 But the proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid it needs no retraction. If it is valid it cannot be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.  The New Englander - Sida 1831865Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1895 - 78 sidor
...of Emancipation. Among other things he said : " But the proclamation, as law, either is valid or it is not valid. If it is not valid it needs no retraction, but if it is valid it cannot be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life." To the Northern... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 sidor
...the massacre of vanquished foes and non-combatants, male and female. But the proclamation, as law, is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid it needs...retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life. Some of you profess to think that its retraction would operate favorably for the Union. Why better... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 624 sidor
...[The next few sentences but one I cited in Chap. XVIII.] . . . But the proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs...retracted any more than the dead can be brought to life. Some of you profess to think its retraction would operate favorably for the Union. Why better after... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 sidor
...the massacre of vanquished foes and non-combatants, male and female. But the proolamation, as law, is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs...retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life. Some of you profess to think that its retraction would operate favorably for the Union. Why better... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 110 sidor
...the massacre of vanquished foes and non-combatants, male and female. But the proclamation, as law, is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs...retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life. Some of you profess to think that its retraction would operate favorably for the Union. Why better... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 558 sidor
...massacre of vanquished foes and non-combatants, male and female. But the proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid it needs...retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life. Some of you profess to think its retraction would operate favorably for the Union. Why better after... | |
 | William B. Cairns - 1899 - 296 sidor
...vanquished foes and non-combatants, male and female. But the proclamation, as law, is valid or is 15 not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction....retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life. Some of you profess to think that its retraction would operate favorably for the Union. Why better... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 322 sidor
...massacre of vanquished foes and non-combatants, male and female. " But the proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs...retracted any more than the dead can be brought to life. Some of you profess to think its retraction would operate favorably for the Union. Why better after... | |
 | Joseph Warren Keifer - 1900 - 438 sidor
...enemies and friends, may be taken when needed ? " And further: " But the Proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid it needs...retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life." And still further : " You say that you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to... | |
 | Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 sidor
...not needed whenever taking it helps us to hurt the enemy? "If the Proclamation is not valid in law, it needs no retraction; if it is valid, it cannot...retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life. "There was more than a year and a half of trial to suppress the rebellion before the Proclamation was... | |
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