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... blockade . As this detention was occasioned by an obvious misapprehension of the facts , and as justice requires that we should commit no belligerent act not founded in strict right , as sanctioned by public law , I recommend that an ...
... blockade . As this detention was occasioned by an obvious misapprehension of the facts , and as justice requires that we should commit no belligerent act not founded in strict right , as sanctioned by public law , I recommend that an ...
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... blockade of the ports held by the insurgents , instead of putting in force , by proclamation , the law of Congress enacted at the late session for closing those ports . So , also , obeying the dictates of prudence , as well as the ...
... blockade of the ports held by the insurgents , instead of putting in force , by proclamation , the law of Congress enacted at the late session for closing those ports . So , also , obeying the dictates of prudence , as well as the ...
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... blockade which is now in full force . The undersigned cannot close this communication without expressing to Baron Gerolt the great satisfaction with which this government has learned , through the communication now acknowledged , that ...
... blockade which is now in full force . The undersigned cannot close this communication without expressing to Baron Gerolt the great satisfaction with which this government has learned , through the communication now acknowledged , that ...
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... blockade of our southern ports , proclaimed by the President , although . he had late advices from the Belgian minister at Washington . He had only knowledge of it , he said , as printed in the papers . In answer to his inquiry , I said ...
... blockade of our southern ports , proclaimed by the President , although . he had late advices from the Belgian minister at Washington . He had only knowledge of it , he said , as printed in the papers . In answer to his inquiry , I said ...
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... blockade of southern ports and their discontinuance as ports of entry - topics on which I had heard nothing , and could therefore say nothing . informed him that Mr. Adams had apprised me of his intention to be on his But as I way ...
... blockade of southern ports and their discontinuance as ports of entry - topics on which I had heard nothing , and could therefore say nothing . informed him that Mr. Adams had apprised me of his intention to be on his But as I way ...
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Page 187 - 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 163 - Government, directly or indirectly, commences or carries on any verbal or written correspondence or intercourse with any foreign Government or any officer or agent thereof, with an intent to influence the measures or conduct 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...
Page 17 - The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This is the just and generous and prosperous system which opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy and progress and improvement of condition to all.
Page 548 - SIR: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the Weather Bureau during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1906.
Page 188 - Constitution and the laws, do hereby declare and proclaim: 1. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods with the exception of contraband of war. 2. Neutral goods not contraband of war are not liable to confiscation under the enemy's flag.
Page 465 - That to enable the state of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands made unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage of this act, shall be and the same are hereby granted to said state.
Page 522 - Deaf was incorporated as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind under act of Congress, February 16, 1857 (11 Stat.
Page 143 - In affixing his signature to the convention of this day between Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, the Earl Russell declares, by order of Her Majesty, that Her Majesty does not intend thereby to undertake any engagement which shall have any bearing, direct or indirect, on the internal differences now prevailing in the United States.
Page 145 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. 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.
Page 251 - Accept the assurances of the high consideration with which. I have the honor to be, sir, your very humble and very obedient servant, THOUVENEL.