...question that presented itself: that of " the support and perpetuation of the African slave trade.'53 1 " The undersigned again renounces, as he has already...peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas during...

...question that presented itself: that of " the support and perpetuation of the African slave trade." 3 1 "The undersigned again renounces, as he has already...peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas during...

...question that presented itself: that of "the support and perpetuation of the African slave trade."1 1 " The undersigned again renounces, as he has already...peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas during...

...the support and perpetuation of the African slave trade." * 1 " The undersigned again renounces, aa he has already done in the most explicit terms, any...peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas during...

...friend Sir Eichard Webster, to read this next passage for me. Sir RICHARD WEBSTER. — He goes on: The Undersigned again renounces, as he has already...the British Government to search American vessels iu time of peaee. The right of search, except when specially conceded by Treaty, is a purely belligerent...

...Secretary Aberdeen had informed Edward Everett, in December 1841, that his government renounced the right "to search American vessels in time of peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right." This distinction between the right of visit and...

...question that presented itself: that of " the support and perpetuation of the African slave trade." 3 1 " The undersigned again renounces, as he has already...peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and can have no existence on the high seas during...

...of the government of which he is the organ, may be judged of exclusively from his own declarations. "The undersigned again renounces, as he has already...terms, any right on the part of the British government to seach Ameri' can vessels in time of peace. The right of search, except when specially conceded by...

...of definition than of principle." Lord Aberdeen, in his nole to you of the 20th of December, says, "the undersigned again renounces, as he has already done in the most explicil terms, any right on the part of the British government to search American vessels in time...