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... restored . SOME FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS NECESSARY TO SECURE A CONQUEST . Though it is a legitimate use of military power to secure the possession of that which has been acquired by arms , yet it is difficult , by aid CHAPTER I.
... restored . SOME FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS NECESSARY TO SECURE A CONQUEST . Though it is a legitimate use of military power to secure the possession of that which has been acquired by arms , yet it is difficult , by aid CHAPTER I.
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... possession of such territories , some form of government must of ne- cessity be established , whereby these crimes can be prevented or punished . Firm possession of a conquered province can be held only by establishing a govern- ment ...
... possession of such territories , some form of government must of ne- cessity be established , whereby these crimes can be prevented or punished . Firm possession of a conquered province can be held only by establishing a govern- ment ...
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... possession of it , while war continues . No one would doubt our right to occupy a hostile district of country by military posts , or by soldiers stationed in commanding positions , or to enforce upon all its inhabitants the rigid rules ...
... possession of it , while war continues . No one would doubt our right to occupy a hostile district of country by military posts , or by soldiers stationed in commanding positions , or to enforce upon all its inhabitants the rigid rules ...
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... possession of by the United States troops , is most largely occupied by persons disloyal to the United States , and whose property has become liable to confiscation under the acts of Congress and the proclamation of the President , and ...
... possession of by the United States troops , is most largely occupied by persons disloyal to the United States , and whose property has become liable to confiscation under the acts of Congress and the proclamation of the President , and ...
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... possession of the property in said district , to make an accurate inventory of the same , and gather up and collect all such per- sonal property , and turn over to the proper officers , under their receipts , such of said property as ...
... possession of the property in said district , to make an accurate inventory of the same , and gather up and collect all such per- sonal property , and turn over to the proper officers , under their receipts , such of said property as ...
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Military Government of Hostile Territory in Time of War (Classic Reprint) William Whiting No preview available - 2017 |
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Act of Congress administer allegiance Appendix appointed arms army and navy Article articles of war authority belligerent rights California captured ceded Circuit Court citizens civil courts collector commander Commander-in-Chief conqueror conquest Constitution courts martial crimes decisions declared Department districts duties Dynes enemy's country enforced engaged ernment established Executive exercise government of California governor habeas corpus hostile inhabitants institutions insurrection insurrectionary Judge judicial courts judicial power jury law of nations laws of Congress laws of war legislative Leitensdorfer liable martial law ment Mexico mili military commission military courts military government military law military power military tribunals municipal necessary offence officers original jurisdiction peace persons political possession power conferred President proceedings proclamation provisional government public enemies punishment question rebellion recognized rules and regulations sanctioned Secretary secure sentence sovereignty statutes subjugated Supreme Court Tamaulipas Tampico tary territory thereof tion treaty Union United Vallandigham's Wheaton writ of certiorari
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Page 19 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 87 - ... 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. The people change their allegiance, their relation to their ancient sovereign is dissolved, but their relations to each other, and their rights of property, remain undisturbed.
Page 50 - States, then in such case it may and shall be lawful for the President, by proclamation, to declare that tJie inhabitants of such State, or any section or part thereof where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrection against the United States ; and thereupon all commercial intercourse by and between the same and the citizens thereof, and the citizens of the rest of the United States, shall cease and be unlawful so long as such condition of hostility shall continue...
Page 44 - And can there be any doubt, that when the executive branch of the government, which is charged with our foreign relations, shall in its correspondence with a foreign nation assume a fact in regard to the sovereignty of any island or country, it is conclusive on the judicial department?
Page 47 - Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains and of such other parts of that State and the other States hereinbefore named as...
Page 31 - ... a supplemental code is absolutely needed. 7. That unwritten code is Martial Law, as an addition to the written military code, prescribed by Congress in the Rules and Articles of War, and which unwritten code all armies, in hostile countries, are forced to adopt, not only for their own safety, but...
Page 50 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 40 - These provisions show that congress has 'the power to provide for the trial and punishment of military and naval offenses in the manner then and now practiced by civilized nations; and that the power to do so is given without any connection between it and the 3d article of the constitution defining the judicial power of the United States; indeed, that the two powers are entirely independent of each other.