[1] Senate Journal, 32d Cong. 1st Sess., p. 339.
[2] Ibid., 33d Cong. 1st Sess., p. 43.
[3] Ibid., 34th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 100.
[4] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Appendix, p. 2.
[5] Senate Journal, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., pp. 147, 549.
[6] Ibid., 38th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 28, 47, 667.
[7] Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. pp. 74, 75.
[8] Act of May 4, 1870: Ibid., Vol. XVI. p. 96.
[9] Opinions of Attorneys-General, Vol. X. p. 382, November 29, 1862.
[10] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 354.
[11] Wheaton’s Elements of International Law, edited, with Notes, by
Richard H. Dana, Jr., Note 228, p. 645.
[12] Wheaton’s Elements of International Law, ed. Dana, Note 228, p.
645.
[13] Rebellion Record, Vol. III, Documents, p. 330.
[14] Executive Documents, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Senate, No. 8, p. 4.
[15] Annual Register, 1861, p. 291.
[16] Annual Register, 1861, p. 254.
[17] Executive Documents, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Senate, No. 8, p. 3.
[18] Ibid., p. 2.
[19] Wheaton’s Elements of International Law, ed. Dana, Note 228, p.
655.
[20] L’Amérique devant l’Europe, p. 176.
[21] Ibid., p. 177.
[22] Ibid., pp. 209, 210.
[23] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., pp. 176, 177.
[24] Revue des Deux Mondes, Jan.-Fév., 1862, p. 245.
[25] Wheaton’s Elements of International Law, ed. Dana, Note 228, p.
648.
[26] Executive Documents, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Senate, No. 8, p 13.
[27] Ibid., No. 22, p. 2.
[28] Ibid., No. 30, p. 2.
[29] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 208.
[30] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d. Sess., p. 211.
[31] Ibid., pp. 209, 210.
[32] Ibid., p. 211.
[33] Executive Documents, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Senate, No. 8, p. 3.
[34] MS. Opinion of the British Law Officers. _Ante_, p. 163.
[35] The Examiner [London], December 7, 1861, p. 769.
[36] The Examiner, December 7, 1861, p. 770.
[37] De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Cap. 27.
[38] Witichindus Corbeiensis, lib. 2. Annal., ap. M. de Laurière, Préf.
Ordon., Vol. I. p. xxxiii.,--quoted by Robertson, History of Charles
V., Vol. I., Proofs and Illustrations, Note 22.
[39] The Times, November 28, 1861.
[40] Jefferson, Letter to Madame de Staël, May 24, 1813: Works, Vol.
VI. p. 118. Manning, Commentaries on the Law of Nations, p. 375.
[41] Hansard, Vol. XXIV. 601, 602, February 18, 1813.
[42] Hildreth’s History of the United States, Vol. VI. p. 349.
[43] Edinburgh Review, July, 1833, Vol. LVII p. 459.
[44] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 574.
[45] Ibid.
[46] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 574.
[47] Ibid., Vol. II. p. 489.
[48] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 84.
[49] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 134.
[50] Ibid., p. 138.
[51] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 160.
[52] The Inadmissible Principles of the King of England’s Proclamation
of October 16, 1807, considered: Works, Vol. IX. p. 322.
[53] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 405.
[54] Ibid., p. 605.
[55] Annual Register, 1813, Vol. LV. pp. 337, 339.
[56] Exposition, pp. 6, 7. This pamphlet is preserved in the Appendix
to the Life and Writings of Alexander J. Dallas, by his Son, George
Mifflin Dallas.
[57] Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London, 2d edit., pp.
200, 201.
[58] Letter to Lord Ashburton, August 8, 1842: Webster’s Works, Vol.
VI. p. 323; Executive Documents, 27th Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 1, p.
142.
[59] Executive Documents, 36th Cong. 1st Sess., Senate, No. 2, pp. 28,
29.
[60] Le Droit des Gens, Liv. IV. ch. 7, § 85.
