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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... fitted to do so ; and supposing that if there is to be any reply , those who are to make it would not like to get up and make it at this time , and as all the speeches which I make are made upon the spur of the moment , and without much ...
... fitted to do so ; and supposing that if there is to be any reply , those who are to make it would not like to get up and make it at this time , and as all the speeches which I make are made upon the spur of the moment , and without much ...
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... fitting words , uttered in the cause , suddenly broke out into violent remon true place , have helped to right the scale when strance , and dashed into immediate efforts to wavering towards the ruin of a nation . At no annul all their ...
... fitting words , uttered in the cause , suddenly broke out into violent remon true place , have helped to right the scale when strance , and dashed into immediate efforts to wavering towards the ruin of a nation . At no annul all their ...
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... fitting out a vessel in the interest of her enemy . The searching investigation - demanded by you - which followed , led to your complete vindication , and an indignant declara- tion by the merchants of New York of their abhorrence of ...
... fitting out a vessel in the interest of her enemy . The searching investigation - demanded by you - which followed , led to your complete vindication , and an indignant declara- tion by the merchants of New York of their abhorrence of ...
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... fitted out , or armed , or shall knowingly aid , assist , or be concerned in the equipping , furnishing , fitting out , or arming of any ship or vessel , with intent , or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the ...
... fitted out , or armed , or shall knowingly aid , assist , or be concerned in the equipping , furnishing , fitting out , or arming of any ship or vessel , with intent , or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the ...
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... fitting out for the especial and manifest purpose of car- rying on hostilities at sea . It is about to be commanded by one of the insurgent agents , the same who sailed in the Oreto . The parties en- gaged in the enterprise are persons ...
... fitting out for the especial and manifest purpose of car- rying on hostilities at sea . It is about to be commanded by one of the insurgent agents , the same who sailed in the Oreto . The parties en- gaged in the enterprise are persons ...
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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.
Page 6 - ... employed in. the service of any foreign prince, state, or potentate, or of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or people...
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.