Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1866 - United States |
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... neutrals , and look upon the ship as a vessel belonging to a neutral power , and the crew , a list of whom I had the honor to forward in my note of the 20th of October , as neutral subjects of that power . I beg you to return me the ...
... neutrals , and look upon the ship as a vessel belonging to a neutral power , and the crew , a list of whom I had the honor to forward in my note of the 20th of October , as neutral subjects of that power . I beg you to return me the ...
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... neutral states , and at the same time disregard their own obligations towards those states ; that the United States government are not justified in seizing the merchant vessels of neutral states upon the high seas , on the ground of ...
... neutral states , and at the same time disregard their own obligations towards those states ; that the United States government are not justified in seizing the merchant vessels of neutral states upon the high seas , on the ground of ...
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... neutral States , as ships - of - war , and thence to be employed as cruisers against the United States , but few , if any , attempts were made to disturb the frontier of Canada by military or naval expeditions . Hence the act of ...
... neutral States , as ships - of - war , and thence to be employed as cruisers against the United States , but few , if any , attempts were made to disturb the frontier of Canada by military or naval expeditions . Hence the act of ...
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... neutral rights . The United States government have also compelled British merchants trading between New York and a neutral port to give bonds for the conduct to be observed by them in that port , and for the direction of their future ...
... neutral rights . The United States government have also compelled British merchants trading between New York and a neutral port to give bonds for the conduct to be observed by them in that port , and for the direction of their future ...
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... neutral subjects in neutral vessels engaged in vio- lating the blockade , " appear to her Majesty's government to give to the treatment actually inflicted upon the crew the character of an aggravated breach of international law . You ...
... neutral subjects in neutral vessels engaged in vio- lating the blockade , " appear to her Majesty's government to give to the treatment actually inflicted upon the crew the character of an aggravated breach of international law . You ...
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