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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... party , " the Prisoner has the right to speak last . " Bennet , pp . 123 , 124. In this instance , the rule was grossly violated . The last speech was made by the Judge Advocate . Porter was not only not per- mitted to reply , but the ...
... party , " the Prisoner has the right to speak last . " Bennet , pp . 123 , 124. In this instance , the rule was grossly violated . The last speech was made by the Judge Advocate . Porter was not only not per- mitted to reply , but the ...
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... party bidding , has been continuously assailed with the same bitterness . Even the present Commander - in - Chief is constantly subjected to its fury . Assaults are made upon him from day to day , and with ever increasing violence . His ...
... party bidding , has been continuously assailed with the same bitterness . Even the present Commander - in - Chief is constantly subjected to its fury . Assaults are made upon him from day to day , and with ever increasing violence . His ...
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... party success that some safety valve should be found for the harmless escape of the impending in- dignation . And it was thought that it would be found by ascribing that failure to treasonable conduct on the part of Porter , and this ...
... party success that some safety valve should be found for the harmless escape of the impending in- dignation . And it was thought that it would be found by ascribing that failure to treasonable conduct on the part of Porter , and this ...
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... party to pass along . " ( P. 121. ) He testified also that his party consisted of ten or twelve persons only , that he travelled on horse- back , and that they did not get to Bristow Station that night . 2. Fifield . He testified that ...
... party to pass along . " ( P. 121. ) He testified also that his party consisted of ten or twelve persons only , that he travelled on horse- back , and that they did not get to Bristow Station that night . 2. Fifield . He testified that ...
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... party , or to the exigencies of an ill - planned campaign , and of an unfortunately selected Commander , Morell , Griffin and Butterfield , would have been too glaringly to have outraged public opinion , and it was not done . But the ...
... party , or to the exigencies of an ill - planned campaign , and of an unfortunately selected Commander , Morell , Griffin and Butterfield , would have been too glaringly to have outraged public opinion , and it was not done . But the ...
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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.