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Wharton, Geo. M., 1808-1870 Remarks on Mr. Binney's treatise on the writ of habeas corpus...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08599.06 Author/Creator: Wharton, Geo. M., 1808-1870 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Pamphlet Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 v. : 20 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14.7 cm Order a Copy

Published by John Campbell. Second edition. Wharton, a lawyer from Pennsylvania, states "It is as undoubtedly, however, no part of the office of an American Chief Executive to suspend, at his discretion, the privileges of the humblest citizen, whether arising from Common or Statute Law. The poorest man that walks has an equal right with the proudest, to the full protection and enjoyment of the Constitution and laws. It is, or has been, the boast of American liberty, that the rights of the citizen were clearly defined, and placed far above arbitrary estimation or interference. It has been the boast of Americans that the privilege of the Habeas Corpus, so called, because wrung originally from unwilling despots, had become a right, and that therefore a nomenclature true enough in its origin, had lost its original meaning, and represented in our country one of the firmest possessions of freemen" (pages 18 and 19). Cover is missing. Several pages are detached from binding.

Wharton, Geo. M. (George Mifflin), 1808-1870
Binney, Horace, 1780-1875
Campbell, John, 1810-1874

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