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The clash with President Lincoln—Denial by the Court that the President could lawfully suspend the writ of habeas corpus—The effect of this decision on Federal legislation—The validity of the draft—Extra judicial opinion of Justices Dixon and Cole as to the validity of the war bonds—Another war measure held unconstitutional.
The political situation in the fall of 1862—Discouragement in the North over the slow progress of the war—Democratic Convention in September—Issuance of the "Ryan address"—Disgust of the War Democrats—Congressional elections resulting in Democratic victories—Calling of Democratic Convention in February, 1863—Decision in the Kemp habeas corpus case—Nomination by Democrats of M. M. Cothren for Chief Justice—Resolutions adopted by the Convention—Independent candidacy of Dixon—Opposition of the farm mortgagors to Dixon—The question of the legality of the soldier vote—Election of Dixon.
The early railroad tax case, in which no opinion was written at the time—Reversal of the decision in that case and subsequent return to it—Discussion as to the grounds on which the early decision rested—Subsequent growth of the system of license taxation.
Resignation of Judge Paine in August, 1864, and his entry into the military service. Probable reason for that ac-
