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THE CASE
OF
THE UNITED STATES,
LAID BEFORE THE
TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION,
CONVENED AT GENEVA,
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, CONCLUDED AT
WASHINGTON, MAY 8, 1871.
II. THE UNFRIENDLY COURSE PURSUED BY GREAT BRITAIN TOWARD THE
UNITED STATES FROM THE OUTBREAK TO THE CLOSE OF THE INSURREC-
TION.
Relations of the United States with Great Britain prior to 1860
Friendly relations of the two Governments in 1860...
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Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln......................
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Secession of Georgia and other States ...
Opposition to the territorial limitation of slavery the cause of seces-
sion
A party in the South opposed to secession ....
The British government informed of his purposes.
Lord John Russell promises to await Mr. Adams's arrival before acting.
The surrender of Fort Sumter.....
The insurgents to issue letters of marque..
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Proclamation giving notice of blockade.
Objects of that proclamation.....
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The joint action of France invited by Great Britain..
When the President's proclamation was received in Great Britain...
Opinion of law officers taken on an imperfect copy.
Her Majesty's government decide on the first of May to recognize a
state of war
Lord John Russell and the insurgent commissioners discuss the recog- nition of southern independence......
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Communication with the French government....
52 27
Answers of the French government...
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When the President's proclamation was received by Great Britain.....
The sovereign right to issue such a proclamation not denied
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It was an unfriendly act...
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Geneva Present
TION-Continued.
And issued with an unfriendly purpose
M. Rolin-Jacquemyns on the Queen's proclamation.......
Unfriendly conduct of Great Britain as to the declarations of the con-
gress of Paris..................
The instructions to Lord Lyons might have been regarded as a cause
of war....
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Former negotiations regarding the declarations of the congress of
Paris...
Lord Lyons's interview with Mr. Seward...
Termination of negotiations with the United States.
Great Britain desired to legalize privateering....
Negotiations at Richmond
Mr. Adams's comments
Contrast between conduct of Great Britain toward the United States
in the Trent affair, and toward violators of British neutrality in the insurgent interest
M. Rolin-Jacquemyns on British neutrality
Proof of the unfriendly feeling of members of the British cabinet and
Parliament
Conclusions
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III. THE DUTIES WHICH GREAT BRITAIN, AS A NEUTRAL, SHOULD HAVE OBSERVED TOWARD THE UNITED STATES.
The Queen's proclamation a recognition of obligations under the law of nations
Great Britain has recognized its obligations in various ways.
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The obligations recognized by the foreign enlistment act of 1819..... 105 47
Municipal laws designed to aid a government in the performance of
international duties
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History of the foreign enlistment act of 1819...
Great Britain bound to perform the duties recognized by that act....
Royal commission to revise the foreign enlistment act of 1819
Report of that commission
International law is a part of the common law of England..
Duties recognized by the Queen's proclamation of neutrality
Definition of neutrality
Duties recognized by instructions to British officials during the insur-
rection
125
Correspondence between the two governments in 1793-'94..
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Treaty of November 19, 1794.....
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Construction of that treaty by the commissioners appointed under it.
The neutrality laws of the United States enacted at the request of
Great Britain ...
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