 ... The undersigned renounces all pretension on the part of the British government to visit and search American vessels in time of peace. Nor is it as American that such vessels are ever visited ; but it has been the invariable practice of the British...  Hansard's Parliamentary Debates - Seite 289von Great Britain. Parliament - 1859Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1843 - 706 Seiten
...justify it upon broad principles. He says, it has been the invariable practice of the British navy " to ascertain by visit the real nationality of merchant...good reason to apprehend their illegal character." If such has been the practice, it would appear to be a direct violation of the laws of nations, as... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - 1842 - 182 Seiten
...believes, " of all the navies in the world, to ascertain by visit the real nationality of merchantvessels on the high seas, if there be good reason to apprehend their illegal character." We might ask in vain for the evidence of the existence, in point of fact, of this universal and invariable... | |
 | 1843 - 894 Seiten
...But it has been the invariable practice of the British navy, and, as the undersigned believes, of all navies in the world, to ascertain by visit the real...nationality of merchant vessels met with on the high sens, if there be good reason to apprehend their illegal character. " In certain latitudes, and for... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1843 - 942 Seiten
...British navy, and he believed of all the navies in the world, to ascertain by visit the real character of merchant vessels met with on the high seas, if...good reason to apprehend their illegal character. Now, the undersigned must be excused for doubting: whether any such practice as that which Lord Aberdeen... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - 1845 - 820 Seiten
..."illegal character," the suspicion of which is here assumed, as justifying the " invariable practice of all the navies in the world, to ascertain by visit...nationality of merchant vessels met with on the high seas." Is it, we would ask, of such an illegal character as may be manifested by acts prohibited by the laws... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1846 - 262 Seiten
...but it has been the invariable practice of the British navy, and, as the undersigned believes, of all navies in the world, to ascertain, by visit, the real...good reason to apprehend their illegal character." * * * * * " The undersigned admits that, if the British cruiser should possess a knowledge of the American... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1848 - 410 Seiten
...but it has been the invariable practice of the British navy, and, as the undersigned believes, of all navies in. the world, to ascertain, by visit, the...good reason to apprehend their illegal character," * . v*v * "The undersigned admits that, if the, British cruiser should possess a knowledge of the American... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 658 Seiten
...believes, of all navies in the world, to ascertain by visit the real nationality of merchant-vessels met with on the high seas, if there be good reason to apprehend their illegal character " The undersigned admits, that, if the British eruiser should possess a knowledge of the American character... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 660 Seiten
...but it has been the invariable practice of the British navy, and, as the undersigned believes, of all navies in the world, to ascertain by visit the real nationality of merchant-vessels met with on the high seas, if there be good reason to apprehend their illegal character... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 658 Seiten
...but it has been the invariable practice of the British navy, and, as the undersigned believes, of all navies in the world, to ascertain by visit the real nationality of merchant-vessels met with on the high seas, if there be good reason to apprehend their illegal character... | |
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