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British cruizers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great high way of nations , and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right , founded on ...
British cruizers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great high way of nations , and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right , founded on ...
Page 68
The practice , hence , is so far from affecting British subjects alone , that under the pretext of searching for these , thousands of American citizens , under the safeguard of public law , and of their national flag , have been torn ...
The practice , hence , is so far from affecting British subjects alone , that under the pretext of searching for these , thousands of American citizens , under the safeguard of public law , and of their national flag , have been torn ...
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If no other proof existed of a predetermination of the British government against a repeal of its orders , it might be found in the correspondence of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at London and the British Secretary ...
If no other proof existed of a predetermination of the British government against a repeal of its orders , it might be found in the correspondence of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at London and the British Secretary ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | 12 Americans Speak |
| Editor | John Edwin Pomfret |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Huntington Library, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 183 pages |
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