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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... less due to Porter , and to truth - than to the good of the military service , and to the confidence so material to that . good which is to be placed in future military judgments , that the atten- tion of the public mind should be once ...
... less due to Porter , and to truth - than to the good of the military service , and to the confidence so material to that . good which is to be placed in future military judgments , that the atten- tion of the public mind should be once ...
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... closed , that all saw it was im- possible even that the evidence could have been read , much less so con- sidered as is due to proper judgment , or the defence either read or com- pared with the evidence , a measure called for by 7.
... closed , that all saw it was im- possible even that the evidence could have been read , much less so con- sidered as is due to proper judgment , or the defence either read or com- pared with the evidence , a measure called for by 7.
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... less with all the evidence so material to understand properly and justly the portions quoted . or even stopping to discover what is thought to be quite apparent , the depth of the prejudice which that officer entertained towards the ...
... less with all the evidence so material to understand properly and justly the portions quoted . or even stopping to discover what is thought to be quite apparent , the depth of the prejudice which that officer entertained towards the ...
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... less strong , and perhaps stronger on that account . Under this impression , it is the purpose of the writer to subject the review to the ordeal of reason and of truth . This he feels to be not less due to Major General Porter , than to ...
... less strong , and perhaps stronger on that account . Under this impression , it is the purpose of the writer to subject the review to the ordeal of reason and of truth . This he feels to be not less due to Major General Porter , than to ...
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... less conspicuous . But prejudice , jaundices the finest as well as the weakest intellect , and makes everything appear of its own . color . To immaterial facts and idle fancies , it attaches , substance and reality . It affects the very ...
... less conspicuous . But prejudice , jaundices the finest as well as the weakest intellect , and makes everything appear of its own . color . To immaterial facts and idle fancies , it attaches , substance and reality . It affects the very ...
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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.