 British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against...  Letters on the American Rebellion: 1860 to 1865, &c - Page 126by Samuel Aspinwall Goddard - 1870 - 583 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1812 - 1020 pages
...sailing unto it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against sn enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British...jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situaáon where no laws can operate but the law »* nations, and the laws of the country to »hrch... | |
 | United States - 1811 - 676 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it ; notinthe exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vcsseh'in a situation where no laws can operate but the law of nations and the laws of the country... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - United States - 1812 - 34 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations, against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...of the country to which the vessels belong : and a self redress is assumed, which if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1812 - 446 pages
...it, not in " the exercise of a belligerent right, found" ed on the law of nations against an ene" my, but of a municipal prerogative over " British subjects....jurisdiction is " thus extended to neutral vessels in a si" tuation where no laws csn operate but " the law of nations and the laws of the " country to which... | |
 | Great Britain - 1812 - 448 pages
...it, not in " the exercise of a belligerent right, found" ed on the law of nations against an ene" my, but of a municipal prerogative over " British subjects....jurisdiction is " thus extended to neutral vessels in a si" lujtmn where no laws can operate but '• the law of nations and the laws of the " country to which... | |
 | 1813 - 1082 pages
...persons sailing under i<, not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the lawofnaiionsag.iinst an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British...thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where Го laws can operate but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong... | |
 | History - 1813 - 818 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it, not in die exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of. nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jarisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where no laws can operate but the law... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 504 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...of the country to which the vessels belong ; and a self redress is assumed, which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1814 - 542 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutnl veMcls in a situation where no laws can operate but the law of nations and the laws of the country... | |
 | Gideon Miner Davison, Samuel Williams - United States - 1815 - 126 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...of the country to which the vessels belong : and a self redress is assumed, which, if British subject were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is... | |
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