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. 1806 Excerpt: ...to neutral commerce; for it is easy to conceal under a general cargo of permitted goods, small parcels of a contraband kind; and so extensive is the trade of the colonies, in proportion to their demand of naval stores, that contributions from each neutral ship that arrives, small enough to pass as part of her own ...
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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. 1806 Excerpt: ...to neutral commerce; for it is easy to conceal under a general cargo of permitted goods, small parcels of a contraband kind; and so extensive is the trade of the colonies, in proportion to their demand of naval stores, that contributions from each neutral ship that arrives, small enough to pass as part of her own provision for the voyage, will make up an adequate total. But so great has been the audacity of the neutral merchants, that they have actually sent ships constructed solely for the purposes of war, and pierced for the reception of guns, to the Havannah, and other ports of our enemies, for sale; and though it may astonish the reader, American claims for such vessels, when taken on the voyage, have been pertinaciously prosecuted, not only in our vice admiralty courts, but afterward in the court of appeals. The argument was, that, though by our treaty with America, th& materials of naval architecture are prohibited goods, yet ships ready built, not being expressly enumerated in the contraband catalogue, might be lawfully sent to our enemies, whether for cart riage or sale, Let us next regard this spurious neutral commerce in another view, as a great discouragement to our naval service. Case of the Brutus, Rutherford, master, at the Cockpit;, Jury, 1804. The wise, liberal, and efficacious policy of this country, has been, to vest the property of maritime prizes wholly in the captors; and hence, much of the vigilance, activity, and enterprize, that have so long characterized the British navy. Let us give full credit to our gallant officers, for that disinterested patriotism, and that love of glory, which ought to be the main springs of military character, and which they certainly possess in a most eminent degree. But it would be romantic and absurd, ...
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