Local Law in Massachusetts And Connecticut Historically Considered And the Hi
Local Law in Massachusetts And Connecticut Historically Considered And the Hi
William Chauncey Fowler
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When, soon after, a requi- sition was made upon Massachusetts for forty-one companies of artillery and infantry. Governor Caleb Strong refused compli- ance with the order issued by General Dearborn, notwithstand- ing the secretary of war wrote to him urging his compliance. In a message to the legislature, in allusion to this refusal to fur- nish troops to the general government, he said, " I was fully disposed to comply with the requirements of the constitution of the United States, and the law...s made in pursuance thereof, and sincerely regret that a request should l)e made by an officer of the national government with which I could not constitutionally comply. But it appeared to me that the requisition was of this character, and I was under the same obligation to mairitain the rights of the states, as to support the constitution of the United States. " The course pursued by the governor was in accordance with the declared opinion of the judges of the supreme court on the con- stitutionality of the requisition, aad was approved by the legis- lature and the people of Massachusetts (See Massachusetts Beports, vol.
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