills an American soldier in battle. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily...less injurious when effected by getting a father, a mother, or friend into a public meeting and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded... | |
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Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? 
