Edward Samuel Corwin to Woodrow Wilson

Edward Samuel Corwin to Woodrow Wilson

Corwin, Edward S. (Edward Samuel), 1878-1963

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1913 April 13

Edwin S. Corwin writes to Woodrow Wilson regarding the Alien Land Tenure Bill.

Wilson Papers, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence

The Honorable Woodrow Wilson Pres. of the U. S.

My dear Mr. President–I am sorry that you haven’t taken the opportunity offered by the California Land Bill to knock in the head the silly idea that the Police Powers of the States comprise an independent limitation on the Treaty Power of the United States, or for that matter, any other power of the United States. That notion, besides making a solecism of Article II par. 2 of the Constitution, exposes our national good faith to a material danger.

Your Princeton admirers regard your course with the greatest enthusiasm, among whom is
Edward S. Corwin

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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924