Reply to an 'American's [L. Cass's] Examination' of the 'right of search', by an Englishman [sir W.G. Ouseley.]. |
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Page 35 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page l - American citizens prosecuting a lawful commerce in the African seas, under the flag of their country, are not responsible for the abuse or unlawful use of that flag by others ; nor can they rightfully, on account of any such alleged abuses, be interrupted, molested, or detained, while on the ocean ; and if thus molested and detained, while pursuing honest voyages in the usual way, and violating no law themselves, they are unquestionably entitled to indemnity.
Page 77 - I can not fail, however, to suggest to Congress the propriety, and in some degree the necessity, of making such provisions by law, so far as they may constitutionally do so, for the removal at their commencement and at the option of the party of all such cases as may hereafter arise, and which may involve the faithful observance and execution of our international obligations, from the State to the Federal judiciary.
Page 75 - Crown to cause to be entered a nolle prosequi, which is not the case with the Executive power of the United States upon a prosecution pending in a State court, yet there no more than here can the chief executive power rescue a prisoner from custody without an order of the proper tribunal directing his discharge. The precise stage of the proceedings at which such...
Page 63 - The President is the sole organ of the nation in its external relations, and its sole representative with foreign nations.
Page ix - At present, under the law as now generally understood and practised, no nation can exercise a right of visitation and search upon the common and unappropriated parts of the sea, save only on the belligerent claim.
Page 77 - ... their commencement and at the option of the party of all such cases as may hereafter arise, and which may involve the faithful observance and execution of our international obligations, from the State to the Federal judiciary. This Government, by our institutions, is charged with the maintenance of peace and the preservation of amicable relations with the nations of the earth, and ought to possess without question all the reasonable and proper means of maintaining the one and preserving the other.
Page x - This sentiment is common to nations, as well as to individuals, and, in fact, forms part of the dignity of human nature. English pertinacity in demanding has been met by American- pertinacity in resisting: and now, when the United States are summoned to give their adhesion to a new principle of public law, against which they have uniformly protested, since its first promulgation, and are told by Lord Aberdeen, that the course of the English government is taken, and that...
Page xxvii - He says in one part of his despatch, "that, the present happy concurrence of the states of Christendom (Qu. some of the states of Europe!) in this great object, not merely justifies, but renders indispensable the right now claimed and exercised by the British government.
Page 70 - Our duty as well as our best interests prompts us to observe in all our intercourse with them fidelity in fulfilling our engagements, the practice of strict justice, as well as the constant exercise of acts of benevolence and kindness. These are the great instruments of civilization, and through the use of them alone can the untutored child of the forest be induced to listen to its teachings.