 But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only...  The Rights and Duties of Neutrals - Page 64by William Edward Hall - 1874 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Gardner - International and municipal law - 1860 - 740 pages
...for being engaged in a traffic prohibited by the law of nations. But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from...commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation." (Secretary Webster's... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1862 - 734 pages
...for being engaged in a traffic prohibited by the law of nations. But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from...commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation." This is a case illustrating... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1869 - 878 pages
...in no shape violating our laws or our national neutrality, and that there is nothing in our laws or in the law of nations that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels to foreign ports for sale. If the Messrs. Forbes, or any of the owners of the Meteor, or Mr. Gary their... | |
 | Travers Twiss - International law - 1863 - 582 pages
...for being engaged in a traffic prohibited by the Law of Nations. But there is nothing in our Laws, or in the Law of Nations, that forbids our citizens from...commercial adventure, which no Nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation. Supposing, therefore,... | |
 | Sir William Vernon Harcourt - Great Britain - 1863 - 240 pages
...for being engaged in a traffic prohibited by the law of nations. But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from...commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation. Supposing, therefore,... | |
 | Lyttleton Forbes Winslow - Forensic psychiatry - 1863 - 788 pages
...of the United States, in the Santissima Trinidad, 7, Wheat. 353, " in our own laws, or in the laws of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending...commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation. Supposing, therefore,... | |
 | Sir Travers Twiss - International law - 1863 - 582 pages
...punishable by the Law of Nations. But there is nothing in our Laws, or in the Law of Nations, which forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as...commercial adventure which no Nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of Contraband. Supposing therefore... | |
 | Theron Metcalf, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins - Law reports, digests, etc - 1863 - 794 pages
...There is nothing in the laws of the United States, or in the laws of nations, that forbids neutrals from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of...commercial adventure, which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes those engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation. The Santissima Trinidad,... | |
 | Frederick Waymouth Gibbs - History - 1863 - 136 pages
...But there is nothing in our laws " or in the law of nations that forbids our citizens from send" ing armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign...adventure which no " nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the " persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation. Sup" posing, therefore,... | |
 | Reverdy Johnson - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1863 - 764 pages
...shape violating our laws, or our national neutrality ; " and that there was nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from...as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale ; it being a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons... | |
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