PRESENTED THE HON. SOC. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Michigan. Colonial Charters, Governments, and Laws, 7. Antiquity and origin of Slavery, Elements, Origin, and Development of the System of Laws, Constitutions and Governments, by which the rights and liberties of the American people have been secured. 67 Page. The Great English Charters of King John, Henry Petition of Rights presented to King Charles I., Bill of Rights, passed 1st William and Mary, 1689, Constitution of South Carolina, Bill of Rights of Virginia, Constitutions of New Jersey and Maryland, Bill of Rights and Constitution of North Carolina, Bill of Rights of Massachusetts, 12. Bill of Rights of New Hampshire, General comments on Bills of Rights, 69 70 75 80 82 83 86 88 91 93 99 106 108 109 111 16. Arbitrary Imprisonments, and the Writ of Habeas Corpus, 17. 18. The President's Proclamations of September, 1862, 116 "19. Ordinance of Congress of 1784, 119 121 ❝ 20. Ordinance of July 13th, for the government of the 125 "21. Cessions of Lands and Territorial jurisdiction by 134 "22. Purchase of Louisiana, and the terms of the treaty of purchase, 139 23. Territorial Governments, and Laws established in and for the Louisiana Purchase, "24. The Missouri Compromise, Resolution providing for the admission of the State The Compromises of Congress, and of the Constitu- 1st. Equality of power of the States, under the Confed 147 149 eration, 150 2d. The Cession of the Public Lands and Territories to the United States, 151 3d. The Ordinance of Congress, of July 13th, 1787, 152 4th. The adjustment of political power, and the basis of late it, System and Character of the American Governments and Laws. Division of power, and lines of distinction between the powers of the National and State Governments. Sec. 1. Source of power and authority, - "12. National Governments are necessarily judges of the "13. Col. Benton's view of the nature of our Government, 194 Origin and character of the Anglo-American Colonies and peo- ple. Fanaticisms and delusions of the American people. Character and corruptions of American politics. The in- creasing disregard of Law, of the Union, and the Federal |