The Trial of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham: By a Military Commission; and the Proceedings Under His Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio |
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... enemy . Persons found concealed within our lines belonging to the service of the enemy , and , in fact , all persons found improperly within our lines , who could give private information to the enemy . All persons within our lines who ...
... enemy . Persons found concealed within our lines belonging to the service of the enemy , and , in fact , all persons found improperly within our lines , who could give private information to the enemy . All persons within our lines who ...
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... enemy ; that Charleston was theirs , and Vicksburg was theirs ; that the Mississippi was not opened , and would not be so long as there was cotton on its banks to be stolen , or so long as there were any contractors or officers to ...
... enemy ; that Charleston was theirs , and Vicksburg was theirs ; that the Mississippi was not opened , and would not be so long as there was cotton on its banks to be stolen , or so long as there were any contractors or officers to ...
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... enemy's country distribut- ing in my camps speeches of their public men that tended to demoralize the troops or to destroy their confidence in the con- stituted authorities of the Government , I would have him tried , and hung if found ...
... enemy's country distribut- ing in my camps speeches of their public men that tended to demoralize the troops or to destroy their confidence in the con- stituted authorities of the Government , I would have him tried , and hung if found ...
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... enemies of their country ; never undergone the privations of our soldiers in the field ; and , besides , they have been in the habit of hearing ... enemy , it is cowardly so to weaken it . This license could not be used in 42 APPLICATION FOR.
... enemies of their country ; never undergone the privations of our soldiers in the field ; and , besides , they have been in the habit of hearing ... enemy , it is cowardly so to weaken it . This license could not be used in 42 APPLICATION FOR.
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... enemy . If we use our honest efforts , God will bless us with a glorious peace and a united country . Men of every shade of opinion have the same vital interest in the suppression of this rebellion ; for , should we fail in the task ...
... enemy . If we use our honest efforts , God will bless us with a glorious peace and a united country . Men of every shade of opinion have the same vital interest in the suppression of this rebellion ; for , should we fail in the task ...
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Page 180 - Whereas, the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and 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 238 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in. the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the fona of government, a real despotism.
Page 217 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth, will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens of any part of the country...
Page 110 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. 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 239 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 241 - Under this article of the Constitution it rests with Congress to decide what government is the established one in a State.
Page 49 - Judges of the District Courts, shall have power to grant writs of Habeas Corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment...
Page 216 - ... 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 231 - Majesty would be pleased to remove the said soldiers and mariners and that your people may not be so burdened in time to come. And that the aforesaid commissions for proceeding by martial law may be revoked and annulled. And that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever to be executed as aforesaid, lest by color of them any of your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.
Page 231 - By pretext whereof some of Your Majesty's subjects have been by some of the said commissioners put to death, when and where, if, by the laws and statutes of the land, they had deserved death, by the same laws and statutes also they might, and by no other ought, to have been judged and executed.