...before the supreme court of the United States, which tribunal, in the course of its judgment, says, " the constitution confers absolutely on the government...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." * * Elliot, Diplomatic Code, vol. i. pp. 411-417, 421; The American Ins. Co. v. Canter, 1...

...the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making treaties ; and, consequently, that that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty. And it was conceded in the argument, that the third section of the fourth article of the Constitution,...

...was said by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in the American Insurance Company v. Canter, (1 Peters, 542,) "the Constitution confers absolutely on the Government...^power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." (See Cerre v. Pitot, 6 Cr., 336.) And I add, it also possesses the power of governing it,...

...was said by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in the American Insurance Company v. Canter, (1 Peters, 542,) "the Constitution confers absolutely on the Government...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." (See Cerre v. Pitot, 6 Cr., 3*36.) And I add, it also possesses the power of governing it,...

...was said by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in the American Insurance Company v. Canter, (1 Peters, 542,) "the Constitution confers absolutely on the Government...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." (See Cerre v. Pitot, 6 Cr., 886.) And I add, it also possesses the power of governing it,...

...said by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in the American Insurance Company p. Canter (1 Peters, 542), " the said act is void for that reason also ; and it...transfer of judiciary power is to that magistrate of bv conquest or treaty."' (See Cerré v. Pilot, 6 C~r. 336.) And I add, it also possesses the power...

...Insurance Company, rs. Carter (1st Peters' Reports, page 511). On page 542 of that case, the court say: "The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." Again, on the same page, the right to make law for a territory is thus spoken of: " Perhaps...

...authority over the territory. Chief Justice Marshall, in giving the opinion of the court in that case, said : " The Constitution confers absolutely, on the...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." He then proceeds to say, that such conquest or cession only affects the political relations of the...

...question, the court should take into view the relation in which Florida stands to the United t States. The constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty. The usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider the holding of conquered...

...the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making 1 1 Peters' R. 511. » Ibid. 542. treaties; consequently that government possesses the...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." The court, in the celebrated case of Dred Scott, — which will be particularly referred to in the...