[305] Features of Mr. Jay’s Treaty, by Alexander J. Dallas,--originally published in the _American Daily Advertiser_. This able disquisition is preserved in the Appendix to the Life of Mr. Dallas by his Son, George Mifflin Dallas. See pp. 188, 189. [306] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XV. p. 321. [307] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., May 1, 1862, p. 1893. [308] Rebellion Record, Vol. IV., Documents, p. 204. General Halleck’s subsequent explanation of this order, as “military, and not political,” is criticized by Mr. Greeley: The American Conflict, Vol. II. p. 241. See also, _ante_, pp. 119, 120. [309] Memoirs of Lieut-General Scott, LL.D., written by Himself, Vol. I. pp. 188-190. [310] See, _ante_, p. 442. [311] “On a donné sa mesure à quarante ans.” [312] See, _ante_, Vol. V. p. 310. [313] Hon. James M. Ashley. [314] On motion of Hon. William Vandever, of Iowa. [315] Reported by Mr. Ashley, March 12, 1862, when the bill was read at length. Mr. Pendleton, after saying that it “ought to be entitled ‘A Bill to dissolve the Union and abolish the Constitution of the United States,’” moved to lay it on the table, which was done,--Yeas 65, Nays 56. [316] Annals of Congress, 1st Cong. 1st Sess., col. 44, 420. [317] Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 68. [318] Ezra, vi. 1. [319] May’s Parliamentary Practice, or Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament (London, 1859), p. 228. [320] Ibid. [321] Journals of the House of Lords, Vol. LXXX. p. 867. [322] Journals of the House of Lords, Vol. LXXXI. p. 16. [323] Ibid., pp. 18, 19. [324] Journals of the House of Commons, Vol. CIV. p. 52. [325] Journals of the House of Lords, Vol. LXXXI. pp. 588, 589. [326] Gilbert, Law of Evidence, Vol. I. p. 12. [327] Greenleaf, Law of Evidence, Vol. I. § 480. [328] May’s Parliamentary Practice, p. 452.