A Letter ... on the Political Relations of Russia, in Regard to Turkey, Greece, and France ... with Strictures on Mr. Thornton's Present State of Turkey
A Letter ... on the Political Relations of Russia, in Regard to Turkey, Greece, and France ... with Strictures on Mr. Thornton's Present State of Turkey
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...either by treaty or by long possession. Treaty can only apply to a portion of a country ceded, whether voluntarily or compulsalively, by the sovereign power." "It hns been said, that as long possession of a country gives an indisputable right of dominion, and that as this right of the Turks to their possessions has ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...either by treaty or by long possession. Treaty can only apply to a portion of a country ceded, whether voluntarily or compulsalively, by the sovereign power." "It hns been said, that as long possession of a country gives an indisputable right of dominion, and that as this right of the Turks to their possessions has also been acknowledged by all nations in their treaties, the aborigines have lost all their claim to independence.--As to treaties between the Turks and other nations, who had no right to dispose of the countries usurped by the Turks, they cannot be binding to the Greeks, who never were consulted, who j never toever signed such treaties nor consented to their being signed." When one nation conquers another, and they become incorporated, by having th6 same rights, the same religion, the same language, and being blended together by intermarriages, a Jong series of years renders them one people. Who can in England distinguish the Aborigines from the Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans.and other foreigners? They are all Englishmen." The Greeks were conquered by the Turks, but they were (like all other nations they conquered) attacked by them without provocation. It was not a war for injury or insult received, for jealousy of power, or the support of an ally, contests which ought to end when satisfaction or submission is obtained: it was a war, having for its aim, conquest, and for its principle, a tight to the dominion of the whole earth; a war which asserted that all other sovereigns were usurpers, and that the deposing and putting them to death was a sacred duty. Do the, laws of nations (jus gentium establish F that. that such a conque$t gives right of possession? They, on the contrary, declare such conquest usurpation." "T...
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