...to the United States. The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government of the Union the powere of making war and of making treaties; consequently...is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider theholding of conquered territory as a mere military occupation until its fate shall l>e determined...

...conquest, from the Constitution itself. He says: " The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making...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...

...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...

...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...

...States, through Chief Justice Marshall, has said: The Constitution confers absolutely on the government the powers of making war and of making treaties. Consequently...power of acquiring territory either by conquest or treaty. Congressional Power over Territory. — Over territory so acquired Congress has, for a time,...

...sovereign. As was said by Chief Justice Marshall in Insurance Co. v. Canter, 1 Pet. 541, 7 L. Ed". 254: "The usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider the holding of acquired territory as a mere military occupation until its fate shall be determined at the treaty of...

...counsel, including Daniel Webster, pointed out that "the Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." * One view, exactly concordant with the words of the great Chief Justice, holds to the fundamental...

...which he declared that "the Constitution confers 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. 16 Fleming V. Page was the next case in which the Supreme Court had expressed itself upon the question...

...the supreme court that "the constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the power of making war and of making treaties, consequently...power of acquiring territory either by conquest or treaty," is put forward as sustaining the doctrine of the annexationists. But it must be remembered...

...Louisiana, and later the Supreme Court held that, "the Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making...power of acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty."2 Congress governs federal territory under that clause of the 1 Work, (Ford ed.), Vol. IV,...