Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History1915 - United States |
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... United States for five years and had been formally admitted to the rights of citizenship according to the laws of the United States . Inasmuch as sailors were likely to lose their certificates , Pickering believed that some provision ...
... United States for five years and had been formally admitted to the rights of citizenship according to the laws of the United States . Inasmuch as sailors were likely to lose their certificates , Pickering believed that some provision ...
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... United States to renew it at any time . For these reasons Monroe decided to meet the friendly sentiments of Lord Harrowby with like sentiments , and , while regretting the delay , to admit that the state of affairs might impose it.39 ...
... United States to renew it at any time . For these reasons Monroe decided to meet the friendly sentiments of Lord Harrowby with like sentiments , and , while regretting the delay , to admit that the state of affairs might impose it.39 ...
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... United States.42 The American minister from the treatment which he had received felt that the attitude of Great Britain towards the United States at this time was one of studied delay , designed to subject American commerce to every ...
... United States.42 The American minister from the treatment which he had received felt that the attitude of Great Britain towards the United States at this time was one of studied delay , designed to subject American commerce to every ...
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... United States offer resistance to the British seizures even at the risk of war . " Per- haps no time , " said he ... United States is as universally known to be unjust , wanton , and unprovoked . The measure has wounded deeply the ...
... United States offer resistance to the British seizures even at the risk of war . " Per- haps no time , " said he ... United States is as universally known to be unjust , wanton , and unprovoked . The measure has wounded deeply the ...
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... United States and the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , relative to wrongs committed between the parties on the high seas , or other waters , and for estab- lishing the principles of navigation and commerce between them ...
... United States and the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , relative to wrongs committed between the parties on the high seas , or other waters , and for estab- lishing the principles of navigation and commerce between them ...
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Page 471 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands...
Page 459 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 472 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 342 - Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both His Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object.
Page 321 - All prisoners of war taken on either side, as well by land as by sea, shall be restored as soon as practicable after the ratifications of this treaty, as hereinafter mentioned, on their paying the debts which they may have contracted during their captivity. The two contracting parties respectively engage to discharge, in specie, the advances which may have been made by the other for the sustenance and maintenance of such prisoners.
Page 428 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 171 - ... respective offices, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, in case he shall think it necessary, to authorize any person or persons...
Page 167 - ... upon principles of perfect reciprocity not inconsistent with the established maxims of public law, and with the maritime rights of the British empire.
Page 228 - ... without any molestation from the United States; but when those tribes, or any of them, shall be disposed to sell their lands, or any part of them, they are to be sold only to the United States; and until such sale, the United States will protect all the said Indian tribes in the quiet enjoyment of their lands against all citizens of the United States, and against all other white persons who intrude upon the same. And the said Indian tribes again acknowledge themselves to be under the protection...
Page 260 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...