A Digest of the International Law of the United States: Taken from Documents Issued by Presidents and Secretaries of State, and from Decisions of Federal Courts and Opinions of Attorneys-general, Volume 1Francis Wharton U.S. Government Printing Office, 1886 - International law |
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Page 315 - his message, declared, in addition, ' that the American continents, by the free and independent conditions which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.' Mr. JQ Adams was then Secretary of State, and was responsible for this portion of the message. In
Page 578 - Orleans fixes the sentence which is to retain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who-, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation. We must turn all our attention to a maritime force, for which
Page 290 - from theirs are interested, even those most remote, and surely none more so than the United States. 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 iu the internal concerns of
Page 290 - of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security. " The late events iu Spain and Portugal show that Europe is still unsettled. Of this important fact no stronger proof can be adduced than that the allied powers should have thought it proper, on
Page 36 - Barreme, 2 Cranch, 170. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains, nor should it be construed to violate neutral rights or to affect neutral commerce further than is warranted by the law of nations, as understood in this country. Murray
Page 290 - an unfriendly disposition toward the United States. In the war between those new Governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the
Page 804 - of any foreign Government, or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the Government of the United States ; and every person. being a citizen of, or resident within, the United States, and not duly authorized,
Page 291 - Baron Tuyl came. I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new colonial establishments.
Page 298 - the establishment of what they term the ' balance of power.' It cannot be permitted to have any application on the North American continent, and especially to the United States. We must ever maintain the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny. Should any portion of them,
Page 290 - exists in their respective Governments. And to the defense of our own, which has been achieved bj the loss of so much blood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom of their most