...Mexico, of which the army has taken military possession. " It is the right of the conqueror (he says) to levy contributions upon the enemy, in their seaports,...government over such seaports, towns or provinces," &c. And therefore, he, the President, being the conqueror, enacts a tariff of duties on all goods and...

...Mexico, of which the army has taken military possession. " It is the right of the conqueror (he says) to levy contributions upon the enemy, in their seaports, towns or provinces, which may be in kit military possession by conquest, and to apply the same to defray the expenses of the war. The conqueror...

...letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, of the 23d March, 1847, declared the right of the conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy, in their seaports,...apply the same to defray the expenses of the war. He further declared that the conqueror possessed the right to establish a temporary military government...

...letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, of the 23d March, 1847, declared the right of the conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy, in their seaports,...apply the same to defray the expenses of the war. He further declared, that the conqueror possessed the right to establish a temporary military government...

...wantonly, or when it is not clearly indispensable to the just purposes of war, and of the conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy, in their seaports,...apply the same to defray the expenses of the war. He further declared, that the conqueror possessed the right to establish a temporary military government...

...the authors, and which they obstinately persist in protracting. " It is the right of the conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy in their seaports,...conditions and restrictions upon which commerce with such places may be permitted. He may, in his discretion, exclude all trade, or admit it without limitation...

...wantonly, or when it is not clearly indispensable to the just purposes of war, and of the conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy, in their seaports,...military possession by conquest, and to apply the same lo defray the expenses of the war. He further declared, that the conqueror possessed the right to establish...

...letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, of the 23d March, 1847, declared the right of the conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy, in their seaports, towns, or provinces, which may be in his milit4iry possession by conquest, and to apply the same to defray the expenses of the war. He further...

...State-paper, issued during the Mexican war by President Polk, declared the " right of the conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy, in their seaports, towns, or provinces, which may he in his military possession hy conquest, and to apply the same to defray the expenses of the war....

...Secretary of War, in which the President said (p. 210) : "While it is held to be the right of a conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy in their seaports,...military possession by Conquest, and to apply the proceeds to defray the expenses of the war, this right is to be exercised within such limitations that...