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... despatches of the enemy . Mr. Lawrence , in his last edition of Wheaton ( Ed . 1855 , p . 567 ) , observ- ing on the dictum of Lord Stowell with respect to the penalties incurred by a neutral vessel carrying despatches , says : - It is ...
... despatches of the enemy . Mr. Lawrence , in his last edition of Wheaton ( Ed . 1855 , p . 567 ) , observ- ing on the dictum of Lord Stowell with respect to the penalties incurred by a neutral vessel carrying despatches , says : - It is ...
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... despatches and envoys from the belligerents . In the first place , it proves too much , for it renders the proceedings of all Prize Courts nugatory , and makes the rough sailor at once captor and judge . The individual might as well exe ...
... despatches and envoys from the belligerents . In the first place , it proves too much , for it renders the proceedings of all Prize Courts nugatory , and makes the rough sailor at once captor and judge . The individual might as well exe ...
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... despatches ; and she was carrying persons whose character exempted them from the operation of hostilities . The despatches which are contraband are communications from a belligerent to another part of its own kingdom , or to a colony ...
... despatches ; and she was carrying persons whose character exempted them from the operation of hostilities . The despatches which are contraband are communications from a belligerent to another part of its own kingdom , or to a colony ...
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... despatches of a belligerent to a neutral re- lating merely to questions of amicable intercourse between the two States , of the nature of contraband . ( The Caroline , 6 Rob . Ad . Rep . 468. ) It is mani- fest that the interests of the ...
... despatches of a belligerent to a neutral re- lating merely to questions of amicable intercourse between the two States , of the nature of contraband . ( The Caroline , 6 Rob . Ad . Rep . 468. ) It is mani- fest that the interests of the ...
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... despatches were not of the nature of contraband ; and on this ground the Trent would have succeeded in the Prize Court . The next question is as to the persons of the envoys . It would be strange if the living man were to be con ...
... despatches were not of the nature of contraband ; and on this ground the Trent would have succeeded in the Prize Court . The next question is as to the persons of the envoys . It would be strange if the living man were to be con ...
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Page 20 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN King of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Page 17 - THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Page 15 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 19 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Page 19 - We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
Page 14 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 19 - Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imperiously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of such a trial these rights are subjected to the will of every petty commander.
Page 20 - ... any vessel, with intent that such vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace...
Page 21 - I am of opinion that this vessel is to be considered as a French transport. It would be a very different case if a vessel appeared to be carrying only a few individual invalided soldiers, or discharged sailors, taken on board by chance, and at their own charge. Looking at the description given of the men on board, I am satisfied that they are still as effective members of the French marine as any can be.