Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 1Butterworth, 1871 - International law |
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Page viii
... Government would have preferred " a total silence instead of the task of commenting on " the conditions of peace ... Governments of France and England , the first influenced by the weakness of the Court , and the second influenced by the ...
... Government would have preferred " a total silence instead of the task of commenting on " the conditions of peace ... Governments of France and England , the first influenced by the weakness of the Court , and the second influenced by the ...
Page ix
... Governments , " Her Majesty's Government feel bound not to dis- guise their own sentiments upon these matters . " Her Majesty's Government have indeed , from time " to time , as events took place , repeatedly declared their opinion that ...
... Governments , " Her Majesty's Government feel bound not to dis- guise their own sentiments upon these matters . " Her Majesty's Government have indeed , from time " to time , as events took place , repeatedly declared their opinion that ...
Page xvii
... Government of that country towards Russia , the enemy of France and England ; ( 2 ) and also that this course was ... Governments await with impatience the time when they shall be at liberty to terminate an occupation to which ...
... Government of that country towards Russia , the enemy of France and England ; ( 2 ) and also that this course was ... Governments await with impatience the time when they shall be at liberty to terminate an occupation to which ...
Page xviii
... Government , in the prosperity of which the Emperor , his august Sove- reign , takes the most lively interest . " The first Plenipotentiary of France represents how desirable it is for the balance of power in Europe that the Roman ...
... Government , in the prosperity of which the Emperor , his august Sove- reign , takes the most lively interest . " The first Plenipotentiary of France represents how desirable it is for the balance of power in Europe that the Roman ...
Page xix
... Government , so far as belligerent rights and neutral obligations were concerned . But they did not accredit diplo- matic agents to this de facto Government . It would have been perfectly competent to them to have done so without any ...
... Government , so far as belligerent rights and neutral obligations were concerned . But they did not accredit diplo- matic agents to this de facto Government . It would have been perfectly competent to them to have done so without any ...
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Page 349 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 230 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 242 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific ocean ; the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 17 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 201 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Page 582 - He shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of such punishments, at the discretion of the Court before which the offender is convicted; and imprisonment, if awarded, may be either with or without hard labour.
Page 230 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 230 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands...
Page 164 - Such Persons shall be first summoned to the Senate as the Queen by Warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual thinks fit to approve, and their Names shall be inserted in the Queen's Proclamation of Union.
Page 243 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have, to or with any State or People for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast or any jiart of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...