In the interval between April 12 and July 4, 1861, a new principle thus appeared in the constitutional system of the United States, namely, that of a temporary dictatorship. All the powers of government were virtually concentrated in a single department,... The Quarterly Review - Page 135edited by - 1919Full view - About this book
| Columbia University. Faculty of Political Science - 1886 - 760 pages
...recognized authority of the commander-in-chief. In the interval between April 12 and July 4, 1861, a new principle thus appeared in the constitutional...energies were directed by the will of a single man. 1 McPhcrson, Rebellion, p. 155. 2 Art 1, sec. 9, clause 2. • For the opinion, see McPherson, Rebellion,... | |
| William Archibald Dunning - 1897 - 396 pages
...constitutional system of the United States, namely, 1 For the opinion, see McPherson, Rebellion, p. 158. that of a temporary dictatorship. All the powers of...energies were directed by the will of a single man. The dictatorial position assumed by the President was effective in the accomplishment of two most important... | |
| William Archibald Dunning - 1897 - 416 pages
...recognized authority of the commanderin-chief. In the interval between April 12 and July 4, 1 86 1, a new principle thus appeared in the constitutional system of the United States, namely, 1 For the opinion, see McPherson, Rebellion, p. 158. that of a temporary dictatorship. All the powers... | |
| William Archibald Dunning - 1904 - 422 pages
...recognized authority of the commanderin-chief. In the interval between April 12 and July 4, 1 86 1, a new principle thus appeared in the constitutional...energies were directed by the will of a single man. The dictatorial position assumed by the President was effective in the accomplishment of two most important... | |
| Henry Barrett Learned - 1915 - 56 pages
...assembling of the special session of Congress on July 4, 1861, brought into operation a new principle, that of a temporary dictatorship. "All the powers...whose energies were directed by the will of a single man."58 Inevitably these circumj-nr-. ..»*». •»! ; 23.T" ».- JBEZtef. .^TTJ-** ^) uj Ji rt-j£"... | |
| James Hart - 1925 - 354 pages
...interval between April 12 and July 4, 1861," says Dunning, the leading authority on this subject, " a new principle thus appeared in the constitutional...whose energies were directed by the will of a single man.81 And of the psychological reaction upon American constitutional theory of the events of this... | |
| 1925 - 736 pages
...(Essays on the Civil War and Reconstruction, p. 18). "In the interval between April 12 and July 4. 1861, a new principle thus appeared in the constitutional...dictatorship. All the powers of government were virtually concentratpd in a single department, and that the department whose energies were directed by the will... | |
| Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1915 - 326 pages
...assembling of the special session of Congress on July 4, 1861, brought into operation a new principle, that of a temporary dictatorship. "All the powers...whose energies were directed by the will of a single man."58 Inevitably these circumstances had, it may be assumed, much to do with setting in order and... | |
| |