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Excerpt from Extract From Speech of Hon. Joseph Wheeler: Of Alabama, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, February 15, 1883 Mr. Wheeler said: Mr. Speaker: As regards the conduct of man to man, the highest command given is that he do onto others even as he would that others should do unto him; and when wrong is done to any man it should be restored to him twofold. If this mandate should be observed by men, how imperatively should it be the law to govern sovereignties of men! And if reparation must be made to all men, by what rules of measurement should a nation make restitution for the wrongs inflicted upon a public servant whose patriotic, faithful, and heroic service has given luster to her military renown! My object in saying these words to the lovers of right throughout our land is to add my feeble mite toward the establishment of truth, the vindication of honor, and the upholding of the sublime principles of justice. In order to illustrate some of the foregoing remarks and positions, I take the liberty of adding a number of curious and instructive cases, all historical, involving and elucidating the subject of military punishments for insubordination and dereliction of official duty. These cases show the danger of hasty trials in times of great tumult and of those high and turbulent excitements which usually exist in times of war; when nations are contending in arms on the field of battle, amid scenes of slaughter and the thunders of artillery; when the nerves of men are strained to the utmost, and their minds are thrown out of that quiet equilibrium so necessary to weigh with deliberation the testimony which sways the judgment involving the life or honor of eminent men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.