| United States. Congress - 1857 - 486 páginas
...the territory or other properly belonging to the United States.' " The court adfls, that " ihe'righl to govern may be the inevitable consequence of the...Whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, On possession of it is unquestioned." Thé court finally decides the very point made, aa to the competency... | |
| Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 208 páginas
...stated he considered the source of the power. He did not specifically state this, but he did say, ' whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned.' No opinion of the Court could have been expressed with a stronger emphasis; "the power in Congress... | |
| Henry Sherman - 1858 - 212 páginas
...has not, by becoming a State, acquired the means of self government, may result necessarily, from the facts, that it is not within the jurisdiction of any...inevitable consequence of the right to acquire Territory." — " The Power," adds the Chief Justice, " stands firmly on the latter alternative put by the Court... | |
| Michael W. Cluskey - 1859 - 812 páginas
...selfgovernment, may result, necessarily, from the facts that it is not within the jurisdiction of liny particular state, and is -within the power and jurisdiction...to acquire territory. Whichever may be the source from which l/te power it derived, the possession of it is unquestionable." It is thus clear, from the... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - 1859 - 44 páginas
...has not, by becoming a State, acquired the means of self-government, may result necessarily from the facts that it is not within the jurisdiction of any...the United States. The right to govern may be the natural consequence of the right to acquire territory ' (American Insurance Company vs. Canter, 1 Pet.... | |
| Thomas Corwin - 1859 - 534 páginas
...not, by becoming a State, acquired the means of self-government, may result necessarily from the fact that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular...jurisdiction of the United States. The right to govern may bo the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory; but whichever may be the source whence... | |
| Thomas Hart Benton - 1859 - 212 páginas
...Whichever may be the source from which the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestionable." " The right to govern may be the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory,"—a very fair deduction, even in a naked case of unconditional acquisition. How much stronger... | |
| Daniel Gardner - 1860 - 740 páginas
...has not, by becoming a State, acquired the means of selfgovernment, may result necessarily from the facts that it is not within the jurisdiction of any...acquire territory. Whichever may be the source whence it is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned." And the court, at the conclusion of their discussion... | |
| E. N. Elliott, David Christy, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Thornton Stringfellow, Robert Goodloe Harper, James Henry Hammond, Samuel Adolphus Cartwright, Charles Hodge - 1860 - 934 páginas
...not, by becoming a State, acquired the means of self-government, may result, necessarily, from the facts that it is not within the jurisdiction of any...inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory. Whichfcer may be the source from which the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestionable?... | |
| John Adams Dix - 1864 - 482 páginas
...has not, by becoming a State, acquired the means of self-government, may result necessarily from the facts that it is not within the jurisdiction of any...Whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, its possession is unquestioned." — Chief Justice Marshall; the American Insurance Company v. Canter,... | |
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