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" Must I shoot a simpleminded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? "
Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States: Illustrated - Page 351
edited by - 1916
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Lincoln, His Life and Time: Being the Life and Public Services of ..., Volume 1

Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1891 - 424 pages
...requires, and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a •imple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a...or brother, or friend, into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in...
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Seward at Washington, as Senator and Secretary of State : a memoir of his ...

Frederick William Seward, William Henry Seward - 1891 - 638 pages
...The President, replying to a communication on this subject, remarked: " 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. I think that in such a case, to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional, but...
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An American Statesman: The Works and Words of James G. Blaine, Editor ...

Willis Fletcher Johnson - 1892 - 558 pages
...requires, and the law and Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily...father, or brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded to write the soldier-boy that he is fighting...
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abraham lincoln

charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...tAmple-minded soldier-boy tcho deterts, and not touch a hair of the wUy agitator who induce* him to desert f " This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...ttimple-miudt.d sohlier-boy who deserts, and not touch a hair of the wily agitat'jr who induces him to deserlf " This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded...
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Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2

John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 396 pages
...requires, and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a...or brother, or friend, into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting...
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Life of James G. Blaine, "the Plumed Knight,": Editor, Representative ...

Willis Fletcher Johnson - 1893 - 588 pages
...requires, and the law and Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier-boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily...father, or brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded to write the soldier-boy that he is fighting...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...nhoot a simple-minded soldier-boy w!io d&ierts, and not touch a hair of the wily agitator wJw induce him to desert? " This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...simple-minded toldier-boy who deserts, and not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces hint to deaert ? " This is none the less injurious when effected by getting a father, brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings until he is persuaded...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 pages
...this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not toucji a-lmir of a wily agitator who induces him to desert! This...father, or brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is fighting in...
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