...being found on the high seas and being suspected of carrying enemy's dispatches ; and that consequently this American cruiser might, by our own principles...packet, search her, and if the Southern men and their dispatches and credentials were found on board, either take them out, or seize the packet and carry...

...international law, stop the West Indian packet, search her, and if the Southern men and their dispatches and credentials were found on board, either take them...the packet and carry her back to New York for trial. Such being the opinion of our men learned in the law, we have determined to do no more than to order...

...American cruiser might, by our own principles of international law, stop the West India packet, seajph her, and if the Southern men and their despatches...the packet and carry her back to New York for trial. Such being the opinion of our men learned in the law, we have determined to do no more than to order...

...being found on the high seas and being snspected of carrying enemy's despatches; and that consequently this American cruiser might, by our own principles of international law, stop the West India packet, search her, and if the Southern men and their despatches and credentials were found on...

...accepted English principles of law, might stop the Trent, search her, and if Messrs. Mason and Slidell, their despatches and credentials, were found on board,...packet and carry her back to New York for trial." l The Premier, fully advised as to the law in the case, was thus doing his utmost to prevent the occurrence...

...accepted English principles of law, might stop the Trent, search her, and if Messrs. Mason and Slidell, their despatches and credentials, were found on board,...packet and carry her back to New York for trial." ' The Premier, fully advised as to the law in the case, was thus doing his utmost to prevent the occurrence...

...being found on the high seas and being suspected of carrying enemy's despatches; and that consequently this American cruiser might, by our own principles...the packet and carry her back to New York for trial. Such being the opinion of our men learned in the law, we have determined to do no more than to order...

...being found on the high seas and being suspected of carrying enemy's despatches; and that consequently this American cruiser might, by our own principles...the packet and carry her back to New York for trial. The Chancellor was Lord Westbury, and he and Dr. Lushington, the celebrated Admiralty Judge, constituted...

...being found on the high seas and being suspected of carrying enemy's despatches ; and that consequently this American cruiser might, by our own principles...the packet and carry her back to New York for trial. Such being the opinion of our men learned in the law, we have determined to do no more than to order...

...November, 1911, "The Trent Affair," by Mr. Charles Francis Adams, p. 54. despatches; and that consequently this American cruiser might, by our own principles...packet and carry her back to New York for trial." The opinion of November 11 so historically correct did not long endure. It was not difficult for the...