February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State or of the executive, when the legislature... Handbook of American Constitutional Law - Page 90by Henry Campbell Black - 1897 - 716 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Hamilton - 1851 - 852 pages
...mili tia as he shall think proper. And in case of an insurrection in any State, against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the...may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection. 2. That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed,... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1853 - 658 pages
...February, 1795.* Its words are, " And in case of an insurrection in any State, against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the...may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection." Insurrection against the existing government is, then, the thing to be suppressed. But the law and... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 854 pages
...militia as he shall think proper. And in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the president of the...other State or States, as may be applied for, as he shall judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection." Now I ask again is it in the power of the president... | |
| United States. Congress - 1854 - 724 pages
...Territory, or of the Executive of such State or Territory, when the Legislature thereof cannot conveniently be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any State or Territory as may, in his opinion, be sufficient to suppress such insurrection. That whenever,... | |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - 1864 - 772 pages
...February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the...this act, the power of deciding whether the exigency had arisen upon which the government of the United States is bound to interfere, is given to the President.... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - 1856 - 774 pages
...words of the Constitution, enacts that, "in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the...may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection." The Congress of the United States has executed that clause of the Constitution, which empowers it "to... | |
| Nassau William Senior - 1856 - 190 pages
...counteract it. True it is, that when the laws of a State are obstructed, he can interfere only on the application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive, when the Legislature cannot be convened ; but when the Federal laws are obstructed, no such preliminary application is necessary.... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1856 - 722 pages
...counteract it. True it is, that when tho laws of a State are obstructed, he can interfere only on the application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive, when the Legislature cannot be convened ; but when the Federal laws are obstructed, no such preliminary application is necessary.... | |
| David Addison Harsha - 1856 - 348 pages
...counteract it. True it is, that when the laws of a State are obstructed, he can interfere only on the application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive, when the Legislature cannot be convened ; but when the Federal laws are obstructed, no such preliminary application is necessary.... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1856 - 102 pages
...counteract it. True it is, that when the laws of a State are obstructed, he can interfere only on the application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive, when the Legislature cannot be convened ; but when the Federal laws are obstructed, no such preliminary application is necessary.... | |
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