Address of the Union State Central Committee to the People of Pennsylvania And
Address of the Union State Central Committee to the People of Pennsylvania And
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'''' It is therefore perfectly manifest that these late rebels are now in the condition of conquered, subdued belligerents. How mxiy we lawfully treat them V When the war has been unjust, Vattel says: '" The whole right of a conqueror is de- rived from justitiable self-defence, which comprehends the support and prosecution of his rights. When, therefore, he has subdued a hostile nation, he undeniably may, in the first place, do himself justice respecting the object which has given rise to the w...ar, and indemnify himself for the expenses and damages he has sustained by it. " "We have a right to deprive our enemy of his possession of every thing which may augment his strength and enable him to ma^cewar. " (Page 364. ) ' ' Every thing, therefore, which belongs to the nation, to the state, to the sovereign, to the subjects — every thing of that kind, I say, falls under the description of things belonging to the encm}'. " (Page 125. ) "A^conqueror may with justice lay bur- dens on the conquered nation, both as a compensation for the expenses of the war and as a punishment.
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