...paragraph of the 9th of the articles of confederation, be altered, во as to read thus, viz.: The United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole...exclusive right and power of determining on peace or war, except in cases mentioned in the 6th article; of sending and receiving ambassadors; entrrincr...

...the old Confederation being thus restricted. One of those (article* 9th) declares that " the United States in Congress assembled shall- have the sole...except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article." (1 Laws of US, 16, Bioren's ed.) And the sixth article, after providing against foreign embassies,...

...states, within the time agreed upon by the United States, in Congress assembled. ART. 9. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have the sole...peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the 6th article; of sending and receiving ambassadors; entering into treaties and alliances, provided that...

...and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states within the time agreed upon by the united states in congress assembled....in the sixth article — of sending and receiving embassadors — entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be...

...they did not purport to create a "corporate" or "soverign" body. Article IX declared that "The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have the sole...exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war . . . [and] entering into treaties and alliances." (273) This express grant of war and treaty powers...

...States in Congress assembled, shall enter into any conference, agreement, alliance, or treaty, &c." ARTICLE IX. "The United States, in Congress assembled,...exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war ; . . . Entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby...

...(1967); United States v. Nugent, 346 US 1, 9 (1953). 3. The Sixth Article provided that "the United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and...right and power of determining on peace and war." 4. Art. I, § 8, cl. 11. 5. Art. II, § 1. 6. See 2 Farrand, The Records of the Federal Convention...

..."combat." This ambiguity was reflected in the Articles of Confederation, which provided that *[t]he United States, in Congress assembled, shall have the sole...exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war . . . , " and that "[t]he United States . . . shall never engage in a war ... in time of peace . ....

..."combat." This ambiguity was reflected in the Articles of Confederation, which provided that "[t]he United States, in Congress assembled, shall have the sole...exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war . . . ," and that "[t]he United States . . . shall never engage in a war ... in time of peace . . ..*...

...and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states within the time agreed upon by the united states in congress assembled....mentioned in the sixth article —of sending and receiving ambassadors—entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made...