[61] The Caroline, 6 Robinson, Admiralty R., 468.
[62] The Orozembo, 6 Robinson, Admiralty R. 434.
[63] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 83.
[64] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 84.
[65] Ibid.
[66] Ibid., p. 82.
[67] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 99.
[68] Ibid., p. 107.
[69] Ibid., p. 137.
[70] MS.
[71] Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London, 2d edit., p. 306.
[72] Ibid., pp. 306, 307.
[73] Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. pp. 24, 26.
[74] Ibid., p. 38.
[75] Ibid., p. 64.
[76] Ibid., p. 90.
[77] Ibid., p. 146.
[78] Ibid., p. 186.
[79] Ibid., p. 312.
[80] Ibid., p. 328.
[81] Ibid., p. 393.
[82] Ibid., p. 416.
[83] Ibid., p. 436.
[84] Ibid., p. 474.
[85] Ibid., p. 490.
[86] Ibid., p. 540.
[87] Ibid., Vol. IX. p. 888.
[88] Ibid., Vol. X. p. 880.
[89] Ibid., p. 894.
[90] Ibid., p. 936.
[91] Executive Documents, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Senate, No. 8, p. 13.
[92] 6 Robinson, Admiralty R., 440.
[93] Pratt, Law of Contraband of War, p. 58.
[94] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 26.
[95] Convention with Colombia, 1824: Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p.
312; and later treaties, _passim_.
[96] Executive Documents, 33d Cong. 1st Sess., H. of R., No. 111, p. 13.
[97] Hautefeuille, Questions de Droit International Maritime:
Affaires du Trent et du Nashville, p. 13. See also an earlier
pamphlet,--Quelques Questions de Droit International Maritime, à propos
de la Guerre d’Amérique (Leipzig et Paris, 1861).
[98] Europäische Völkerrecht der Gegenwart (1855), § 157 b, p. 276.
[99] The Rapid, Edwards, Admiralty R., 231.
[100] Elements of International Law, Part IV. ch. 3, § 24.
[101] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 125.
[102] Ibid., p. 26.
[103] Ibid., p. 46.
[104] Executive Documents, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Senate, Doc. 8, p. 13.
[105] Mr. Madison to Mr. Monroe, January 5, 1804: American State
Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III. p. 86.
[106] Des Droits et des Devoirs des Nations Neutres en Temps de Guerre
Maritime. 4 vol. Paris, 1848.
[107] Une Parole de Paix sur le Différend entre l’Angleterre et les
États-Unis.
[108] Revue des Deux Mondes, Nov.-Déc., 1861, p. 1014.
[109] Letter to M. de Sartiges, July 28, 1856: President’s Message and
accompanying Documents, December, 1856: Executive Documents, 34th Cong.
3d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, pp. 35-43.
[110] Letter to Mr. Rush, July 28, 1823: Executive Documents, 33d Cong.
1st Sess., H. of R., No. 111, p. 6.
[111] Letter to Mr. Sheldon, August 13, 1823, Ibid., p. 17; Letter to
Mr. Brown, December 23, 1823, Ibid., p. 19.
[112] Letter to Mr. Gallatin, June 19, 1826: Ibid., p. 37.
[113] Letter of the Secretary of State, May 6, 1794: American State
Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 473. See also Letter of December
15, 1794: Ibid., p. 511.
[114] This paragraph was omitted in the delivery, lest it might be
turned to disparage the blockade already instituted against Slavery.
[115] Herald of Peace, August, 1862.
[116] Quarterly Review, January, 1862, p. 260.
[117] Debate on the Address respecting the War with America, Feb. 18,
1813: Hansard, XXIV. 601.
[118] _Ante_, p. 213.
[119] _Ante_, p. 164.
[120] Letters by Historicus on some Questions of International Law,
reprinted from the _Times_ with considerable Additions. London and
Cambridge, 1863.
[121] This was a very short time before the sudden death of this
lamented author.
[122] Elements of the Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies in the
United States, by L. S. Cushing, p. 193.
