A Reply to the Review of Judge Advocate General Holt, of the Proceedings, Findings and Sentence, of the General Court Martial: In the Case of Major General Fitz John Porter, and a Vindication of that Officer, Issues 1-7 |
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... considered as triumphant and unanswerable . So universal was this opinion , that when the evidence and the defence had been seen , an acquittal was anticipated with undoubting confidence . So great and general was that confidence , that ...
... considered as triumphant and unanswerable . So universal was this opinion , that when the evidence and the defence had been seen , an acquittal was anticipated with undoubting confidence . So great and general was that confidence , that ...
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... considered by itself , seems to require that that review be answered . For , however , as the writer has good reasons for believing , this is thought to be unnecessary by those who have made themselves acquainted with all the evidence ...
... considered by itself , seems to require that that review be answered . For , however , as the writer has good reasons for believing , this is thought to be unnecessary by those who have made themselves acquainted with all the evidence ...
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... considered simply ridiculous , seriously relied upon . The defence had characterized what this witness had said in regard to it , ( and as the impartial and intelligent reader will think justly , ) as " ravings , wild fantacies ...
... considered simply ridiculous , seriously relied upon . The defence had characterized what this witness had said in regard to it , ( and as the impartial and intelligent reader will think justly , ) as " ravings , wild fantacies ...
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... considered , and acted upon by both officers . General Burnside said that he regarded sending the despatches to him by Porter , " as an official act done by him in the performance of his duty , " under his " direction . " But this ...
... considered , and acted upon by both officers . General Burnside said that he regarded sending the despatches to him by Porter , " as an official act done by him in the performance of his duty , " under his " direction . " But this ...
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... considered his opinion important . Could he have obtained the one he desired , would he not have used it , and even with more confidence than he uses the supposed " inter - communings of spirits , " to show that Porter meditated ...
... considered his opinion important . Could he have obtained the one he desired , would he not have used it , and even with more confidence than he uses the supposed " inter - communings of spirits , " to show that Porter meditated ...
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A Reply to the Review of Judge Advocate General Holt, of the Proceedings ... Reverdy Johnson No preview available - 1863 |
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Page 12 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 6 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 7 - IT is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Page 27 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
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Page 7 - Majesty, for that purpose first had and obtained as aforesaid, shall, by adding to the number of the guns of such vessel, or by changing those on board for other guns, or by the addition of any equipment for war...
Page 47 - The modern usage of nations, which has become law," — mark the words, Mr. Speaker, — " the modern usage of nations, which has become law," — — " would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right, which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world, would be outraged, — if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled.
Page 5 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 203 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions.
Page 16 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law: All then is full, possessing and possess'd, No craving void left aching in the breast: Ev'n thought meets thought, ere from the lips it part, And each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.