Neutral Relations of England and the United States (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Neutral Relations of England and the United States The following thoughts are thrown out with the sole intent of affording aid towards a right understanding of this matter, and whether they shall be found acceptable as true exponents of it, or lead to reply or refutation tending to a more correct and satisfactory exposition, the purpose of their presentation to the public will be equally well answered. The duties of neutrality are regulated by the laws of na tions, and it is only when these are substantially violated that any just cause of complaint exists. But many nations, and among them England and the United States, have enacted statutes termed Neutrality Acts, or Foreign Enlistment Laws, for the purpose of compelling their respective subjects to conform to the laws of nations, and to forbear from interfering in wars between them, under various pains and penalties. These enactments, however, are merely municipal laws, which foreign nations have no power to en force, nor to punish the infraction of, and the breach of which, in ordinary cases, they have no right to complain of, unless it] involve one of the laws of nations, and then only to that extent and on that exclusive ground or unless the fail ure, on the part of the neutral, to enforce obedience to them, indicate a substantial departure from that impartiality which is of the essence of neutrality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.