Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Part 2, Volume 3; Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1874 - United States |
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... channels . In such cases the Government always stands at a great disadvantage as against private claimants , who have full knowledge of all the circumstances of their own claims , when actual and bona fide , and of the proofs by which ...
... channels . In such cases the Government always stands at a great disadvantage as against private claimants , who have full knowledge of all the circumstances of their own claims , when actual and bona fide , and of the proofs by which ...
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... channels . On the other hand , where the property was in its nature not a proper subject of military use , or , being such , was not applied to military use , or where the taking appeared to be mere acts of unauthorized pillage or ...
... channels . On the other hand , where the property was in its nature not a proper subject of military use , or , being such , was not applied to military use , or where the taking appeared to be mere acts of unauthorized pillage or ...
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... channel for carrying on correspondence between rebels in Europe and those in the insurrectionary States . Representations by highly respect- able citizens of New York of Mr. Patrick's loyalty were made to the Secretary of State , and ...
... channel for carrying on correspondence between rebels in Europe and those in the insurrectionary States . Representations by highly respect- able citizens of New York of Mr. Patrick's loyalty were made to the Secretary of State , and ...
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... channels , upon the United States for compensation ; and that it could not be believed that such claim would not have been made if Her Majesty's government had considered such a claim valid . The counsel for the United States cited , in ...
... channels , upon the United States for compensation ; and that it could not be believed that such claim would not have been made if Her Majesty's government had considered such a claim valid . The counsel for the United States cited , in ...
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... channel . Now , it must be seen at once that if the British government reserved to itself the right asserted , ( continuing herself to trade there , ) then the concession which seemed to be made was a mere delusion and snare to American ...
... channel . Now , it must be seen at once that if the British government reserved to itself the right asserted , ( continuing herself to trade there , ) then the concession which seemed to be made was a mere delusion and snare to American ...
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Page 292 - 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 harbors, of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America, not included within the above-mentioned limits.
Page 422 - A neutral Government is bound — First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace...
Page 311 - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 290 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 421 - In case of the death, absence, or incapacity to serve of any or either of the said Arbitrators, or, in the event of either of the said Arbitrators omitting or declining or ceasing to act as such, the President of the United States, or Her Britannic Majesty, or His Majesty the King...
Page 305 - States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that in so doing they do not interfere with the rights of private property or with the fishermen of the United States, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
Page 309 - The high contracting parties hereby solemnly engage to consider the decision of the commissioners conjointly, or of the arbitrator or umpire, as the case may be, as absolutely final and conclusive in each case decided upon by them or him respectively.