He was arrested and imprisoned under my general authority, and upon evidence which, whether he be guilty, or innocent, required, as appears to me, such proceedings to be had against him for the public safety.
Message to the Senate on the Arrest and Imprisonment of Brigadier-General Stone
Share
More from Abraham Lincoln
He said, with a great deal of emphasis, and with an expression of countenance I shall never forget: "When a man is sincerely penitent for his misdeeds, and gives satisfactory evidence of the same, he can safely be pardoned, and there is no…
I do the very best I know how--the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.
If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
Other voices in this conversation
