 | Henry Montgomery - Presidents - 1852 - 465 pages
...country and from everything dear to them ; have been dragged on board ships of war of foreign nations, and exposed, under the severities of their discipline,...most distant and deadly climes, to risk their lives iu the battles of their oppressors, and to be the melancholy instruments of taking away those of their... | |
 | William Cothren - Bethlehem (Conn.) - 1854 - 833 pages
...flag, had been torn from their country and everything dear to them ; had been dragged on board the ships of war of a foreign nation, and exposed, under...instruments of taking away those of their own brethren. That British cruisers had been in the practice, also, of violating the rights and peace of our coasts,... | |
 | United States. President - Electronic books - 1854
...been torn from their country and everything dear to them; have been dragged on board of ships-of-war of a foreign nation and exposed, under the severities...instruments of taking away those of their own brethren. tiona and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong, and a self redress is assumed, which,... | |
 | Industries - 1856
...flai;, have been torn from their country and from everything dear to them ; have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation, and exposed under...instruments of taking away those of their own brethren." And a committee of Congress said, by the orders in council of the llth of November, 1807 : " The British... | |
 | William L. G. Smith - Canada History War of 1812 - 1856 - 781 pages
...have been torn from their country, and from every thing dear to them, have been dragged on board the ships of war of a foreign nation, and exposed under...discipline, to be exiled to the most distant and deadly regions, to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors, and to be the melancholy instrument... | |
 | William L. G. Smith - Canada History War of 1812 - 1856 - 781 pages
...have been torn from their country, and from every thing dear to them, have been dragged on board the ships of war of a foreign nation, and exposed under...severities of their discipline, to be exiled to the moat distant and deadly regions, to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors, and to b«... | |
 | MARCUS WILLSON - 1857
...public law and their national flag, had been torn from their country — had been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation — and exposed,...instruments of taking away those of their own brethren." 44. 40n the same subject the committee remarked, that, "while *: Deciarathe practice is continued,... | |
 | Henry Montgomery - 1860 - 465 pages
...country and from everything dear to them ; have been dragged on board ships of war of foreign nations, and exposed, under the severities of their discipline,...their own brethren. Against this crying enormity, which.Great Britain would be so prompt to avenge if committed on herself, the United States have in... | |
 | Samuel Aspinwall Goddard - United States - 1870 - 583 pages
...national flag, have been torn from their country and everything dear to them; have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation, and exposed, under...their discipline, to be exiled to the most distant and most deadly climes, to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors, and to be the melancholy... | |
 | Samuel Aspinwall Goddard - United States - 1870 - 583 pages
...national flag, have been torn from their country and everything dear to them ; have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation, and exposed, under...their discipline, to be exiled to the most distant and most deadly climes, to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors, and to be the melancholy... | |
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British subjects alone that, under the pretext of searching for these, thousands of American citizens, under the safeguard of public law and of their national flag, have been torn from their country, and from everything dear to them; have been dragged... 
