 | Daniel Webster - 1848 - 414 strani
...say whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, viz., "a necessity of self-defense, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means,...now past since this occurrence ; there has been time tor the public to deliberate upon it calmly, and I believe I may take it to be the opinion of candid... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1848 - 414 strani
...the "Caroline" is to be defended. It will be for that government to show a necessity of self-defense, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. It will be for it to show, also, that the local authorities of Canada, even supposing the necessity... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 658 strani
...national law the destruction of the " Caroline " is to be defended. It will be for that government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. It will be for it to show, also, that the local authorities of Canada, even supposing the necessity... | |
 | Robert Phillimore - 1857 - 668 strani
...admitted by Lord Ashburton, that to justify a hostile entrance upon neutral territory, there must exist a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. (a) Dumont, Corps Dipl., VI. ip 129, and vi. ii. p. 76. (A) The ships taken at Genoa, 4 Rob., p. 403.... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 732 strani
...admitted by Lord Ashburton, that to justify a hostile entrance upon neutral territory, there must exist a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. (d) 5 Rob. Rep. 385 d. ershoek to this extent ; that if a vessel-refused to submit to visitation and... | |
 | Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown - 1862 - 532 strani
...national law, the destruction of The Caroline is to be defended. It will be for that government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means and no moment for deliberation. It will be for it to show, also, that the local authorities of Canada, even supposing the necessity... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1865 - 686 strani
...after, Mr. Webster, writing to Lord Ashburton, says : " It will be for the English government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...choice of means and no moment for deliberation."* Lord Ashburton, maintaining, in. reply, that respect for the inviolable character of the territory... | |
 | James Kent - 1866 - 724 strani
...admitted by Lord Ashburton, that, to justify a hostile entrance upon neutral territory, there mast exist a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. (d) 5 Rob. Adm. 385, d. which were uninhabited, like the little mud islands before the * mouth of the... | |
 | James Kent - 1866 - 516 strani
...attack upon the Caroline went beyond the limits of the law that allows an act of this kind, under the necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation; that it was an attack upon a passenger ship, and on unarmed passengers and crew, and at night; that... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1874 - 802 strani
...to this admission, he says in the same despatch : " It will be for her majesty's government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means and no moment for deliberation. It will be for it to show, also, that the local authorities of Canada, even supposing the necessity... | |
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Government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. 
