The Right of Search: As Between France, America, and Great BritainH. Butterworth, 1843 - 48 Seiten |
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... commanders of the American cruisers . But , " in truth , this right is quite as important to the United States as to Great Britain ; nor is it easy to conceive how the " maritime intercourse of mankind could safely be carried on without ...
... commanders of the American cruisers . But , " in truth , this right is quite as important to the United States as to Great Britain ; nor is it easy to conceive how the " maritime intercourse of mankind could safely be carried on without ...
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... commander - in - chief may be added to this . Rear - Admiral Sir E. D. King to Mr. More O'Ferrall , 3 April 1841 ( Simon's Bay ) . " From what I have seen and heard since I assumed this " command , I feel quite convinced that unless a ...
... commander - in - chief may be added to this . Rear - Admiral Sir E. D. King to Mr. More O'Ferrall , 3 April 1841 ( Simon's Bay ) . " From what I have seen and heard since I assumed this " command , I feel quite convinced that unless a ...
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... commander - in - chief on the North American station ; and in the early part of June the fifty - gun ship " Leopard , " Captain Salusbury Pryce Humphreys , sailed from Halifax for the Chesapeake , with an order dated on the 1st of the ...
... commander - in - chief on the North American station ; and in the early part of June the fifty - gun ship " Leopard , " Captain Salusbury Pryce Humphreys , sailed from Halifax for the Chesapeake , with an order dated on the 1st of the ...
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... commander - in - chief . The answer to this was , " Send " them on board ; I shall heave to . " This the " Chesapeake ” accordingly did . At 3 h . 32 m . P. M. , the " Leopard " also hove to ; and in a few minutes Lieutenant John Meade ...
... commander - in - chief . The answer to this was , " Send " them on board ; I shall heave to . " This the " Chesapeake ” accordingly did . At 3 h . 32 m . P. M. , the " Leopard " also hove to ; and in a few minutes Lieutenant John Meade ...
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... commander - in- " chief . " After the hail had been twice repeated , the only reply returned was , " I do not understand what you say . " Observing on board the American frigate indications of intended resistance , the " Leopard ...
... commander - in- " chief . " After the hail had been twice repeated , the only reply returned was , " I do not understand what you say . " Observing on board the American frigate indications of intended resistance , the " Leopard ...
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The Right of Search: As Between France, America, and Great Britain (1843) Denis Creagh Moylan Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2009 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abrogation abuse admit AFRICAN STATION American flag American frigate American vessels argument ascertaining Ashburton Treaty Bellona belonging bonâ fide American BRAZIL STATION Britain British cruisers British Government Capitaine de corvette Capitaine de frégate Capitaine de vaisseau Captain Humphreys cargo Class colours commander Commodore Barron concession contraband conventions of 1831 Correspondence declaration deserters detained vessel droit de visite Duc de Richelieu engaged England Englishman exercise foreign found on board France French Government French vessels hail Halifax humanity instance Leopard Lieutenant de vaisseau Lord Aberdeen Lord Palmerston Majesté le Roi master Melampus ment merchant-vessel motives municipal laws mutual right nations navy number of cruisers object officer peace port practice Président principle question Ratford Recueil reference République d'Haïti right of search right of visitation Roi des Français sailing ship slave-trade slaves found Spain Stevenson supplementary convention suppression suspected vessel suspicion tion trade traffic traité truth undersigned United violation well-founded doubts
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Seite 1 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Seite 16 - I know of no such men as you describe. The officers that were on the recruiting service for this ship were particularly instructed by the Government, through me, not to enter any deserters from his Britannic Majesty's ships, nor do I know of any being here.
Seite 7 - ... can have no existence on the high seas during peace. The undersigned apprehends, however, that the right of search is not confined to the verification of the nationality of the vessel, but also extends to the object of the voyage and the nature of the cargo. The sole purpose of the British cruisers is to ascertain whether the vessels they meet with are really American or not. The right asserted has, in truth, no resemblance to the right of search, either in principle or practice. It is simply...
Seite 9 - In answer to this question, the undersigned can at once refer to the avowed and constant practice of the United States, whose cruisers, especially in the Gulf of Mexico, by the admission of their public journals, are notoriously in the habit of examining all suspicious vessels, whether sailing under the English flag, or any other.
Seite 8 - ... reasonable suspicion exists that the American flag has been abused for the purpose of covering the vessel of another nation, it would appear scarcely credible, had it not been made manifest by the repeated...
Seite 15 - ... captain of her this order, and to require to search his ship for the deserters from the before-mentioned ships, and to proceed and search for the same ; and if a similar demand should be made by the American, he is to be permitted to search for any deserters from their service, according to the customs and usage of civilized nations on terms of peace and amity with each other.
Seite 15 - Majesty's consul, as well as the captains of the ships from which the said men had deserted : " The captains and commanders of his Majesty's ships and vessels under my command are therefore hereby required and directed, in case of meeting with the American frigate
Seite 9 - British cruisers have no pretension, in any manner, to interfere. Such vessels must be permitted, if engaged in it, to enjoy a monopoly of this unhallowed trade; but the British government will never endure that the fraudulent use of the American flag shall extend the iniquity to other nations, by whom it is abhorred, and who have entered into solemn treaties with this country for its entire suppression.
Seite 7 - The undersigned again renounces, as he has already done in the most explicit terms, any right on the part of the British government to search American vessels in time of peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas during peace. The undersigned apprehends, however, that the right of search is not confined to the verification of the nationality of the vessel, but...
Seite 18 - When now I think you can behold such sights, And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks, When mine are blanch'd with fear.