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... bound in their mutual intercourse . He has especially sought for those sources of information in the diplomatic correspondence and judicial decisions of our own country , which form a rich collection of instructive examples , arising ...
... bound in their mutual intercourse . He has especially sought for those sources of information in the diplomatic correspondence and judicial decisions of our own country , which form a rich collection of instructive examples , arising ...
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... bound by them . There can be no doubt that any belli- gerent nation which chooses to withdraw itself from the obligation of the Law of Nations , in respect to the manner of carrying on war against another State , may do so at the risk ...
... bound by them . There can be no doubt that any belli- gerent nation which chooses to withdraw itself from the obligation of the Law of Nations , in respect to the manner of carrying on war against another State , may do so at the risk ...
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... bound to confine himself to those modes which the common practice of mankind has employed , and to relinquish those which the same practice has not brought within the ordinary exercise of war , however sanctioned by its principles and ...
... bound to confine himself to those modes which the common practice of mankind has employed , and to relinquish those which the same practice has not brought within the ordinary exercise of war , however sanctioned by its principles and ...
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... bound to submit to the law which flows from it than they are bound to submit to the natural law itself , and the new law thus introduced , so far as it does not conflict with the natural law , ought to be considered as the common law of ...
... bound to submit to the law which flows from it than they are bound to submit to the natural law itself , and the new law thus introduced , so far as it does not conflict with the natural law , ought to be considered as the common law of ...
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... bound to observe it . The precepts of the natural law are equally binding upon States as upon individuals , since States are composed of men , and since the natural law binds all men , in whatever relation they may stand to each other ...
... bound to observe it . The precepts of the natural law are equally binding upon States as upon individuals , since States are composed of men , and since the natural law binds all men , in whatever relation they may stand to each other ...
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Popular passages
Page 108 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 342 - British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 99 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 108 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers...
Page 441 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 97 - It is impossible that the Allied Powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 261 - America not included within the abovementioned limits; provided, however, that the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever.
Page 251 - Line; and, in like manner, His Catholic Majesty cedes to the said United States, all his rights, claims, and pretensions to any Territories, East and North of the said Line, and, for himself, his heirs and successors, renounces all claim to the said Territories forever.
Page 107 - I could honestly, therefore, join in the declaration proposed, that we aim not at the acquisition of any of those possessions, that we will not stand in the way of any amicable arrangement between them and the mother country ; but that we will oppose, with all our means, the forcible interposition of any other power, as auxiliary, stipendiary, or under any other form or pretext, and most especially, their transfer to any power by conquest, cession, or acquisition in any other way.
Page 213 - No principle of general law is more universally acknowledged than the. perfect equality of nations. Russia and Geneva have equal rights. It results from this equality, that no one can rightfully impose a rule on another. Each legislates for itself, but its legislation can operate on itself alone.