...act shall be passed, the Courtis not at liberty to disregard the existing laws on the subject. [314] A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations,...accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infra-territorial, but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to...

...or do they pledge the faith of the United States to pass acts which shall ratify and confirm them? A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations,...accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infraterritorial ; but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to...

...or do they pledge the faith of the United States to pass acts which shall ratify and confirm them ' A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations,...accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infraterritorial ; but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to...

...thereupon, Mardi 17, 1840, in which the subject is ably considered. Acts of Уч. 1839-40, p. 155. (1)"A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations,...accomplished, especially so far as its operation is ¿n/Va-territorial ; but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties...

...enemy's ships shall make enemy's goods. The Nereide, Bennet, Master, 9 Cranch, 388 ; 3 Cond. Rep. 439. A treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two...accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infra-territorial ; but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties...

...they seem to have adopted the same principle. In Foster v. Nelson, 2 Peters, 314 they declare that a treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations, not a legislative act. It does not generally affect of itself the object to be accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infraterritorial,...

...authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state. Webster. Л treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two nations...accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infra-territorial, but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to...

...or do they pledge the faith of the United States to pass acts which shall ratify and confirm them ? A treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two...accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infra-territorial ; but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties...

...History of England from the Peace of Utrecht, vol. ip 24. 2 Kent's Comment. vol. ip 285, 5th ed. (a) [A treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two nations, not a legislative act, and does not, generally, effect of itself the object to be accompli-hed, but is carried into execution...

...on Const., sec. 1838. And the Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed the same principle : " A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations, not a legislative act." * * * " In the United States a different principle is established. Our Constitution declares a treaty...