Commission Under the Convention Between the United States & Paraguay: Statements and Arguments for Claimants and for the Republic, and Opinion and Award of CommissionersH. Polkinhorn, Printer, 1860 - Počet stran: 163 |
Vyhledávání v knize
Strana 17
... insulted ; a peaceful surveying vessel had been fired upon , and an American citizen had been killed ; a treaty solemnly made had been refused to be exchanged upon the most frivolous pretext , and our agents , who were sent out in a ...
... insulted ; a peaceful surveying vessel had been fired upon , and an American citizen had been killed ; a treaty solemnly made had been refused to be exchanged upon the most frivolous pretext , and our agents , who were sent out in a ...
Strana 18
... insulting and arbitrary manner , which re- quires redress . " This was the judgment of the President of the United States , as deliberately published to the world in his annual message . And so important did he deem the subject that he ...
... insulting and arbitrary manner , which re- quires redress . " This was the judgment of the President of the United States , as deliberately published to the world in his annual message . And so important did he deem the subject that he ...
Strana 22
... insults and annoy- ances , for which there was no redress , and proceeding through arbitrary decrees , which , though general in their language , were yet specific in their application , culminated at last in the use of military force ...
... insults and annoy- ances , for which there was no redress , and proceeding through arbitrary decrees , which , though general in their language , were yet specific in their application , culminated at last in the use of military force ...
Strana 23
... insults or annoyances could be practiced against foreigners in Para- guay without his knowledge and consent , is wholly inadmis- sible . Added to this , General Lopez ( or the government , which is the same thing ) is understood to be ...
... insults or annoyances could be practiced against foreigners in Para- guay without his knowledge and consent , is wholly inadmis- sible . Added to this , General Lopez ( or the government , which is the same thing ) is understood to be ...
Strana 25
... Insults of various kinds were offered the American residents . My wife , a native of the United States , was some months resident with me in Paraguay . Her health was very delicate , and the annoyances and insults she was obliged to ...
... Insults of various kinds were offered the American residents . My wife , a native of the United States , was some months resident with me in Paraguay . Her health was very delicate , and the annoyances and insults she was obliged to ...
Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny
Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví
affidavit agent alleged allowed American citizens amount applied Asuncion authority barrack Bowlin Buenos Ayres C. E. Hopkins Captain CARLOS ANTONIO LOPEZ cigar factory claim claimants commission commissioners conduct consul convention cost counsel cree damages decree demand despatch doubt el Señor Presidente employés enterprise ernment establishment Estados Unidos estimate evidence expedition expenditure expenses expulsion fact favor Ferguson government of Paraguay Governor Marcy guay injury insult interest introduced into Paraguay inventor judgment judicial justice labor land letter liability license Lieutenant Page Lieutenant Powell loss machinery Marcy ment mill Montevideo Morales officers operations outrages pany Paraguay Navigation Company Paraguay river Paraguayan government parties patent persons President Lopez privileges proceedings profits proof purchase question Republic of Paraguay respect San Antonio saw-mill says Secretary sold soldier South America steam testimony thousand dollars tion treaty United vessel Water Witch whole witness wrong
Oblíbené pasáže
Strana 32 - But we think the real answer to the objection is, that no wrongdoer can be allowed to apportion or qualify his own wrong ; and that as a loss has actually happened whilst his wrongful act was in operation and force, and which is attributable to his wrongful act, he cannot set up as an answer to the action the bare possibility of a loss, if his wrongful act had never been done.
Strana 111 - I The Government of the Republic of Paraguay binds itself for the responsibility in favor of the "United States and Paraguay Navigation Company," which may result from the decree of commissioners, who, it is agreed, shall be appointed as follows.
Strana 101 - The probable or possible benefits of a voyage, as yet in fieri, can never afford a safe rule by which to estimate damages in cases of marine trespass. There is so much uncertainty in the rule itself, so many contingencies which may vary or extinguish its application, and so many difficulties in sustaining its legal correctness, that the court can not believe it proper to entertain it.
Strana 37 - States believe it to be their duty, and they mean to execute it, to watch over the persons and property of their citizens visiting foreign countries, and to intervene for their protection when such action is justified by existing circumstances and by the law of nations. Wherever their citizens may go through the habitable globe, when they encounter injustice they may appeal to the government of their country, and the appeal will be examined into with a view to such action in their behalf as it may...