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Page 262 - care that the laws be faithfully executed;" (see art. 2, ยง 3 ;) the jus gentium being included in that requisition. Article 6, section 5, among other prohibitions upon the respective States, contains the following: "Nor shall any State grant permission to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration ofโ
Page 262 - by the United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdoms and State, and the subjects thereof, against which war has so been declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled,โ
Page 226 - of 1836, which contemplates special modes of redress in a case where either party " considering itself offended, shall first have presented to the other a statement of such injuries or damages, verified by competent proofs, and demanded justice, and the same shall have been either refused or unreasonably delayed.โ