...one of them was a sentence which probably went further with the people of the North than any other: " Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts,...hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?" There may or may not be some fallacy lurking here, but it must not be supposed that this sentence came...

...military force — by armies. Long experience has shown that armies cannot be maintained unless desertions shall be punished by the severe penalty of death....agitator who induces him to desert? This is none the lessinjiirious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a public meeting, and...

...suppressing 202 SCRAPS FROM MY SCRAP-BOOK 203 the rebellion by military force — by armies. Long expei ience has shown that armies cannot be maintained unless...boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a willy agitator who induces him to desert? This is none the less injurious when effected by getting...

...severe penalty of death. The case requires, and the law ami the constitution sanction, this punishmemt. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a willy agitator who induces him to desert? This is none the less injurious when effected by getting...

...satisfactory evidence. " I understand the meeting, whose resolutions I am now considering, to be in favour of suppressing the rebellion by military force —...soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hah- of a wily agitator who induces him to desert ? This is none the less injurious when effected by...

...military force —by armies. Long experience has shown that armies cannot be maintained unless desertions shall be punished by the severe penalty of death....who induces him to desert ? This is none the less inj urious when effected by getting a father, or brother, or friend, into a public meeting, and there...

...case very strongly of preventing men from inducing desertion. He says : " Must I shoot a simple minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a...less injurious when effected by getting a father, a brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working on his feelings till he is persuaded...

...case very strongly of preventing men from inducing desertion. He says: " Must I shoot a simple minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a...less injurious when effected by getting a father. a brother, or friend into a public meeting, and there working on his feelings till he is persuaded...

...vigor of which the life of the nation depends." Furthermore: "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,...

...of which the life of the nation depends." Furthermore: ''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,...