The War Powers Of The President: And The Legislative Power Of Congress, In Relation To Rebellion, Treason And Slavery

by William Whiting

Excerpt from The War Powers of the President: And the Legislative Powers of Congress in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery
It is the conviction of many thoughtful persons, that slavery has now become practically irreconcilable with republican institutions, and that it constitutes, at the present time, the chief obstacle to the restoration of the Union. They know that slavery can triumph only by overthrowing the republic; they believe that the republic can triumph only by overthrowing slavery.

170 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1862

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William Whiting graduated from Harvard Law School (1838) and was elected as a United States Representative to the Forty-third Congress in 1872.