Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and whereas in the recognition of this principle this Government has freely received... A Digest of International Law... - Page 581by John Bassett Moore - 1906Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 1869 - 652 pages
...to the House of Representatives by General Bunks on the 20th of February. The preamble declared, " The right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for the... | |
| 1887 - 606 pages
...doctrine of the mother country. It was not until July 27, 1868, that by an Act of Congress it was declared that ' the right of expatriation is a natural ' and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the ' enjoyment of the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of ' happiness,' and... | |
| United States - 1868 - 368 pages
...1868. [PUBLIC— No. 101.] AN ACT concerning the rights of American citizens in foreign states. Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; and whereas... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1869 - 650 pages
...to the House of Representatives by General Banks on the 20th of February. The preamble declared, " The right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for the... | |
| Frederick Charles Brightly - 1869 - 680 pages
...honorably discharged from the service of the United States as aforesaid. 27 July IBM} 1. 2. Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all p'eople, 16 atat. 223. indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiRight... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1869 - 672 pages
...to the House of Representatives by General Banks on the 20th of February. The preamble declared, " The right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for the... | |
| United States - 1869 - 876 pages
...Improvements. CHAP. CCXLIX. — An Act concerning the Righti of American Citizens in foreign Slates. WHEREAS the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; and whereas... | |
| United States. Department of State - 1895 - 920 pages
...American citizenship, under th« laws of this country, can not be questioned. . This Government holds that the "right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people" (Rev. Stat. U. 8., sec. 1999), and it would seem that by calling the attention of the Imperial Government... | |
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