HENRY BALDWIN

The laws of an absolute monarchy are not its legislative acts; they are the will and pleasure of the monarch.

To correctly understand the Constitution, then, we must read it with reference to this well known existing State of our relations with the Indians -- the United States asserting the right of soil, sovereignty, and jurisdiction, in full dominion, the Indians occupant of allotted hunting grounds.

The laws of an absolute monarchy are not its legislative acts; they are the will and pleasure of the monarch.

To correctly understand the Constitution, then, we must read it with reference to this well known existing State of our relations with the Indians -- the United States asserting the right of soil, sovereignty, and jurisdiction, in full dominion, the Indians occupant of allotted hunting grounds.