The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878Describes the essential elements of the incidents from the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 to the Reconstruction that followed the Civil War and the ways in which federal military force was applied in each case. Includes: the Fries Rebellion, the Burr Conspiracy, Slave Rebellions, the Nullification Crisis, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Riots, the 3Buckshot War2, the Patriot War, the Dorr Rebellion, the Army as Posse Comitatus, San Francisco Vigilantes, the Utah Expedition, the Civil War, etc. Extensive bibliography. Index. Full-color and b&w photos and maps. |
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... affairs - the subordination of the military to civil authority and the use of minimum force - evolved according to principles enunciated in the Constitu- tion and out of traditions established by the first commander in chief . This ...
... affairs - the subordination of the military to civil authority and the use of minimum force - evolved according to principles enunciated in the Constitu- tion and out of traditions established by the first commander in chief . This ...
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... affair is George Minot , The History of Insurrections in Massachusetts . . . ( Boston : James W. Burkett & Co. , 1810 ) . A popular account is Marion L. Starkey , A Little Rebellion ( New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1955 ) . The best short ...
... affair is George Minot , The History of Insurrections in Massachusetts . . . ( Boston : James W. Burkett & Co. , 1810 ) . A popular account is Marion L. Starkey , A Little Rebellion ( New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1955 ) . The best short ...
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... affair was to produce reforms that met many of the Shaysite demands . The effects in the broader national sphere were of ultimately greater consequence , for the shock effect of the rebellion had much to do with the movement for a ...
... affair was to produce reforms that met many of the Shaysite demands . The effects in the broader national sphere were of ultimately greater consequence , for the shock effect of the rebellion had much to do with the movement for a ...
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... affairs granted to the federal government by the new Constitution were vested in the Con- gress , not the president , but the latter was to be commander in chief of the Army and Navy and of the militia when called into federal service ...
... affairs granted to the federal government by the new Constitution were vested in the Con- gress , not the president , but the latter was to be commander in chief of the Army and Navy and of the militia when called into federal service ...
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... affairs were part of a broader scheme to carry into effect Congress ' power to " provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union , suppress insurrections and repel invasions . " It was a companion piece to the Uni ...
... affairs were part of a broader scheme to carry into effect Congress ' power to " provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union , suppress insurrections and repel invasions . " It was a companion piece to the Uni ...
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armed Army Hq arrest arrived artillery Asst August Burr Burr Conspiracy called Cass cavalry citizens civil authorities Colonel commander companies Congress Constitution Cooke County Cummings Department Dept detachment disorders dispatched district Dorr Rebellion draft dragoons enforce execution expedition federal troops freestaters Geary governor Hamilton Harney Harpers Ferry ibid Infantry instructions insurgents insurrection issued Jackson Jefferson John Johnston Kansas Lawrence Leavenworth Lecompton legislature Ltrs Marcy Meanwhile ment military force militia Mormon officers organized Pennsylvania Poinsett police posse comitatus president pro-slavery proclamation provost marshal Rebellion regiments regulars Republican request resistance riot sack of Lawrence Scott Secretary Secretary of War September sess Shannon Smith soldiers South Carolina Stanton Sumner suppress SW Rpt territory U.S. marshal United Utah Utah Expedition vigilantes violence volunteers Walker War Department Washington Whiskey Whiskey Rebellion Winfield Scott Wool York
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Page 14 - ... it shall be lawful for the president of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States...
Page 6 - In pursuance of this authority, the act of 1795 has provided, "that whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State or States most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his order for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia...
Page 6 - That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Page 8 - That whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the President to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the President shall forthwith and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time...
Page 6 - February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State or of the executive, when the legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 7 - The marshals and their deputies shall have, in each State, the same powers, in executing the laws of the United States, as the sheriffs and their deputies in such State may have, by law, in executing the laws thereof.
Page 112 - President, therefore, by announcing his determination, was as effectual as if the militia had been assembled under his orders. And it should be equally authoritative. For certainly no court of the United States, with a knowledge of this decision, would have been justified in recognizing the opposing party as the lawful government...
Page 214 - Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the authority of the Government oC the United States, it shall become impracticable, in the judgment of the President, to enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of the United States...