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It was resorted to to relieve war of its horrors while it lasted ; to make it easier to
go back to peace , which is the true condition of man ; to ameliorate the stern lot
of the millions whom , in one age and in one country and another , force or ...
It was resorted to to relieve war of its horrors while it lasted ; to make it easier to
go back to peace , which is the true condition of man ; to ameliorate the stern lot
of the millions whom , in one age and in one country and another , force or ...
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The peace of our territory was disturbed ; its sanctity was violated ; the charmed
life of an American citizen was taken in fight ; the property of an American citizen
— itself part of the general wealth of the community — was destroyed . This , Sir ...
The peace of our territory was disturbed ; its sanctity was violated ; the charmed
life of an American citizen was taken in fight ; the property of an American citizen
— itself part of the general wealth of the community — was destroyed . This , Sir ...
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But you say this was only a single act of hostility , breaking out in a time of
general peace , unannounced by any declaration . So it was . But Rutherforth
expressly declares , that this does not withdraw it from the law of immunity . I read
at large ...
But you say this was only a single act of hostility , breaking out in a time of
general peace , unannounced by any declaration . So it was . But Rutherforth
expressly declares , that this does not withdraw it from the law of immunity . I read
at large ...
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... a time of peace , intercepted her treasure - ships returning from America , and
captured or destroyed them Nor can you find , as I have said , a word in any
approved expounder of the actual law of nations , to oppose to the text of
Rutherforth .
... a time of peace , intercepted her treasure - ships returning from America , and
captured or destroyed them Nor can you find , as I have said , a word in any
approved expounder of the actual law of nations , to oppose to the text of
Rutherforth .
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... this little concern of national law , peace , war , life , and death among
themselves . Sir , the position McLeod stood in to that great and admirable State ,
undoubtedly limited the rights , and embarrassed the action of the General
Government .
... this little concern of national law , peace , war , life , and death among
themselves . Sir , the position McLeod stood in to that great and admirable State ,
undoubtedly limited the rights , and embarrassed the action of the General
Government .
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| Title | Speeches in the Senate of the United States. Miscellaneous speeches. Appendix Volume 2 of The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life, Samuel Gilman Brown |
| Authors | Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 1862 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Mar 2007 |
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