 | George Watterston - Statesmen - 1818 - 158 pages
...affect the rights of the states or those of citizens, it is declared, that treason shall consist only in levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort ; that no person shall be convicted of treason, but on the testimony of two witnesses,... | |
 | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau - Constitutional law - 1834 - 148 pages
...of nations. The crime of treason is defined by the constitution itself, and is to consist only "in levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort." Congress have the power to declare the punishment of treason; but no attainder shall... | |
 | Roswell Park - Best books - 1841 - 624 pages
...committed within the limits of any state, the trial must take place therein. Treason is limited to levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. § 4. On State Rights and Restrictions, we must here be very brief. The powers not delegated... | |
 | Comparative government - 1841 - 210 pages
...acts it shall consist, each nation determines for itself. By our constitution, it consists only in levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. In England, a great variety of offences are made treason, some of which refer peculiarly... | |
 | Criticism - 1865 - 836 pages
...Constitution and laws of the United States give to this question. The Constitution defines treason as " levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort ; " and adds, " Th« Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason." That... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1843 - 570 pages
...acts it shall consist, each nation determines for itself. By our Constitution, it consists only in levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. In England, a great variety of offences are made treason, some of which refer peculiarly... | |
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 848 pages
...crimes " include. No charge of bribery is contemplated, and treason is defined in the Constitution as " levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort," and the Southerners are not now, technically, at all events, " enemies " of the Union.... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 324 pages
...religion, or of the press, or liberty of speech, and treason against the United States is denned to be levying war against the United States or adhering to their enemies giving them aid or comfort, and two witnesses to the same overt act are necessary to conviction. Every citizen has... | |
 | Roswell Park - Best books - 1847 - 626 pages
...committed within the limits of any state, the trial must take place therein. Treason is limited to levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. § 4. On Slate Bights and Restrictions, we must here- be very brief. The powers not delegated... | |
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Levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort, is treason. 
