Excerpt from A Speech Delivered in the House of Commons, in the Debate on the North American Blockade: Tuesday, March 7, 1862 One' might-infer, that this question ought to be looked at as if the blockade ofi the whole coast of America were one single thing, and as if, with'the absence of Sufficient force on any single point, the whole blockade was gone. There is not the least foundation for that idea. It may be quite true - in fact, it is clear from the papers - that there were many parts at which from the first, or at ...
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Excerpt from A Speech Delivered in the House of Commons, in the Debate on the North American Blockade: Tuesday, March 7, 1862 One' might-infer, that this question ought to be looked at as if the blockade ofi the whole coast of America were one single thing, and as if, with'the absence of Sufficient force on any single point, the whole blockade was gone. There is not the least foundation for that idea. It may be quite true - in fact, it is clear from the papers - that there were many parts at which from the first, or at least during considerable periods, the blockade was not efficiently maintained. But if there Were some parts which were blockaded, the blockade was perfectly good as to those places, although with regard to other points of the coast it could not be said to exist. I wonder that my Hon. Friend the member for Galwayj'i in referring to Chancellor Kent's work, did not perceive that there was another passage Connected with one which he read The invest ing power, it is there stated, must be able to place its force at every point of the blockaded place, so as to render it dangerous to attempt to enter. There is no blockade of that part where its power can not be brought to bear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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