 | William Cothren - 1854 - 872 pages
...great highway of nations, and seizing and carryingoflf persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations,...of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. That so far from British subjects alone being affected by this practice, under the pretext of searching... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 470 pages
...highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations...law of nations and the laws of the country to which tho vessels belong ; and a self-redress is assumed, which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 pages
...mentioned. Persons sailing under the American flag had been seized and carried off, not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations...of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. Under the pretext of searching our vessels for her own subjects, thousands of American citizens had... | |
 | George Coggeshall - 1856 - 570 pages
...high way of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations...assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force, for a resort to the responsible sovereign,... | |
 | George Coggeshall - 1856 - 514 pages
...of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a Belligerent f ignt, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but...assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution offeree, for a resort to the responsible sovereign,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1856 - 560 pages
...; that British jurisdiction was thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where no laws could operate but the law of nations and the laws of the country to which the vessels belonged ; that a self-redress was assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1856 - 774 pages
...of these negroes," and hence her Majesty's authorities were right in liberating them. We appeal to the law of nations and the laws of the country to which the vessel belongs to secure the owner in the possession of his slaves; and it will not be difficult to... | |
 | Henry Montgomery - 1857 - 508 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the laws of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force, for a resort to the responsible sovereign,... | |
 | Henry Montgomery - 1860 - 486 pages
...carrying off persons sailing under it; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the laws of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative...assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force, for a resort to the responsible sovereign,... | |
 | 1861 - 178 pages
...great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations...no laws can operate but the law of nations and the law of the country to which the vessels belong. . . Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases... | |
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British Cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against... 