[123] Clarke and Hall’s Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, p.
287.
[124] Ibid., p. 314.
[125] Sparks, Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold, p. 140: Library of
American Biography, Vol. III.
[126] Sparks, Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold, p. 141: Library of
American Biography, Vol. III.
[127] Annals of Congress, 10th Cong. 1st Sess., col. 57.
[128] Alison, History of Europe, 2d edit., Vol. IX. p. 553.
[129] Commentaries, Vol. IV. pp. 81, 82.
[130] 2 Douglas, R., 592.
[131] 4 Cranch, S. C. Rep., 126.
[132] Commentaries, Vol. IV. p. 82.
[133] Caron de Beaumarchais, author of _Mariage de Figaro_.
[134] 1 Burrow, R., 646.
[135] 6 Term, R., 529.
[136] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 184.
[137] Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, Vol. VII., Appendix, p. 533.
[138] Ibid., p. 540.
[139] 37th Congress, 2d Session, p. 418.
[140] Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 333.
[141] This important principle was affirmed by Mr. Everett somewhat
tardily; also by Dr. Brownson, at an earlier date. See, _post_,
Appendix, pp. 307, 313.
[142] _Post_, Vol. VII. p. 1.
[143] _Post_, Ibid., pp. 112, 119.
[144] Duty of Supporting the Government; Address delivered in Faneuil
Hall, 19th October, 1864: Orations and Speeches, Vol. IV. pp. 718, 719.
[145] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., March 20, 1862, pp.
1300, 1302.
[146] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., April 1, 1862, p. 1472.
[147] Ibid., April 2, pp. 1493, 1495.
[148] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., June 25, 1862, p. 2925.
[149] Ibid., July 7, p. 3148.
[150] Ibid., 39th Cong. 1st Sess., January 17, 1866, pp. 268, 274.
[151] Ibid., January 10, p. 162.
[152] Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., January 26, 1865, p.
441.
[153] Ibid., 39th Cong. 2d Sess., February 16, 1867, p. 1444.
[154] Ibid., 40th Cong. 2d Sess., February 24, 1868, p. 1378.
[155] Congressional Globe, 40th Cong. 2d Sess., January 30, 1868, p.
860.
[156] See, _post_, pp. 381, 376.
[157] April, 1862, Vol. XCIV. pp. 435-463.
[158] Hon. Joel Parker, Professor in the Law School, Cambridge,
formerly Chief Justice of New Hampshire.
[159] Hon. Martin F. Conway, Representative in Congress from Kansas.
[160] Brownson’s Quarterly Review, Third New York Series, April, 1862,
Vol. III. pp. 194-220.
[161] Ibid., p. 199.
[162] Ibid., p. 200.
[163] Ibid., pp. 201, 202.
[164] Ibid., pp. 217, 218.
[165] Le Temps, 5 Mars, 1862.
[166] For a long time the able and learned Judge of the District Court
of the United States in Maine.
[167] Senate Reports, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 112, June 8, 1866, pp.
13, 14.
[168] Hon. Amasa Walker, in the Chicago Advance, February 2, 1871.
[169] Commentaries on the Constitution, Vol. II. § 1372.
[170] Craig et al. _v._ The State of Missouri, 4 Peters, R., 432.
[171] Madison, Debates in the Federal Convention, August 16, 1787.
[172] Briscoe _v._ The Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 11
Peters, R., 257. Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Vol. II. §
1362-1367, and note.
[173] Collections Mass. Hist. Soc., 2d Ser. Vol. III. p. 261.
[174] History of Massachusetts, Vol. I. p. 402.
[175] Hutchinson, History of Massachusetts, Vol. I. p. 403, note.
[176] Hening, Statutes at Large, Vol. VI. p. 467.
[177] Ibid., Vol. X. pp. 279, 286.
[178] 24 George II, Chap. 53.
[179] No. XLIV., by Mr. Madison.
[180] Journals of Congress, Vol. II. p. 21.
