Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Military Contributions Report, 1849
But the question now, arises, upon the second branch of the sub ject, whether the President did not exceed his authority in causing the military contributions levied under his order to be applied for the support of the war? This question rests upon the same princi ples; and is determinable. By the same reasoning as that of the power to levy such contributions; and, therefore, after what has been already submitted, it is deemed unnecessary to go into a lengthened elementary discussion of it. Contributions are levied either to weaken the enemy or to strengthen ourselves, or it may be for both objects. If the former be the sole object, the com mander, after seizing the contributions into his own hands, would probably pay them into the public treasury; but, if the latter be the object, of course the right to apply them accordingly, natu rally' and necessarily follows the right to levy them, as the end follows the means. In fact, the right to levy is a part of the right to apply - they are in truth the same right, originating in the same law of necessity, and appertaining alike to the same military agent charged with conducting war.
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