 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 520 pages
...nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerant right founded on the law of nations against an enemy,...the vessels belong ; and a self-redress is assumed, which/if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force,... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1811 - 650 pages
...carrying off persons callSupplemental Journal. — President's Message. ing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, >ut a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1835 - 544 pages
...highway of " nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the ' exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, ' hut of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is ' thus extended to... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1842 - 794 pages
...great highway of nations, and seizing and carrying off perwns sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against an enem^, but of a municipal prerogative over British objects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to... | |
 | Francis Wyse - United States - 1846 - 482 pages
...government presents a scries of acts hostile to the United States, as an independant and neutral nation. situation where no laws can operate, but the law of...country to which the vessels belong ; and a self-redress assumed, which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained an 1 alone concerned, is that substitution... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 766 pages
...great highway of nations, and seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations...prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction : - thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where no laws can operate but the law of uations... | |
 | Henry Montgomery - Presidents - 1852 - 560 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the laws of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...vessels in a situation where no laws can operate but the taw of nations and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong ; and a self-redress is assumed... | |
 | Henry Montgomery - 1853 - 484 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the laws of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...where no laws can operate but the law of nations and tbe laws of the country to which the vessels belong ; and a self-redress is assumed which, if British... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1853 - 722 pages
...highway of nations, and ' of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under 'it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, •founded on the law of nations against an ene' my, but of a municipal prerogative over British ' subjects." As this does not present the case... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...great highway of nations, and seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations...situation where no laws can operate but the law of naThe practice, hence, is so far from affecting British subjects alone, that under the pretext of searching... | |
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British Cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against... 
