...that the Constitution of the United States 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. 1 Kent Comm. 165, 166; Story Const. Sec. 1508, and cases cited; annals of Congress, 14 Cong, 1st Session,...

...v. Smith, 5 Wheat. 153. (g) As a consequence of the power of declaring war and making treaties, the government possesses the power of acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty. American Ins, Co. v. Canter, 1 Pet. 542. When the legislative authority has declared war, the executive...

...§ 553. As to power to acquire territory the Court said: " The Constitution confers absolutely upon the government of the Union the powers of making war...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." § 554. On the transfer of territory, whether by the exercise of the war power or by the exercise of...

...Cum/inny v. Canter (1 Peters, 542), " the Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Uniou the powers of making war and of making treaties; consequently,...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." (See Srre v. Pilot, 6 Cr. 336.) And I add, it also possesses the power of governing it, when...

...prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional." Again: "The Constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." There were many men who doubted the possibility of the continued existence of a government established...

...Insurance Company vs. Carter (1st Peters' Reports, page 511). On page 542 of that case, the court says: "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...

...said : The constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the power of making wars and of making treaties. Consequently, that government...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty. In the case of Fleming vs. Page,2 the court, speaking through Chief Justice Taney, said : The...

...question, the court should take into view the relation in which Florida stands to the United 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 Constitution confers absolutely on the Government of the Union the power to make war and to make treaties; consequently that government possesses the...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." Cessions of Territory Made to the United States. — This is the second cession of territory made by...

...absolutely on the Government of the Union the power to make war and to make treaties ; consequently the Government possesses the power of acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." Should other authorities be desired, I refer to a very able recent pamphlet entitled "Our Treaty with...