...sprang forth suddenly from the parent brain, a Minerva in the full panoply of war. The President wae bound to meet it in the shape it presented itself...there was a war, one of them denied that there were belligerents. Let us suppose, however, that the British Government were mistaken. They cannot be the...

...content with adopting the court's argument in identical words. He quotes from the Supreme Court : — " The President was bound to meet it in the shape it...given to it by him or them could change the fact." O Lord Stanley quotes also the words that " The proclamation of blockade is conclusive evidence to...

...unorganized insurrections. However long may have been its previous conception, it nevertheless sprung forth suddenly from the parent brain a Minerva in...given to it by him or them could change the fact. It is not the less a civil war, with belligerent parties in hostile array, because it may be called an...

...unorganized insurrections. However long may have been its previous conception, it nevertheless sprung forth suddenly from the parent brain a Minerva in...given to it by him or them could change the fact. It is not the less a civil war, with belligerent parties in hostile array, because it may be called an...

...unorganized insurrections. However long may have been its previous conception, it nevertheless sprung forth suddenly from the parent brain, a Minerva in...given to it by him or them could change the fact. It is not the less a civil war, with belligerent parties in hostile array, because it may be called an...

...wars was not gradually developed by popular commotion, tumultuous assemblies, or local unorganized insurrections. However long may have been its previous...given to it by him or them could change the fact. "As soon as the news of the attack on Fort Sumter, and the organization of a government by the seceding...

...gradually developed by popular com" motion, tumultuous assemblies, or'local " organized ini-urreetions. However long " may have been its previous conception,...there was a war, one of them denied that there were bet/iyerent«. Let us suppose, however, that the British Government were mistaken. They cannot be the...

...President was bound to meet it in the shape it presented itself without waiting for Congress to baptise it with a name, and no name given to it by him or them could change the fact, " It is not the less a" civil war, with belligerent parties in hostile array, because it may be called an...

...unorganized insurrections. However long may have been its previous conception, it nevertheless sprung forth suddenly from the parent brain — a Minerva...given to it by him or them could change the fact. ' It is not the less a civil war, with belligerent parties in hostile array, because it may be called an...

...have been, its previous conception, it nevertheless sprung forth suddenly from the parent brain—a Minerva in the full panoply of war. The President...given to it by him or them could change the fact. ' If a war be made by invasion of a foreign nation, the President is not only authorized, but bound,...