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THE LEGALITY OF GEN. KEARNEY'S
CoURsE-The Richmond Enquirer makes
the following extract from Wheaton's Ele-
ments of International Law, sustaining the
course of Gen. Kearney at Santa Fe. we
have ourselves, from other writers on ln-
ternationa law quoted language of sImI-
lar import:


In general, it may be stated, that the
rights of war, in respect to the enemy, are
to be measured by the object of the war
Until that object is attained, the beliIger-
ent has, strictly speaking, right to use
every means necessary to accomplish the
end for which he has taken up arms.


The property belonging TO the Govern
ment of the vanquished nation passes to
the VICTORIOUS State, which also take the
place of the former Sovereign in respect
to the eminent domain.


The conquered and ceded country may
be portion only, or the whole OF the van
oushed State. If the former, the orIgl
nal State still continues; if the latter II
ceases to exist. In either case, the con
ouered territory may be Incorporated int
the conquering States as province, or
may be united to it as a co ordinate Slate
with equal sovereign rights.