War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States Military Arrests, Reconstruction and Military Government by William Whiting

Lee and Shepard, 1871 - 695 pages

Purpose for which the Constitution was founded	1

Recognition of slavery not inconsistent with the perpetuity of the republic	7

Some leading questions under the Constitution stated	13

The right is founded in reason	15

Indemnity to Mormons	22

CHAPTER II	33

Has government full war powers against rebel citizens?	40

The law of nations is above the Constitution	46

RETURN OF REBELLIOUS STATES TO	227

MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF HOSTILE TER	257

Government why it is essential to secure a conquest	263

CHAPTER II	269

Military tribunals	275

Military commissions	281

The suppression of the present rebellion is not the conquest of a foreign	321

WAR CLAIMS	327

The Constitution allows confiscation	54

CHAPTER III	66

Authority and usage confirm the right	74

CHAPTER IV	84

Consequences of attainder	100

Technical language how construed	106

CHAPTER VI	112

All attempts to overturn governments should be punished	118

Treason and confiscation laws in 1862 their practical operation 1126	126

Slavery considered as belonging to the domestic affairs of States can gov	132

Slavery may be interfered with by appropriating slaves as private property	134

The Constitution gives all powers necessary to public welfare and com	140

PREFACE TO MILITARY ARRESTS	159

Foundation of martial law	165

Arbitrary arrests not consistent with free government	170

Constitutional guarantees of civil rights to citizens in time of peace	177

Arrests to prevent hostilities	193

Order of the War Department relating to them	202

Opinion of as to claims for damage done in bombarding Copenhagen	336

Enemies all de facto subjects of the enemy sovereign	342

1	396

True application of these constitutional guarantees	402

Whether belligerents shall be allowed civil rights under the Constitution	425

Difference between loyal citizens and rebels claims for indemnity	612

84	616

Enemies coming into a belligerent country before or after the war began 335	619

Military commanders need not always disclose cause of arrest	644

How right of nondomiciled aliens or travellers to indemnity is lost	645

Who are enemies when two nations are at	646

Degree of protection accorded to neutral aliens domiciled in loyal States	647

Arrests made by all governments in time of civil	657

Military commissions under General Scott	660

War of arms and war of ideas	672

What they are and when they cease to be so 132	675

Right of Congress to declare by statute the punishment of treason	684

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Title	War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States Military Arrests, Reconstruction and Military Government by William Whiting
Author	William Whiting
Edition	43
Publisher	Lee and Shepard, 1871
Original from	National Central Library of Rome
Digitized	29 Jan 2014
Length	695 pages

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