 It is the duty of every Government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations, and the usages and customs of war, as...  THE AMERICAN ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA - Page 4251864Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 pages
...citizens, of whatever class, color or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of Nations,...captured person, on account of his color, and for no offense against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism, and a crime against the civilization... | |
 | Richard Striner - 2006 - 320 pages
...every government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition. . . . To sell or enslave any captured person, on account of his color, and for no offense against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of... | |
 | Mark E. Neely - 2007 - 296 pages
...citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations...color, and for no offence against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of the age. The government of the United... | |
 | Burrus Carnahan - 2007 - 214 pages
...citizens, of whatsoever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations...captured person on account of his color and for no offense against the laws of war is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861 - 668 pages
...citizens, of whatever class, color or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations...color, and for no offence against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism, and a crime against the civilization of the age. The Government of the United... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 844 pages
...citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations...color, and for no offence against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of the age. The government of the United... | |
 | 1895 - 490 pages
...slaves we assure freedom to the free ; honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. 6.— "To sell or enslave any captured person on account of his color, and for no offense against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of... | |
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