| Sir Adolphus William Ward - History, Modern - 1905 - 934 pages
...letter to Lord Ashburton he announced that "in 'every regularly documented American merchant vessel, the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them " ; and that " the American government is prepared to say that the practice of impressing American... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1903 - 370 pages
...principle maintained by their government. In every regularly-documented American merchant-vessel the crew who navigate it will find their protection in...been, in a great degree, smothered by many years of peaceFar otherwise. Its purpose is to extinguish those fires effectually, before new incidents arise... | |
| Jacob Harris Patton, John Lord - United States - 1903 - 532 pages
...the country to which it belongs ; " that " in every regularly documented American merchant-vessel the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them," and that " the American Government, then, is prepared to say that the practice of impressing seamen... | |
| Elizabeth Armstrong Reed - Biography & Autobiography - 1903 - 190 pages
...terms, to the effect that, in future "in every American merchant vessel, the crew who navigate the ship, will find their protection in the flag which is over them." This simple statement on the part of our Secretary settled the whole matter, and it is now regarded as an... | |
| American literature - 1904 - 1060 pages
...recurring to Jefferson's rule, declared, "In every regularly documented American merchant vessel the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them." These words were addressed to Lord Ashburton on August 8, 1842. The principle of protection and immunity... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 768 pages
...principle of the American government, that " in every regularly documented American merchant vessel, the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them." In short, every difficulty with Great Britain was settled by the treaty, or by the accompanying negotiations,... | |
| John Bassett Moore - United States - 1905 - 344 pages
...recurring to Jefferson's rule, declared: "In every regularly documented American merchantvessel the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them." These words were addressed to Lord Ashburton on August 8, 1842. The principle of protection and immunity... | |
| John Bassett Moore - International law - 1906 - 1140 pages
...American statesmen, one of my predecessors, that ' in every regularly documented merchant vessel the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them.' " This is the principle which will hereafter, certainly not less than heretofore, be maintained, in its fullest... | |
| John Bassett Moore - International law - 1906 - 1144 pages
...that, in every regularly documented merchant vessel the crew who navigate it and those on board of it will find their protection in the flag which is over them. No American ship can be allowed to be visited or searched for the purpose of ascertaining the character... | |
| John Bassett Moore - International law - 1906 - 1144 pages
...is that in every regularly documented merchant vessel the crew who navigate it and those on board of it will find their protection in the flag which is over them. No American ship can be allowed to be visited or searched for the purpose of ascertaining the character... | |
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