[181] Circular Letter from Congress to their Constituents, September
13, 1779: Journals of Congress, Vol. V. p. 347.
[182] 45,578,000,000 francs. Say, J. B., Cours Complet d’Économie
Politique Pratique, Part. III. ch. 16. Nervo, le Baron de, Les Finances
Françaises sous l’Ancienne Monarchie, la République, le Consulat et
l’Empire, Tom. II. p. 280.
[183] Report on Bank Acts, 1857, Part I., Q. 4270.
[184] Report on Bank Acts, 1857, Part I., Q. 4634, 4635.
[185] Ibid., Q. 4764, 4765.
[186] Report on Bank Acts, 1857, Part I., Q. 5422.
[187] Ibid., Q. 5458.
[188] Report on Bank Acts, 1857, Part I., Q. 5483-5485.
[189] Ibid., Q. 3825. The Evidence of Lord Overstone is in a separate
volume, revised by himself.
[190] Ibid., Q. 3822.
[191] Report on Bank Acts, 1857, Part I., Q. 4049.
[192] Ibid., Q. 4054.
[193] Report on Bank Acts, 1857, Part I., Q. 4179.
[194] Encyclopædia Britannica (8th edit.), art. MONEY, Vol. XV. p. 456.
[195] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 183.
[196] 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 266.
[197] Annals of Congress, 10th Cong. 1st Sess., col. 1492, 1493.
[198] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 696.
[199] Horatio Greenough, the sculptor.
[200] Bramston, Art of Politics, 162-165: Dodsley’s Collection, Vol.
I. p. 265. Speech of Col. Titus in the House of Commons, Jan. 7,
1680-1, on the King’s Message concerning the Exclusion Bill: Hansard’s
Parliamentary History, Vol. IV. col. 1291. Webster’s Works, Vol. II. p.
443.
[201] Art. 6, par. 3.
[202] Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 23.
[203] Heb., vi. 16.
[204] Burke, Letter to a Noble Lord: Works (London, 1801), Vol. VII. p.
417.
[205] Cowen and Hill’s Notes to Phillipps on Evidence, Note 55, p. 24.
[206] In the Report as printed by the Senate this clause was omitted by
a mistake of the copyist.
[207] Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 589.
[208] Statutes at Large, Vol. IV. p. 104.
[209] American State Papers, Post-Office Department, p. 27. See also
McPherson’s Political History of the Rebellion, p. 239, note.
[210] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., pp. 2231, 2232.
[211] _Ante_, p. 152.
[212] His private Secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
[213] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1680.
[214] P. Fletcher, The Locusts or Apollyonists, Canto I. st. 10.
[215] Speech on Manumission, 1788: American Museum, July, 1789, Vol.
VI. p. 75.
[216] Speech on Negro Slavery, July 13, 1830. Works, Vol. X. p. 216.
[217] Jones _v._ Vanzandt, 2 McLean, R., 603.
[218] The State _v._ Mann, 2 Devereux, R., 266.
[219] The Antelope, 10 Wheaton, R., 121.
[220] Speech in the Senate, August 26, 1852: _ante_, Vol. III. pp. 126,
127.
[221] Speech in the Senate, March 26, 27, 1850: Congressional Globe,
31st Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, pp. 468-480.
[222] Speech in the House of Representatives, February 23, 1849: Ibid.,
30th Cong. 2d Sess., Appendix, pp. 318-326.
[223] Journal of Congress, Vol. VIII. p. 419.
[224] Debates in the Federal Convention, August 22, 1787: Madison
Papers, p. 1394.
[225] Annals of Congress, 1st. Cong. 2d Sess., col. 1189.
[226] Journal of Congress, Vol. X. pp. 29, 50, 52.
[227] Introduction to the Anas: Jefferson’s Writings, Vol. IX. p. 94.
[228] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 130.
[229] Laws of Maryland, 1791, Ch. XLIV. sec. 2.
[230] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. II. pp. 104, 105.
