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Excerpt from International Law: Case of the Trent, Capture and Surrender of Mason and Slidell States had made a. Seizure on board the Trent of that de scription. In the mean time no principles of international law have been settled in relation to the rights of belligerents and neu trals. The demand is couched in the most general terms, ignoring all the particular circumstances upon which the seiz ure was made, and which were supposed by Capt...

Excerpt from Habeas Corpus and Martial Law: A Review of the Opinion of Chief Justice Taney, in the Case of John Merryman From the concluding part of the opinion, it appears that the Chief Justice not only denies the right of the President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, and the right of General Cadwalader to decline compliance with the command of the writ requiring him to appear with the prisoner and show the cause of the detention, but...

Excerpt from The Law School of Harvard CollegeMatters of personal privilege are said to be always in order, and personal privilege is often personal explanation.This paper asks attention to some matters pertaining to the history of the Law School of Harvard College, which must necessarily partake somewhat of that character.I am impelled to this course by two publications, appearing near the same time in the month of October, the first a short ...

Excerpt from Moral Tendencies of Our Present Pecuniary Distress: A Discourse, Delivered May 14th, 1837Whence arises this af¿iction? Doubtless it may all be traced to second causes. To do this however, is no part of our present object. To all who admit an over ruling Providence, it must be manifest with respect to this, as with respect to every other evil, that afiliction, cometh not forth of the dust, neither dath trouble spring out of the gro...

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Excerpt from The Discussion Between Rev. Joel Parker, and Rev. A Rood: On the Question, What Are the Evils Inseparable From Slavery, " Which Was Referred to by Mrs. Stowe, in Uncle Tom's Cabin It is due to Dr. Parker to state that he claims that the language used by him is so modified and explained by its connection that it does not convey the sentiment which has been attributed to him. The correspondence now spread before the public will ena...

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Excerpt from The Domestic and Foreign Relations of the United States When a nation cannot obtain justice, whether for a wrong or an injury, she has a right to do herself justice. But before she declare war (of which we shall treat in the following Book), there are various methods practised among nations, which remain to be treated of here. Among those methods of obtaining satisfaction has been reckoned what is called the law of retaliation, a...

Excerpt from Daniel Webster as a Jurist: An Address to the Students in the Law School of the University at Cambridge I pass over his professional life during his resi dence in Rockingham. It was one of constant em ployment. He argued more cases, it is said, than any other member of the bar, but most of them were not of a character to live in history. Instances are related of his sagacity and success there, but a single anecdote must suffice a...

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Excerpt from An Address Delivered at the Centennial Celebration, in Jaffrey: August 20, 1873Even in regard to a much later date, a few only of that peri od seem to stand, somewhat like the servants of Job, who came from different quarters and said, one after another, I alone am escaped to tell thee, - and doubtful upon whom I should charge the duty of having greater knowledge than I ought to have respecting the first half of the century, and t...

Excerpt from Lectures on UniversalismThat similar effects may be multiplied, and that those disciples of Christ who may favor it with a perusal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original forma...

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