A Treatise on the Law of the American Rebellion, and Our True Policy, Domestic and Foreign

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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of the American Rebellion, and Our True Policy, Domestic and ForeignThe Opinion and documents in the case of Benedict, before Mr. Justice Hall, District Judge of the Northern District of new-york, on a writ of habeas corpus, are before us.The proceedings and Opinion of chief-justice Taney, in the habeas corpus case of Merriman, the bridge-burner and warlike rebel, are also before us.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.