[231] Laws of Maryland, 1715, Ch. XLIV. sec. 22.
[232] Ibid., 1717, Ch. XIII. sec. 2.
[233] Laws of Maryland, 1796, Ch. LXVII. sec. 5.
[234] Howell’s State Trials, Vol. XX. col. 82.
[235] See Harry _v._ Decker, Walker, Mississippi R., 42; Rankin _v._
Lydia, 2 A. K. Marshall, Kentucky R., 470.
[236] Barron _v._ Baltimore, 7 Peters, R., 243.
[237] Elliot’s Debates, II. 484, III. 211, IV. 223.
[238] Hoare’s Memoirs of Sharp, p. 38.
[239] Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 164.
[240] S. Ambrosius, De Officiis Ministrorum, Lib. II. c. 28.
[241] Cochin, L’Abolition de l’Esclavage, Tom. II. pp. 437-439.
[242] Keatinge’s Travels, p. 250.
[243] Braithwaite’s Revolutions in Morocco, p. 353.
[244] Histoire d’Alger (Paris, 1830), Ch. 27.
[245] Letter from M. Le Veillard, October 9, 1785: Franklin’s Works,
ed. Sparks, Vol. X. p. 230.
[246] Annals of Congress, 1st Cong. 2d Sess., col. 1572.
[247] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 101.
[248] Ibid., p. 100.
[249] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 105.
[250] Ibid., p. 106.
[251] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 128.
[252] Ibid.
[253] Ibid., p. 136.
[254] Ibid., p. 136.
[255] Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 285.
[256] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. pp. 291, 292.
[257] Ibid., p. 292.
[258] Letter from Richard O’Brien to the President of the United
States, Algiers, November 5, 1793: American State Papers, Foreign
Relations, Vol. I. p. 417.
[259] Ibid., p. 418.
[260] Ibid., p. 421.
[261] Independent Chronicle (Boston), April 9, 1795.
[262] Algerine Captive, Ch. 32, Vol. I. p. 213.
[263] Mr. Baldwin, of Georgia, February 6, 1794: Annals of Congress, 3d
Cong. 1st Sess., col. 434.
[264] Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 345.
[265] Ibid.
[266] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. p. 529.
[267] Ibid., p. 28.
[268] Statutes at Large, Treaties, Vol. VIII. p. 136.
[269] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. I. pp. 30, 31.
[270] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. II. p. 372.
[271] Remarks on the War between the United States and Tripoli:
Miscellaneous Works (New York, 1804), p. 73.
[272] Statutes at Large, Treaties, Vol. VIII. p. 214.
[273] Ibid., p. 226.
[274] Osler’s Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, Appendix, p. 432.
[275] Senate Reports, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., No. 41, p. 10.
[276] See, _ante_, p. 410.
[277] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1646, April 11, 1862.
[278] Debates on the Panama Mission, March and April, 1826: Gales and
Seaton’s Register of Debates in Congress, Vol. II. 166, 291, 330, 2150.
[279] National Intelligencer, December 19 and 21, 1838.
[280] See Statistical View, annexed to Speech: Congressional Globe,
37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1775. Also, Report of the Register of the
Treasury of the Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the
Year ending June 30, 1860, Tables 10, 11, 13: Executive Documents, 36th
Cong. 2d Sess., H. of R., Vol. XI.
[281] Report of Register of Treasury of the Commerce and Navigation
of the United States, for the Year ending June 30, 1860, Table No. 1:
Executive Documents, 36th Cong. 2d Sess., H. of R., Vol. XI.
[282] Report on the Commercial Relations of the United States with all
Foreign Nations, Vol. IV. p. 509: Executive Documents, 34th Cong. 1st
Sess., H. of R., No. 47.
[283] Ibid., Vol. I. p. 559.
[284] Commercial Relations, Vol. I. p. 560.
[285] This foothold on the Dominican portion of the island proved to be
only temporary.
[286] Kennett et al. _v._ Chambers, 14 Howard, R., 38.
