Your Excellency, I came to see you about thatpicketing bill.
The papers are rapping you hard for signing that picketing bill, but the labour men are delighted.
You see," he began, "that your approval of the picketing bill is receiving universal condemnation.
At 4 o'clock on the morning of July 2 I moved on that town, and when we got close to it directed my mounted troops to charge a small force of Confederate cavalry that was picketing their front.
We were then, in turn, employed in picketing along the Rapidan until the 4th of February, when we were relieved by Kirkland's North Carolina brigade, and we again sought shelter in our log cabins.
We returned to Petersburg and remained in camp there until the 19th of August, picketing up and down the James River.
When first the siege began, picketing was dangerous business.
Both armies were bent on fight, and picketing meant simply sharpshooting.
It also legalized peaceful picketing (Section 2), and made certain acts done in furtherance of a trade dispute not actionable on the ground merely that they interfered with business (Section 4).
Our duties, until the 18th of August, were about the same as they had been formerly—heavy picketing and daily skirmishing.
Here for some days we had a comparatively easy time, only picketing and skirmishing across the river.
As they were still in the country of the Crows, whom they regarded as their firm friends, they had not exercised their usual precaution of securely picketing their animals.
Captain Williams was especially urged to exercise the greatest vigilance day and night; to pay the strictest attention to the position of his camps and the picketing of his animals.
Three large fires were blazing, and while groups were gathered around them, others were picketing their horses, and evidently preparing to encamp for the night.
Attached to my bridle I had a very convenient arrangement forpicketing my horse.
Never from that day forward have I forgotten the necessary duty of picketing my horse.
Still we wait: the picketing lines must be gathered up, a few pony putties need adjustment, a party has been slow striking their tent.
The rugs come off the animals, the harness is put on, tents and camp equipment are loaded on the sledges, nosebags filled for the next halt; one by one the animals are taken off the picketing rope and yoked to the sledge.
Party exhibited placards which read: "We are opposed to Picketing the White House.
I am kept very busy picketing and scouting; it is General Morgan's object to occupy all the country this side of the Cumberland until Cluke's return from Kentucky.
During the winter and spring of 1863, and until nearly the middle of the summer, our command was guarding and picketing a long front, and scouting thoroughly a great extent of country besides.
We remained, however, in the same positions, picketing and scouting vigilantly.
It has been stated, I know not how correctly, that the enemy gained admittance to the town, unchallenged, through an unaccountable error in the picketing of the roads on the left.
The three regiments, under Colonel Breckinridge, occupied the country immediately in front of Liberty, picketing all of the roads thoroughly.
The division remained on the line of the Cumberland, picketing from Stagall's ferry to Celina for nearly three weeks.
The wind was from the northwest, and the whole party engaged in picketing the fort.
The weather moderated, and the river rose a little, so that we were enabled to continue the picketing of the fort.
Custer's brigade becoming isolated after the fight while assisting the rear guard, was also obliged to retire, which it did to Shepherdstown and there halted, picketing the river to Antietam ford.
In a very thick bottom, sprinkled with coarse grass, they halted about noon, and removed the saddles and packs from their wearied animals, picketingthem in the best spots of grass.
And that is to the rear of the stockade, where he has discovered some secret entrance, perhaps in consequence of the picketing having rotted away below.
The service was very arduous; besides the picketing alluded to above, foraging became very laborious.
We remained at Nolensville nearly two months, picketing and scouting.
We took position on the left of the army, picketing and scouting the front, with occasional skirmishes and reconnoissances.
We dismounted, and picketing our horses beneath the broad-leaved foliage of the cork-trees, stretched ourselves out at full length upon the grass, while our messmen prepared the dinner.
Here we called a halt, and picketing our horses, proceeded to make our arrangements for a bivouac.
Bowers got out of the tent and discovered the ice had broken all round him: a crack ran under the picketing line, and one pony had disappeared.
Gap and the hut, carrying our tent and camp equipment down and preparing a permanentpicketing line for the dogs.
He passed to the improvements preparing for the coming journey--the nose bags, picketing lines, and rugs.
My followers coming up, said not a word, but picketing their horses, seated themselves around me.
The rest of us dismounted; and, picketing our horses to the grass, lay down to await the return of the messengers.
Ten minutes' hard work and the covers are off, neatly folded and stowed aboard; the picketing wires are cast adrift, and the Pilot is once more in his seat.
Picketing by strikers or their friends is intercepting and accosting all persons approaching or leaving the place of work, to inform them of conditions and to dissuade them from working there.
Indeed, many persons declare that peaceable picketingis impossible, and it surely is difficult to attain in view of the temptations of human nature under the circumstances.
While nearly everywhere else the unions may strike, picket, and boycott, in America there are laws to prevent both picketing and boycotting, and even some forms of strikes.
Picketing was intimidation; and the boycott was conspiracy in restraint of trade.
Fourth, a ban on picketing within the vicinity of the White House as is now done at the U.
And that was the fact that he, as you understood it, am I correct in saying, had had something to do with the organization of the picketing or other demonstrations at the time that Mr. Stevenson made his visit to Dallas?
And it transpired when I got to Dallas that I found that he had led a group of 11 University of Dallas students in quiet picketing near the entrance to the auditorium, and didn't engage in any physical violence of any sort.
I think such picketingat the White House, of large or small groups, should be forbidden.
