No Treason in Civil War (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from No Treason in Civil WarMr. Hallam decidedly condemns the execution of Charles, and in all that he says on that subject we heartily agree. We fully concur with him in thinking that a great social schism, such as the civil war, is not to be confounded with an ordinary treason and that the vanquished ought to be treated according to the rules, not of municipal, but of international law. In this case the distinction is of the less importance, because both interna tional and municipal law were in favor of Charles.He was a prisoner of war by' the former, a king by the latter. By nei ther was he a traitor. If he had been successful, and had 'put his leading Opponents to death, he would have deserved severe censure and this with out reference to the justice or injustice of his cause.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.