...of the laws of the United 42*] States, provided for the punishment "of persons who shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, "begin...set on foot, or provide or prepare, the means for an; military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions...

...— and expressly prohibited by our own. Our statutes declare "that if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin...be carried on from thence against the territory or dominations of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United...

...or prepares the means for, or who takes part in or attempts to tnke part in, any military or naval expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence...territory or dominions of any foreign prince or State, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace, shall be fined, etc....

...act of congress, which the prisoners are supposed to have violated, describes a* offenders those who begin or set on foot, or provide, or prepare, the...enterprise to be carried on from thence against the dominions of a foreign prince or state with whom the United States are at peace. There is a want of...

...Law of Neutrality of 1818, which clearly established That any person shall, within the territory of jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on...be carried on from thence against the territory or dominion of any foreign prince or state, colony, district, or people with whom the United States are...

...Neutrality Act's sixth section, the heart of the 1818 statute: "If any person shall within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on...territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, every person so offending...

...ibid. 366. 140. Burr was charged with violating a 1 794 statute that made it a "high misdemeanor" to "begin or set on foot or provide or prepare the means...military expedition or enterprise to be carried on ... against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state with whom the United States are...

...with these laws was the US Criminal Code which made illegal any activity that "provides or prepares the means for any military expedition or enterprise...against the territory or dominions of any foreign province or state or people . . .with whom the United States are at peace." Additional legislation...

...jurisdiction of the United States, to engage in or assist "any military expedition or enterprise . . . against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state with whom the United States are at peace." During the presidential administration of John Adams, who succeeded Washington in 1797, relations...

...authority. Ever since 1794 the statutes had not only made it a crime for anyone in the United States to "begin or set on foot or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise" against any state or sovereign "with whom the United States are at peace"—which despite its opaque...