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" I lay this down as the law of nations. I say that military authority takes, for the time, the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest; and that, under that state of things, so far from its being true that the States where slavery... "
The War Powers of the President - Page 81
by William Whiting - 1862 - 144 pages
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Address Delivered Before the Harvard Musical Association in the Chapel of ...

William Wetmore Story - Music - 1842 - 196 pages
...for slaves taken or destroyed to the cession of a State burdened with slavery to a foreign power." " So far from its being true that the States where slavery...but the commander of the army, has power to order universal emancipation." " Nor," adds he, " is this a mere theoretic statement. Slavery was abolished...
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Advocate of Peace and Universal Brotherhood

Arbitration (International law) - 1859 - 830 pages
...municipal institutions, slavery among the rat ; and that, under that state of things, not only thg President of the United States, but the commander of the army, has power to order tht universal emancipation of the slaves." Nor was this a new or hasty position of Mr. Adams. In May,...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 73

Liberalism (Religion) - 1862 - 486 pages
...the time, the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest ; and that, under that state of things, so far from its being true that the...to order the universal emancipation of the slaves." | For near twenty years of peace and compromise, this argument, so stern in its wording, and so momentous...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 73

Liberalism (Religion) - 1862 - 520 pages
...the time, the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest ; and that, under that state of things, so far from its being true that the...to order the universal emancipation of the slaves." t For near twenty years of peace and compromise, this argument, so stern in its wording, and so momentous...
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The American Question

William Wetmore Story - Constitutional law - 1862 - 86 pages
...for slaves taken or destroyed to the cession of a State burdened with slavery to a foreign power." " So far from its being true that the States where slavery...but the commander of the army, has power to order universal emancipation." " Nor," adds he, " is this a 40 mere theoretic statement. Slavery was abolished...
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A Letter to the Hon. Benjamin R. Curtis: Late Judge of the Supreme Court of ...

Charles P. Kirkland - History - 1862 - 22 pages
...takes for the time the place of all municipal institutions, slavery among the rest, and that under that state of things, so far from its being true that the...not only the President of the United States, but the (subordinate) commander of the army has the power to order the emancipation of the slaves" This is...
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America Before Europe: Principles and Interests

Agénor comte de Gasparin - Great Britain - 1862 - 468 pages
...institutions, including slavery. Then, not only the President of the United States, but the Comraander-in-Chief of the army has power to order the universal emancipation of the slaves." I comprehend, certainly, why men hesitate, and think this universal immolation of rights at the feet...
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America Before Europe: Principles and Interests

Agénor comte de Gasparin - Great Britain - 1862 - 452 pages
...institutions, including slavery. Then, not only the President of the United States, but the Commander-in-Chief of the army has power to order the universal emancipation of the slaves." I comprehend, certainly, why men hesitate, and think this universal immolation of rights at the feet...
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The Trial of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham: By a Military Commission: and the ...

Habeas corpus - 1863 - 286 pages
...the time, the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest ; and that, under that state of things, so far from its being true that the...to order the universal emancipation of the slaves." This being true in regard to the institution of slavery, which exists by force of positive law, it...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 22

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1863 - 878 pages
...the time, the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest ; and that under that state of things, so far from its being true that the...subject, not only the President of the United States, but tlie commander of the army, has power to order the universal emancipation of slaves." In strict conformity...
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