The North American Review, Volume 95Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1862 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... leaving the decision with the captor , and relying upon diplomatic de- bates to review his decision . Practically , it is a question of choice between law , with its imperfections and delays , and war , with its evils and desolations ...
... leaving the decision with the captor , and relying upon diplomatic de- bates to review his decision . Practically , it is a question of choice between law , with its imperfections and delays , and war , with its evils and desolations ...
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... leaves all the matters in a much more involved state than they were before the case of the Trent occurred ; and it is for this reason alone that we have dissected the reply of the Secretary , which has been so much lauded by political ...
... leaves all the matters in a much more involved state than they were before the case of the Trent occurred ; and it is for this reason alone that we have dissected the reply of the Secretary , which has been so much lauded by political ...
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... leaves the country , he is entitled to an entire exemption from the local jurisdiction , both civil and criminal . Representing the rights , interests , and dignity of the sovereign or state by whom he is dele- gated , his person is ...
... leaves the country , he is entitled to an entire exemption from the local jurisdiction , both civil and criminal . Representing the rights , interests , and dignity of the sovereign or state by whom he is dele- gated , his person is ...
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... leave to say that this conclusion does not result from the principle as stated by Vattel . On the contrary , that of it- self seems fully to justify the seizure of an ambassador of the enemy on a voyage from his own country to a neutral ...
... leave to say that this conclusion does not result from the principle as stated by Vattel . On the contrary , that of it- self seems fully to justify the seizure of an ambassador of the enemy on a voyage from his own country to a neutral ...
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... leave Washington within a week if the demand should not be complied with , most extensive naval and military prepara- tions in England , -the immediate embarkation of large bod- ies of troops for Canada , - and orders to the commanders ...
... leave Washington within a week if the demand should not be complied with , most extensive naval and military prepara- tions in England , -the immediate embarkation of large bod- ies of troops for Canada , - and orders to the commanders ...
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Page 292 - An ordinance, to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her, under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America." — We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the...
Page 496 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us, in convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the constitution of the United States of America...
Page 16 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag.
Page 12 - To preserve the commerce of neutrals from all unnecessary " obstruction, her Majesty is willing, for the present, to waive a " part of the belligerent rights appertaining to her by the Law of
Page 127 - The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge ; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Page 61 - In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD • and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD...
Page 389 - The pleasure given by wine is always mounting, and tending to a crisis, after which it declines: that from opium, when once generated, is stationary for eight or ten hours...
Page 509 - Mississippi, and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free as well to the inhabitants of said State, as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said State of Iowa.
Page 398 - ... bringest an assuaging balm ; eloquent opium ! that with thy potent rhetoric stealest away the purposes of wrath ; and to the guilty man for one night...
Page 37 - Upon this footing Messrs. Mason and Slidell, who are expressly stated by Mr. Seward to have been sent as pretended ministers plenipotentiary from the southern States to the courts of St. James and of Paris, must have been sent, and would have been, if at all, received ; and the reception of these gentlemen upon this footing could not have been justly regarded, according to" the law of nations, as a hostile or unfriendly act towards the United States.