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In conformity with this requirement, the power to declare war, involving, of course, the abrogation of treaties, is expressly lodged with Congress.
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He points out that the power to declare war, which can affect treaties, is specifically assigned to Congress.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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