| Nathaniel Wright Stephenson - 1922 - 510 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...touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?"18 Again, the ironical situation of the previous December; the wrathful Jacobins, the most... | |
| ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE - 1923 - 536 strani
...stated his side of the case as strongly as it could punished by the severe penalty of death. . . . Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts,...less injurious when effected by getting a father, brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded... | |
| Walter Gaston Shotwell - 1923 - 418 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,...hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert ? . . . I think that in such a case, to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional,... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 524 strani
...severe penalty of death. The case requires, and the law and the Constitution snaction, this punishment. 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. This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, or brother,... | |
| 1970 - 776 strani
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| Arthur Benton Mavity, Nancy Barr Mavity - 1923 - 444 strani
...indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the nation." And again: "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?" prevent interference with the conduct of the war. This... | |
| William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 564 strani
...and the law and the Constitution sanctions, this punishment. 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? But though Lincoln defended the action of the government in the arrest of Vallandigham, he appears... | |
| Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard - 1927 - 848 strani
...one occasion, after listening to arguments from a committee of objectors, he asked in his quiet way: "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?" When accused of violating the Constitution, he replied... | |
| 1899 - 552 strani
...belonged to them. Mr. Lincoln's argument then has never been effectively answered and never will be : " Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts,...hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert ?" We do not characterize Mr. Atkinson as a wily agitator ; he is an agitator, but not wily. But we... | |
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