I know it is said, plausibly enough, in some quarters, that Congress cannot foreclose the question,--has nothing to do with it, in fact,--but that it is a matter to be settled only by the Supreme Law of the land, of which Congress is merely the servant.
Reid asserts that Congress has a role in addressing the legal questions surrounding territorial governance.
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But proofs were not wanting of the spirit in which, to the very last, the conflict against the Government had been waged.
Will you take peace without territory and preserve the integrity of the Constitution of the country?...
Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?