SOLICITOR OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT — continued.
No. 713. Lord Lyons's objection to an oath required of British
and other subjects of foreign powers, before allowing
them to engage in commerce at New Orleans,
No. 714. Romain Dupré, a French subject, claimant for cot-
ton seized on his plantation at Plaquemine, La., by our
forces,

No. 723. Objections of the British minister to the order of
General Banks, at New Orleans, requiring gold of cer-
tain foreigners to be deposited under supervision of mili-
tary authorities,

No. 730. John H. Sothoron's loyal creditors claim a lien on
his property (a rebel enemy), as prior to the claims of
the United States,

No. 731. The French minister claims indemnity for the cot-
ton of Antoine Caire, seized at New Orleans by our
forces,

No. 935. George Cameron, a British subject, claims to have
been neutral, though captured in arms with rebel forces
at Petersburg; now requests to be discharged from im-
prisonment as a captive of war,

No. 951. Cowen & Dickinson, claimants for cotton of their
clients, taken by the United States forces, at Knoxville,
for use on the fortifications, during the siege at that
place,

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384

385

386

387

388

389

No. 1437. Tracy Irwin & Co., see Records of W. D.
No. 1440. Benson, claimant, see Records of W. D.
letter to Hon. T. D. Eliot, on the Freedman's Bureau,

464

letter to Hon. E. B. Washburn, on claims against the United
States,.

467

letter to Hon. G. W. Julian, on the best policy to be pursued
by the government in relation to confiscated lands, &c., 470

SPIES.

law authorizing their payment on equal terms with white sol-

jurisdiction of military commissions over,

SPRAGUE, MR. JUSTICE.

STANTON, HON. EDWIN M. (late Secretary of War).

see Appendix, .

451, 452

5.88

STANTON, HON. EDWIN M.-continued.

his letter of instructions to General Saxton, authorizing him to

recruit colored volunteers, to be paid on equal terms

to be regained by public enemies only by consent of the con-
queror,

244

the mode of regaining them which the rebels will probably
adopt,.

231

his opinion that the laws of Congress, in 1862, required the
State militia in the service of the United States to be
white men only,

504

bill to carry into effect the treaty between the United States and
Great Britain, to suppress slave trade, .

396

bill to abolish vestiges of slavery in the District of Columbia,
bill to amend the Constitution, proposed,

397

398

138, 139

141, 238

238

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

decisions of, on constitutional question,

238, 240

304

597

has followed the decisions of the political departments of the
government in relation to the legal status of rebels,
Chase, Chief Justice, remarks of, on powers of, at Raleigh,
the decisions of, and opinions of the judges of, even on points
not judicially decided, entitled to great respect, 238, 239

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

continued.

opinions of, on constitutional questions,

139

jurisdiction of, to hear by appeals cases brought from military
courts, if it ever existed, has been taken away, see act March

see note on “Military Government,”

427

2, 1867, ch. 155.

appeals to, see "Civil Rights."

cases decided in, relating to the subjects herein treated of,
extracts from reports of: -

Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia (5 Peters, 1),

Rhode Island v. Massachusetts (12 Peters, 657),

Fleming v. Page (9 How. 614),

Cross v. Harrison (16 How. 189),

Jecker v. Montgomery (18 How. 112),

Dynes v. Hoover (20 How. 79),

Leitensdorfer v. Webb (20 How. 177),

529

530

512

516

519

520

522

141-156, 238-243

524

cases decided since the first publication of this work :

cases decided since the publication of the. 10th Boston edi-

Mississippi v. Andrew Johnson (4 Wallace, 497),
The Peterhoff (5 Wallace, 60), .
The Gray Jacket (5 Wallace, 369),
The William Bagaley (5 Wallace, 402),

Mauran v. Insurance Co. (6 Wallace, 114),

Georgia v. Stanton (6 Wallace, 63), .
The Grapeshot (7 Wallace, 563),

The Grapeshot (9 Wallace, 131),

United States v. Anderson (9 Wallace, 64),
United States v. Keehler (9 Wallace, 86),
Hickman v. Jones (9 Wallace, 196),
Bigelow v. Forrest (9 Wallace, 339),

see also, Coppell v. Hall, 7 Wallace, 542.

McKee v. United States, 8 Wallace, 168.

the Ouachita Cotton, case of, 6 Wallace, 521.
United States v. Lane, 8 Wallace, 181.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES - continued.
Union Insurance Co. v. the United States, 6 Wallace, 765.
Armstrong's Foundry, 6 Wallace, 769.

Morris's Cotton, case of, 8 Wallace, 507.

see also correspondence between Chief Justice Chase and Pres-

ident Johnson,

remarks of Chief Justice Chase, at Raleigh, N. C.,

see also Kees v. Tod (decided in Ohio),

remarks on the case Ex parte Milligan,

SWAYNE, MR. JUSTICE.

opinion of, in Coolidge v. Guthrie,

595

596
216-225

460

591-608

opinions delivered by, in cases in the Supreme Court, Ap-

treasury permits for, limited to persons not transferees,
see Ouachita Cotton, case of, 6 Wallace, 521.

see McKee v. United States, 9 Wallace, 166.

445

445

598

216

72

149

297

298

371

oaths required by the United States from aliens engaged in,

order of General Banks relative to goods imported into rebel
districts by aliens, Lord Lyons's objections to, consid-

384

the constitutional limitations of that right,

power of Congress to define and punish, limited,

attainder and ex post facto laws,

defined by statute,

TREASON.

what it is,

right of Congress to declare by statute the punishment of, and

constructive, ancient English doctrine of,

93, 95

93, 96

93, 96

96

97

98

Congress have unlimited power to declare the punishment of,

99

true meaning of the Constitution, Art. III., sec. 3, cl. 2,
if Congress can impose fines, why not forfeitures for?
forfeitures for, not limited to life estates,.

statutes against, how administered,

112

confiscation act of 1862 not a bill of attainder, and not an ex
post facto law,

116

the right of Congress to declare the punishment of crimes
against the United States, other than treason,
practical operation of laws against treason will render them

punishment of, will be defeated by the present state of the

126

how juries for trial of, are selected; the effect,

State rights in the jury room,

127

128

administer them,

laws against, are effective only when they require no traitor to

traitors will be protected by statutes of limitation,

TREATIES.

modifying the law of nations,

treaty with France,

340-352

332