 | John Dodson, Louis (Ship) - France - 1817 - 84 pages
...refpe&ed by all tribunals, foreign as well as domeftick, it is not eafy to find any confiftent grounds on which to maintain that the traffic, according to our views of that law, is criminal. Againft the fubje&s of countries which have iffued declarations hoftile to the trade, the Courts have... | |
 | Portfolio - 1844 - 766 pages
...respected by all tribunals, foreign as well as domestic, it is not easy to find any consistent grounds on which to maintain that the traffic, according to our views of that law, is criminal." " To press forward to a great principle, by breaking through every other great principle that stands... | |
 | David Christy - Antislavery movements - 1862 - 646 pages
...respected by all tribunals, foreign as well as domestic, it is not easy to find any consistent grounds on which to maintain that the traffic, according to our views of that law, is criminal.' — English Admiralty Reports, vol. 2. "Need I refer to the case of the Antelope, in which the distinguished... | |
 | David Christy - Antislavery movements - 1862 - 636 pages
...respected by all tribunals, foreign as well as domestic, it is not easy to find any consistent grounds on which to maintain that the traffic, according to our views of that law, is criminal.'—English Admiralty Reports, vol. 2. ^ " Need I refer to the case of the Antelope, in which... | |
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... administration of the law of nations be that every nation, independently of treaties, retains a legal right to carry on this traffic, and that the trade carried on under that authority is to be respected by all tribunals, foreign as well as domestic,... 