The Rhode Island Question: Mr. Webster's Argument in the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Case of Martin Luther Vs. Luther M. Borden and Others, Jan. 27Th, 1848 - Couverture rigide

Webster, Daniel; Luther, Martin; Borden, Luther M

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ISBN 10 : 1341495744 ISBN 13 : 9781341495748

Editeur : Palala Press, 2015

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Mr, Webster said there was something novel and extraordinary in the case now before the Court. It is not such a one as is usually presented, all will admit, for judicial consideration. It is well known that in the years 1S41 and 1842, political agitation existed in Rhode I sland. Some of (he citizens of that State undertook to form a new constitution of government, beginning their proceedings towards that end by meetings of the people, held without authority of Jaw, and conducting those proceedings through such forms as led them, in 1842, to say that they had established a new constitution and form of government, and placed Mr. Thos. W. Dorr, at its head. The previously existing, and then existing, government of Rhode Island treated these proceedings as nugatory, so far as they went to establish a new constitution; and criminal, so far as they proposed to confer authority upon any persons to interfere wiih the acts of the existing government, or to exercise powers of legislation, or administration of the laws. All will remember that the state of things approached, if not actual eonflict between men in arms, at least the perilous edge of battle, Arms were resorted to, force was used, and greater force threatened. In June, 1842, this agitation subsided. The new government, as it called itself, disappeared from the scene of action. The former government, the Charter Government, as it was sometimes styled, resumed undisputed control, went on in its ordinary course, and the peace of the i State was restored. But the past had been too serious to be forgotten. The Legislature of the State had, at an early stage of the troubles, found it necessary to pass special laws for the punishment of the persons concerned in these proceedings. It defined the crime of treason, as well as smaller offences, and authorized the declaration of martial law. Governor King, iinder this
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1341495744
• ISBN 13: 9781341495748
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 28
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible