These resources had now failed, and the war was to be carried on without money; then what good reason could be given for Exempting from requisition the negroes and other property of the tories.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
It was not, then, the fact of a cattle plague which was miraculous, but its severity, its coming at an appointed time, its assailing beasts of every kind, and its Exempting those of Israel.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
I sent it back simply because it was absolutely and unqualifiedly un- Constitutional, regardless of what our State Supreme Court says; and for the further reasons that I was elected knowing my salary would be $6 per day, that I had opposed salary increases during the term of office all my legislative career and could see no good excuse for Exempting myself from that rule, and for the further reason that our agricultural interests were in such a deplorable condition they couldn't be asked to stand any salary increase-however much I needed, or would have liked to have it myself.
"Epistles-from-Pap-Letters-from-the-man-known-as-The-Will-Rogers-of-Indiana"
Durham, Andrew Everett