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... death of all the negroes on a plantation would result in a total loss to the owner of so much " property ; " but that loss would not pre- vent the owner from buying other negroes , and holding them by slave laws . Death does not ...
... death of all the negroes on a plantation would result in a total loss to the owner of so much " property ; " but that loss would not pre- vent the owner from buying other negroes , and holding them by slave laws . Death does not ...
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... belligerents . The constitution defines a rebel who commits treason as one who " levies war " on the United States ; and the laws punish this highest of crimes with death , thus expressly treating the WAR POWERS OF CONGRESS . 45.
... belligerents . The constitution defines a rebel who commits treason as one who " levies war " on the United States ; and the laws punish this highest of crimes with death , thus expressly treating the WAR POWERS OF CONGRESS . 45.
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William Whiting. highest of crimes with death , thus expressly treating the same person as subject and as belligerent . Those who save their necks from the halter by claiming to be treated as prisoners of war , and so to protect them ...
William Whiting. highest of crimes with death , thus expressly treating the same person as subject and as belligerent . Those who save their necks from the halter by claiming to be treated as prisoners of war , and so to protect them ...
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... death of the alleged offender ; to involve the innocent with the guilty in indiscriminate punishment , outrage upon the rights of the people not to be toler- ated in our constitution as one of the ernment . - was an powers of gov- BILLS ...
... death of the alleged offender ; to involve the innocent with the guilty in indiscriminate punishment , outrage upon the rights of the people not to be toler- ated in our constitution as one of the ernment . - was an powers of gov- BILLS ...
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... death ? In technical law , statutes were called bills of attainder only when they inflicted . the penalty of death or out- lawry ; while statutes which inflicted only forfeitures , fines , imprisonments , and similar punishments , were ...
... death ? In technical law , statutes were called bills of attainder only when they inflicted . the penalty of death or out- lawry ; while statutes which inflicted only forfeitures , fines , imprisonments , and similar punishments , were ...
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Page 293 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 247 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that " while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 251 - Executive. And it is suggested as not improper, that, in constructing a loyal State Government in any State, the name of the State, the boundary, the subdivisions, the Constitution, and the general code of laws, as before the rebellion, be maintained, subject only to the modifications made necessary by the conditions hereinbefore stated, and such others, if any, not contravening said conditions, and which may be deemed expedient by those framing the new State Government.
Page 140 - If a war be made by invasion of a foreign nation, the President is not only authorized but bound to resist force by force. He does not initiate the war, but is bound to accept the challenge without waiting for any special legislative authority.
Page 322 - But the genius and character of our institutions are peaceful, and the power to declare war was not conferred upon Congress for the purposes of aggression or aggrandizement, but to enable the general government to vindicate by arms, if it should become necessary, its own rights and the rights of its citizens.
Page 125 - State, and shall be returned as there shall be occasion for them, from such parts of the district from time to time as the Court shall direct, so as shall be most favorable to an impartial trial, and so as not to incur an unnecessary expense or unduly to burthen the Citizens of any part of the district with such services.
Page 250 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 251 - And still further, that this Proclamation is intended to present the people of the States wherein the national authority has been suspended, and loyal State governments have been subverted, a mode in and by which the national authority and loyal State governments may be re-established within said States or in any of them, and while the mode presented is the best the Executive can suggest with his present impressions, it must not be understood that no other possible mode would be acceptable.
Page 297 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army, and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Page 203 - The authorities essential to the care of the common defence, are these: to raise armies; to build and equip fleets; to prescribe rules for the government of both; to direct their operations; to provide for their support.