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Página 133 - And when the senators and representatives of a State are admitted into the councils of the Union, the authority of the government under which they are appointed, as well as its republican character, is recognized by the proper constitutional authority. And its decision is binding on every other department of the government, and could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.
Página 116 - America;" nor shall any punishment or proceedings under said act be so construed as to work a forfeiture of the real estate of the offender beyond his natural life.
Página 32 - necessary" was used in that strict and rigorous sense for which the counsel for the State of Maryland contend, it would be an extraordinary departure from the usual course of the human mind, as exhibited in composition, to add a word, the only possible effect of which is to qualify that strict and rigorous meaning...
Página 124 - 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.
Página 34 - That, for example, of raising revenue and applying it to national purposes, is admitted to imply the power of conveying money from place to place, as the exigencies of the nation may require, and of employing the usual means of conveyance.
Página 47 - To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrection and repel invasion; To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be...
Página 61 - Respecting the power of government no doubt is entertained. That war gives to the sovereign full right to take the persons and confiscate the property of the enemy wherever found is conceded. The mitigations of this rigid rule, which the humane and wise policy of modern times has introduced into practice, will more or less affect the exercise of this right, but can not impair the right itself.
Página 133 - Under this article of the Constitution it rests with Congress to decide what government is the established one in a State ; for as the United States guarantee to each State a republican government, Congress must necessarily decide what government is established in the State before it can determine whether it is republican or not.
Página 77 - Sir, they must and will interfere with it — perhaps to sustain it by war, perhaps to abolish it by treaties of peace ; and they will not only possess the constitutional power so to interfere, but they will be bound in duty to do it, by the express provisions of the constitution itself. From the instant that your slaveholding States become the theatre of...
Página 46 - That no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law; that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation...
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| Título | The War Powers of the President, and the Legislative Powers of Congress in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery Making of modern law |
| Autor | William Whiting |
| Edición | 3 |
| Editor | John L. Shorey, 1862 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 19 Dic. 2007 |
| Largo | 143 páginas |
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