 | William Henry Seward - 1884 - 652 páginas
...be discussed. In 1865 (August 30), Lord John Russell announced that " Her Majesty's government must decline either to make reparation and compensation...Alabama or to refer the question to any foreign state." On the 27th of August, 1866, Mr. Seward presented to the British government a list of individual claims... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1869 - 878 páginas
...lordship to Mr. Adams, dated the 30th of August, 1865, he states that her Majesty's government "declines either to make reparation and compensation for the...Alabama, or to refer the question to any foreign state." I further knew that Lord Stanley, although willing to submit to arbitration the question of responsibility... | |
 | George Benis - 1864 - 316 páginas
...Crown and the British nation. " Her Majesty's Government are the sole guardians of their own honor. They cannot admit that they may have acted with bad...Alabama,' or to refer the question to any foreign state." Now, here, it will be seen, are just two grounds, and only two, on which Earl Russell rejects the offer... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1864 - 296 páginas
...say that the Government of the United States is ready to agree to any form of arbitration." * * * * "Her Majesty's Government must, therefore, decline...Alabama,' or to refer the question to any foreign State." 36 Such was our repulse from England, having at least the merit of frankness, if nothing else. On the... | |
 | 1866 - 706 páginas
...therefore, decline etther to make reparation and compensation for the captures made hy the Alahama, or to refer the question to any foreign state. Her...act otherwise, they would endanger the position of nentrals in all future wars. Her Majesty's government, however, are ready to consent to the appointment... | |
 | George Bemis - 1866 - 304 páginas
...and the British nation. *-.i " Her Majesty's Government are the sole guardians of their own honor. They cannot admit that they may have acted with bad...Alabama,' or to refer the question to any foreign state." Now, here, it will be seen, are just two grounds, and only two, on which Earl Russell rejects the offer... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1866 - 574 páginas
...they prol fessed. The law officers of the crown must be held to be better interpreters of a BritL-h 1 statute than any foreign government can be presumed...conceive, that if they were to act otherwise, they would eniknl ger the position of neutrals in all future wars. " Her Majesty's Government are, however, ready... | |
 | United States dept. of state - 1866 - 702 páginas
...therefore, decline either to make reparation and compensation for the captures made hy the Alahama, or to refer the question to any foreign state. Her...act otherwise, they would endanger the position of nentrals in all future wars. I cannot conclnde without taking this opportunity to ask you to join with... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1866 - 718 páginas
...therefore, decline either to make reparation and compensation for the captures made by the Alahama, or to refer the question to any foreign state. Her Majesty's government conceive that if they were to'act otherwise, they would endanger the position of nentrals in all future wars. Her Majesty's government,... | |
 | 1866 - 646 páginas
...Her Majesty's Government must therefore decline either to make reparation and compensation fur tho captures made by the Alabama, or to 'refer the question to any foreign State.' This reasoning, if such it may bo «ailed, appears to OB utterly untenable. It ¡i;-i " : . -I« on... | |
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They cannot admit that they may have acted with bad faith in maintaining the neutrality they professed. The law officers of the Crown must be held to be better interpreters of a British statute than any foreign Government can be presumed to be. Her Majesty's... 
