 | American Bar Association - 1905 - 980 Seiten
...Insurance Company vs. Canter (1 Peters 511, 542) : " The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the union the powers of making war and of making...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." Thus was the whole doctrine of expansion of territory and the elasticity of the Constitution embraced... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1879 - 460 Seiten
...the Am. Ins. Co. v. Canter, 1 Peters, 542 : " The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government of the Union the powers of making war and of making...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." See Cerri v. Pitot, 6 Cr. 336. And I add, it also possesses the power of governing it, when... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 1074 Seiten
...confers, absolutely, on the government of the Union, the power of making war, and of making trcutlrB. Consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by The usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider the holding of conquered... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy, Edmund Hatch Bennett - 1886 - 764 Seiten
...in. which Florida stands to the United States. The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." The court, in the celebrated case of Dred Scott, — which will be particularly referred to in the sequel,... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1889 - 308 Seiten
...judicial control over legislative discretion. " The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." I shall again refer to. the general principles of construction adopted by Marshall ; but something... | |
 | Bernard Moses - 1889 - 272 Seiten
...Chief Justice Marshall, " the Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the power of making war and of making treaties ; consequently...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty.'" If the acquisition is made by conquest, it is presumed that the result will be secured by treaty; and... | |
 | Bernard Moses - 1889 - 270 Seiten
...Chief Justice Marshall, " the Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the power of making war and of making treaties ; consequently that government possesses the power of acquir. ing territory either by conquest or by treaty."1 If the acquisition is made by conquest, it... | |
 | Charles-Joseph-Félix Brunet, Charles Brunet - 1890 - 1204 Seiten
...in which Florida stands to the United States. The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government of the Union the powers of making war and of making...as a mere military occupation until its fate shall l>e determined at the treaty of peace. If it be ceded by the treaty the acquisition is confirmed, and... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1891 - 504 Seiten
...Government of the Union the powers of making war and making treaties," says Chief Justice Marshall ; "consequently that Government possesses the power...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." Again, the President and Senate have, by treaty, often regulated commercial affairs with other nations... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1893 - 488 Seiten
...Marshall thus summarily disposed of the point : '' The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union, the 'powers of making war, and of making...power of acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty."2 But while the treaty-making power thus extends to the acquisition of foreign territory, the... | |
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The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government of the Union the powers of making war and of making treaties; consequently that Government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty. 
