...S69. LECTURE II. Acquisition of Louisiana. Admiralty jurisdiction over interior waters. court, said: " 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...

...finally acquiesced, that the treaty power covers such a case. This view has been generally accepted. "The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government of the Union the powers of making war and making treaties," says Chief Justice Marshall ; "consequently that Government possesses the power of...

...Government of the Union the powers of making war and making treaties," says Chief Justice Marshall ; "consequently that Government possesses the power...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." Again, the President and Senate have, by treaty, often regulated commercial affairs with other nations...

...needed to support the treaty. In 1828, Chief Justice Marshall thus summarily disposed of the point : '' The Constitution confers absolutely on the government...power of acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty."2 But while the treaty-making power thus extends to the acquisition of foreign territory, the...

...which Florida stands to to the United States. " The Constitution confers absolutely on the govern merit of the Union the powers of making war and of making...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...

...needed to support the treaty. In 1828 Chief Justice Marshall thus summarily disposed of the point: "The Constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." ! But while the treaty-making power thus extends to the acquisition of foreign territory, are there...

...said by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in the American Insurance Comlmn,l v. Canter (1 Peters, 542), " the Constitution confers absolutely on the government...power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or treaty." (See ISert v. 1',M, 6 Cr. 336.) And I add, it also possesses the power of governing it, when...

...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...