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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... "
History of the Wars Occasioned by the French Revolution, from the ... - Page 907
by C. H. Gifford - 1817
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American Diplomacy: Its Spirit and Achievements

John Bassett Moore - Political Science - 1905 - 348 pages
...municipal law of allegiance on board the ships of other countries on the high seas, where no laws could operate " but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong." Precisely the same position was maintained by Webster in his correspondence with Lord Ashburton in...
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, Volume 6

Benson John Lossing - History - 1906 - 532 pages
...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...vessels belong, and a self-redress is assumed which, if BritHue. «tAnisoi». ish subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that subto fall...
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International Cases: Arbitrations and Incidents Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Ellery Cory Stowell, Henry Fraser Munro - International law - 1916 - 540 pages
...municipal law of allegiance on board the ships of other countries on the high seas, where no laws could operate "but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong." Precisely the same position was maintained by Webster in his correspondence with Lord Ashburton in...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 2

United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 592 pages
...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...of the country to which the vessels belong, and a self -redress is assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is...
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The Principles of American Diplomacy

John Bassett Moore - Political Science - 1918 - 508 pages
...municipal law of allegiance on board the ships of other countries on the high seas, where no laws could operate " but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong." Precisely the same position was maintained by Webster in his correspondence with Lord Ashburton in...
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American Government and Citizenship: American Political Theory, Government ...

Charles Emanuel Martin, William Henry George - United States - 1927 - 794 pages
...vessels on the high seas, where, as President Madison declared in his war message, no laws could apply "but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong.'' The message did not recommend a war with Great Britain in express terms, but it pointed strongly to...
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Annual Register, Volume 54

Edmund Burke - History - 1813 - 824 pages
...highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in tie exercise of :i belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of .a municipal prerogative ovrr British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where...
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British and Foreign State Papers

Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Great Britain - 1841 - 888 pages
...Belligerent right founded on thé Law of Nations against an Enemy, but of a municipal prérogative over British Subjects. British jurisdiction is thus...extended to Neutral Vessels, in a situation where no Laws eau operale but thé Law of Nations and thé Laws of thé Country to which thé Vessels belong; and...
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On the Law of Nations

Daniel Patrick Moynihan - International law - 1990 - 228 pages
...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...assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force for a resort to the responsible sovereign...
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Presidential Documents: The Speeches, Proclamations, and Policies that Have ...

Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...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...assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force for a resort to the responsible sovereign...
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