[287] Elements of International Law, Part III. ch. 1, § 22.
[288] International Law, or Rules regulating the Intercourse of States
in Peace and War, by H. W. Halleck, p. 242.
[289] It was translated into French.
[290] Nathaniel Gordon, commander of the slave-ship Erie, executed at
New York, February 21, 1862.
[291] Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Vol. II. §
1334.
[292] Annual Register, 1814, p. 418. Martens, Nouveau Recueil de
Traités, Tom. II. p. 15.
[293] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VIII. p. 223.
[294] Martens, Nouveau Recueil de Traités, Tom. II. p. 432.
[295] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. V. p. 93.
[296] Ibid., p. 141.
[297] Annals of Congress, 17th Cong. 2d Sess., 928, 1147, 1155.
[298] Annals of Congress, 17th Cong. 2d Sess., 1154.
[299] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. V. p. 320. See
also p. 335.
[300] Ibid., pp. 361, 362. Rush’s Memoranda of a Residence at the Court
of London (2d Series), p. 499.
[301] Speech in the House of Representatives, April 14, 1842:
Congressional Globe, 27th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 424.
[302] Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the
Final Extinction of the African Slave-Trade, July 23, 1849, Appendix F,
No. 1: Parliamentary Papers, 1850, Vol. IX., No. 53, p. 370.
[303] Letter to Mr. Rush, June 24, 1823: American State Papers, Foreign
Relations, Vol. V. p. 334. See, also, Letter to Messrs. Gallatin and
Rush, November 2, 1818, Ibid., p. 73; and Letter of Mr. Rush to Lord
Castlereagh, December 21, 1818, Ibid., p. 113.
[304] American Ins. Co. et al. _v._ Canter, 1 Peters, S. C. R., 546;
Benner et al. _v._ Porter, 9 Howard, R., 244.
[305] Features of Mr. Jay’s Treaty, by Alexander J. Dallas,--originally
published in the _American Daily Advertiser_. This able disquisition is
preserved in the Appendix to the Life of Mr. Dallas by his Son, George
Mifflin Dallas. See pp. 188, 189.
[306] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XV. p. 321.
[307] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., May 1, 1862, p. 1893.
[308] Rebellion Record, Vol. IV., Documents, p. 204. General Halleck’s
subsequent explanation of this order, as “military, and not political,”
is criticized by Mr. Greeley: The American Conflict, Vol. II. p. 241.
See also, _ante_, pp. 119, 120.
[309] Memoirs of Lieut-General Scott, LL.D., written by Himself, Vol.
I. pp. 188-190.
[310] See, _ante_, p. 442.
[311] “On a donné sa mesure à quarante ans.”
[312] See, _ante_, Vol. V. p. 310.
[313] Hon. James M. Ashley.
[314] On motion of Hon. William Vandever, of Iowa.
[315] Reported by Mr. Ashley, March 12, 1862, when the bill was read at
length. Mr. Pendleton, after saying that it “ought to be entitled ‘A
Bill to dissolve the Union and abolish the Constitution of the United
States,’” moved to lay it on the table, which was done,--Yeas 65, Nays
56.
[316] Annals of Congress, 1st Cong. 1st Sess., col. 44, 420.
[317] Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 68.
[318] Ezra, vi. 1.
[319] May’s Parliamentary Practice, or Treatise on the Law, Privileges,
Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament (London, 1859), p. 228.
[320] Ibid.
[321] Journals of the House of Lords, Vol. LXXX. p. 867.
[322] Journals of the House of Lords, Vol. LXXXI. p. 16.
[323] Ibid., pp. 18, 19.
[324] Journals of the House of Commons, Vol. CIV. p. 52.
[325] Journals of the House of Lords, Vol. LXXXI. pp. 588, 589.
[326] Gilbert, Law of Evidence, Vol. I. p. 12.
[327] Greenleaf, Law of Evidence, Vol. I. § 480.
[328] May’s Parliamentary Practice, p. 452.