University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Volume 9University of Illinois Press, 1921 |
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... proclamations and executive orders , the former generally containing announcements and de- cisions of the widest interest and broadest scope , the latter usual- ly concerning matters not of such general interest . Either may be issued ...
... proclamations and executive orders , the former generally containing announcements and de- cisions of the widest interest and broadest scope , the latter usual- ly concerning matters not of such general interest . Either may be issued ...
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... proclamation April 28 , announcing that the agreement was in effect . Am . State Papers , For . Rel . , IV , 207 . 50 The terms of the agreement were communicated by Mr. Rush to Secretary of the Navy Crowninshield on Apr. 30 , 1817 ...
... proclamation April 28 , announcing that the agreement was in effect . Am . State Papers , For . Rel . , IV , 207 . 50 The terms of the agreement were communicated by Mr. Rush to Secretary of the Navy Crowninshield on Apr. 30 , 1817 ...
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... proclamation was based not on statutory au- thority , but on the obligations of neutrality as defined in the law of nations . Writings of George Washington , XII , 281-282 . Cf. with Wilson's proclamations of neutrality in 1914. U. S. ...
... proclamation was based not on statutory au- thority , but on the obligations of neutrality as defined in the law of nations . Writings of George Washington , XII , 281-282 . Cf. with Wilson's proclamations of neutrality in 1914. U. S. ...
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... proclamation of the Presi- dent ad interim of Mexico denying his own right to declare war but leav- ing it to the consideration of the Mexican Congress . See Benton's Abridg- ment of the Debates of Congress , XV , 499 . lative ...
... proclamation of the Presi- dent ad interim of Mexico denying his own right to declare war but leav- ing it to the consideration of the Mexican Congress . See Benton's Abridg- ment of the Debates of Congress , XV , 499 . lative ...
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... proclamation of blockade of the Southern ports in April , 1861 , again raised the question of the President's power to recognize the existence of a state of war without a declaration by Congress . The situation was all the more peculiar ...
... proclamation of blockade of the Southern ports in April , 1861 , again raised the question of the President's power to recognize the existence of a state of war without a declaration by Congress . The situation was all the more peculiar ...
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Page 54 - Chronic wrong-doing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the western hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine...
Page 121 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Page 71 - The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.
Page 13 - My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin.
Page 252 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 16 - I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation.
Page 104 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 120 - Not expecting to see you again before the spring campaign opens, I wish to express in this way my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time, so far as I understand it. The particulars of your plans I neither know nor seek to know.
Page 193 - What is the liberty of the press? Who can give it any definition which would not leave the utmost latitude for evasion? I hold it to be impracticable; and from this, I infer that its security, whatever fine declarations may be inserted in any constitution respecting it, must altogether depend on public opinion and on the general spirit of the people and of the government.
Page 75 - When the regular course of justice is interrupted by revolt, rebellion, or insurrection, so that the courts of justice cannot be kept open, civil war exists, and hostilities may be prosecuted on the same footing as if those opposing the government were foreign enemies invading the land.