Duties of NeutralityJ. F. Trow & Company, printers, 1866 - 94 páginas |
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... tion of our neutrality laws whatever . Nor is there anything technical or formal in this decision . It is essential . If it is competent for a for- eign nation to buy a ship , it is competent for a foreign nation to take her out ...
... tion of our neutrality laws whatever . Nor is there anything technical or formal in this decision . It is essential . If it is competent for a for- eign nation to buy a ship , it is competent for a foreign nation to take her out ...
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... tion , explicitly declares it . No incipient step in war is al- lowed , by the law of nations , to begin on neutral ground . ( Twee Gebroeders , 3 Robinson's Rep . , 162. ) No act of hos- tility can have its commencement there . A ...
... tion , explicitly declares it . No incipient step in war is al- lowed , by the law of nations , to begin on neutral ground . ( Twee Gebroeders , 3 Robinson's Rep . , 162. ) No act of hos- tility can have its commencement there . A ...
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... tion authorizes collectors to detain vessels , " manifestly built for warlike purposes , and about to depart , of which the car- go shall consist of arms and munitions of war . " What , I pray to know , are those restrictions of ...
... tion authorizes collectors to detain vessels , " manifestly built for warlike purposes , and about to depart , of which the car- go shall consist of arms and munitions of war . " What , I pray to know , are those restrictions of ...
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... tion of legal truth . It is declared by our neutrality act of 1818. It is the distinction between inertness and action ; between a mass of mere matter and a moving enterprise . Thus it is that it by no means follows , because a neutral ...
... tion of legal truth . It is declared by our neutrality act of 1818. It is the distinction between inertness and action ; between a mass of mere matter and a moving enterprise . Thus it is that it by no means follows , because a neutral ...
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... tion of 1794 , which was a new and significant point of de- parture for the United States in respect to neutral duties . The circular of Mr. Alexander Hamilton to collectors of cus- toms was issued in 1793 , and contained , no doubt , a ...
... tion of 1794 , which was a new and significant point of de- parture for the United States in respect to neutral duties . The circular of Mr. Alexander Hamilton to collectors of cus- toms was issued in 1793 , and contained , no doubt , a ...
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Página 14 - That if any person shall, within the limits of the United States, fit out and arm, or attempt to fit out and arm, or procure to be fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming, of any ship or vessel, with intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service...
Página 34 - ... prince or state, or of any colony, district or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district or people, with whom the United States are at peace, or who issues or delivers a commission within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, for any- vessel, to the intent that she may be so...
Página 25 - In pursuance of this policy, the laws of the United States do not forbid their citizens to sell to either of the belligerent powers articles contraband of war or take munitions of war or soldiers on board their private ships for transportation; and although in so doing the individual citizen exposes his property or person to some of the hazards of war, his acts do not involve any breach of national neutrality nor of themselves implicate the Government.
Página 30 - ... equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be concerned in the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel, with intent or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service...
Página 5 - God commands, and instead of taking that law for his rule, " whose seat is the bosom of God, and whose voice the harmony of the world...
Página 46 - Except as authorized by the preceding section, no merchandise brought in any vessel from any foreign port shall be unladen or delivered from such vessel within the United States but in open day — that is to say, between the rising and the setting of the sun — except by special license from the collector of the port, and naval officer of the same, where there is one, for that purpose, nor at any time without a permit from the collector, and naval officer, if any, for such unlading or delivery.
Página 22 - Russian privateers, or in any other measure opposed to the duties of a strict neutrality " and this appeal, which was declared by the British Government to be " in the spirit of just reciprocity," was answered on our part by a sincere and determined vigilance, so that not a single British or French ship suffered from any cruiser fitted out in our ports.
Página 47 - The next question is, whether the innocence of the owners can withdraw the ship from the penalty of confiscation under the act of congress? Here, again, it may be remarked, that the act makes no exception whatsoever, whether the aggression be with or without the cooperation of the owners.
Página 22 - States, shall be, and they are hereby respectively authorized and required to seize and detain any vessel or any arms or munitions of war which may be provided or prepared for any military expedition or enterprise against the territory or dominions of any foreign Prince or State...
Página 30 - ... of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are [at] peace, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years.