 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - Broj stranica: 724
...the country beyond its original area. The principle involved was declared by the court in 1828, that "the Constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." 4 Thus, nearly a quarter of a century after the acquisition of Louisiana, and nine years after the... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - Broj stranica: 718
...official opinion, fully sustained the constitutionality of the purchase. The Constitution, said he, confers absolutely on the government of the Union...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty. 1 Marshall was Chief-Justice at the time Louisiana was acquired. It is believed that he held the opinion... | |
 | 1901 - Broj stranica: 1072
...used : "The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government of the Union the power of making wars and of making treaties. Consequently that Government...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." The two decisions rendered in 1850 were by Chief Justice Taney. The decision in 1889 is the... | |
 | Carman Fitz Randolph, Felix Leopold Oswald - 1901 - Broj stranica: 248
..."The Constitution confers " powers of making war and of making treaties;" says Chief Justice Marshall, "consequently that govern"ment possesses the power...acquiring territory " either by conquest or by treaty." 1 While the moral purpose of the war power is figured in Taney's declaration: "The genius and "character... | |
 | Carman Fitz Randolph - 1901 - Broj stranica: 250
...government of the Union the " powers of making war and of making treaties ;" says Chief Justice Marshall, "consequently that govern"ment possesses the power of acquiring territory "either by conquest or by treaty."1 While the moral purpose of the war power is figured in Taney's declaration: "The genius and... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1901 - Broj stranica: 744
...V. Finally, in the case of the American Insurance Co. v. Canter (1828), the Court declared that "the Government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." These, and kindred decisions,1 extending over a space of more than thirty-four years, fully entitled... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs, Charles Edward Magoon - 1902 - Broj stranica: 930
...question, the court should take into view the relation in which Florida stands to the United States. The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government...usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely sulxiued, to consider the holding of conquered territory as a mere military occupation until its fate... | |
 | 1902 - Broj stranica: 588
...derives the power to acquire territory by treaty and conquest, from the Constitution itself. He says: " The Constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." While this decision stands, there is no room for the suggestion that the power of the United States... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - Broj stranica: 444
...down the doctrine that "the Constitution conferred 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." * In the time of Jefferson's presidency this would have been called loose construction. To the general... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - Broj stranica: 446
...down the doctrine that "the Constitution conferred 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." * In the time of Jefferson's presidency this would have been called loose construction. To the general... | |
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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. 
