Confederate States Vs: John H. Gilmer, Substance of the Opening Argument of John H. Gilmer, With Authorities; And Opinion of Judge Halyburton Construing the Sequestration Act, &C (Classic Reprint) - Paperback

• Release Date   2/9/2018
• ISBN-13   9781331150701 | 978-1-331-15070-1
• ISBN   1331150701 | 1-331-15070-1
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   John H. Gilmer
• Excerpt from Confederate States Vs: John H. Gilmer, Substance of the Opening Argument of John H. Gilmer, With Authorities. And Opinion of Judge Halyburton Construing the Sequestration Act, &CI again ask, where do I stand? In what age do I live? Am I a Virginian, or the mere pliant subject of the Confederate States? Who and what is the Attorney General, that he feels himself at liberty to frame a bill of discovery at large, and on it issue a general search warrant against my conscience? Whence this vast power? The President of the Confederate States, by his precept, placed in the hands of the marshal of this court, commands me to open wide the guards to my con science, that he may levy ou property entrusted to me, as a man of honor, by those who were entitled so to do, by all laws then existing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully. any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.