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" British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against... "
The History of the War, Between the United States and Great-Britain, which ... - Page 72
1816 - 402 pages
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 74

English literature - 1812 - 1020 pages
...unto it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against sn enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects....jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situaįon where no laws can operate but the law »* nations, and the laws of the country to »hrch...
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The Congressional Reporter

United States - 1811 - 676 pages
...under it ; notinthe exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vcsseh'in a situation where no laws can operate but the law of nations and the laws of the country...
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Report of the Committee of the Senate of Massachusetts, Comprising the ...

Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - United States - 1812 - 34 pages
...under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations, against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects....of the country to which the vessels belong : and a self redress is assumed, which if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 22

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1812 - 446 pages
...it, not in " the exercise of a belligerent right, found" ed on the law of nations against an ene" my, but of a municipal prerogative over " British subjects....jurisdiction is " thus extended to neutral vessels in a si" tuation where no laws csn operate but " the law of nations and the laws of the " country to which...
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Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 22

Great Britain - 1812 - 448 pages
...it, not in " the exercise of a belligerent right, found" ed on the law of nations against an ene" my, but of a municipal prerogative over " British subjects....jurisdiction is " thus extended to neutral vessels in a si" lujtmn where no laws can operate but '• the law of nations and the laws of the " country to which...
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Niles' National Register, Volume 2

1812 - 438 pages
...situation wnere no laws can operate but the Isw of nations and the laws o* the country to which the vesv-U Belong ; and a self-redress is assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detnim-u ai« alone concerned, is tliat substitution of force, for a resort to tlie responsible sovereign,...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 54

History - 1813 - 818 pages
...nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jarisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation...force for a resort to the responsible sovereign, which fells within the definition of •.'.-. ir. Conldthe seizure of British subjects, in such cases, be...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history ..., Volume 33

1813 - 1082 pages
...under i<, not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the lawofnaiionsag.iinst an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects....thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where Го laws can operate but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong...
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The Historical Register of the United States: From the declaration of war in ...

Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 548 pages
...under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects....of the country to which the vessels belong ; and a self redress is assumed, which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Part 2

Walter Scott - Europe - 1814 - 536 pages
...under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to :ral vessels in a situation where no aws can operate but the law of naions and the laws of the country...
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