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 |
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... maintain in all relations , what was maintained in the two relations just noticed , the leadership in the formation of a liberal and humane system of international jurisprudence . And they have ably done this work . I am not unfamiliar ...
... maintain in all relations , what was maintained in the two relations just noticed , the leadership in the formation of a liberal and humane system of international jurisprudence . And they have ably done this work . I am not unfamiliar ...
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... maintain , as all others have maintained , that discovery gave an exclu- sive right to extinguish the Indian title of occupancy , either by purchase or by conquest ; and gave also a right to such a degree of sovereignty as the ...
... maintain , as all others have maintained , that discovery gave an exclu- sive right to extinguish the Indian title of occupancy , either by purchase or by conquest ; and gave also a right to such a degree of sovereignty as the ...
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... the duties which that character imposes . A Christian people who exercise sovereign power , who make treaties , maintain diplomatic relations with other states 31 CHAP . I. ] LAW OF NATIONS PART OF LAW OF LAND . [ § 8 .
... the duties which that character imposes . A Christian people who exercise sovereign power , who make treaties , maintain diplomatic relations with other states 31 CHAP . I. ] LAW OF NATIONS PART OF LAW OF LAND . [ § 8 .
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... maintain diplomatic relations with other states , and who should yet refuse to conduct their military operations accord- ing to the usages universally observed by such states , would present a character singularly inconsistent and ...
... maintain diplomatic relations with other states , and who should yet refuse to conduct their military operations accord- ing to the usages universally observed by such states , would present a character singularly inconsistent and ...
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... maintain that Her Majesty's Government may do anything within the United States short of enlisting and organizing ... maintained by this Government , which holds that no foreign power whatever has the right to do either of the specified ...
... maintain that Her Majesty's Government may do anything within the United States short of enlisting and organizing ... maintained by this Government , which holds that no foreign power whatever has the right to do either of the specified ...
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Page 564 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 274 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can any one believe that our Southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt It of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference.
Page 273 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 168 - ... to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Page 273 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the Minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the Minister of the United States at St. Petersburg, to arrange, by amicable negotiation, the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the north-west coast of this Continent.
Page 269 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into .it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Page 81 - Canal on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the United States, and further engages to urge upon the State governments to secure to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty the use of the several State canals...
Page 274 - This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments and to the defense of our own, which has been achieved by the loss of so much blood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened citizens and under which we have enjoyed unexampled felicity, this whole nation is devoted.
Page 273 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced, that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence.
Page 200 - Born, sir, in a land of liberty; having early learned its value; having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country, my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever in any country I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.