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" ... with the loss of a number of men killed and wounded. This enormity was not only without provocation or justifiable cause, but was committed with the avowed purpose of taking by force, from a ship of war of the United States... "
State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession ... - Page 49
1817
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The Edinburgh annual register

1810 - 602 pages
...taking, by force, from a ship of war of the United States, a part of her crew; and, that no circumstance might be wanting to mark its character, it had been...previously ascertained that the seamen demanded were natives of the United States. Having effected his purpose, he returned to anchor with. his squadron...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 1

Walter Scott - Europe - 1810 - 602 pages
...demanded were natives of the United States. Having effected his purpose, he returned to anchor with his squadron within our jurisdiction. Hospitality, under such circumstances, ceases to be a duty 5 and a continuance of it, with such uncontrolled abuses, would tend only, by multiplying injuries...
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Niles' National Register, Volume 1

1812 - 498 pages
...relui ned to an anchor with his squadron within our jurisdiction. Hospitality un der such circumstanues ceases to be a duty : and a continuance of it, with such uncontrolled abuses, would teiul only by multiplying injuries and i'lita tions, to bring on a rupture between the two nations....
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Niles' National Register, Volume 1

1816 - 514 pages
...warofthe t'ni ed Staffs, a part of lipr cre\v, and that no circumstance mig !it be wanting to murk its character, it had been previously ascertained...demanded were native citizens of' the United States. Having1 effected bis purpose, he returned to an anchor With his squutlron wi'hin our jurisdiction....
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The Olive Branch, Or, Faults on Both Sides, Federal and Democratic: A ...

Mathew Carey - Political parties - 1817 - 476 pages
...taking by force, from a ship of war of the United States, apart of her crew and that no circumstances might be wanting to mark its character, it had been...native citizens of the United States. Having effected his purpose, he returned to anchor with his 'squadron within our jurisdiction. Hospitality under such...
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The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by ..., Volume 4

William James - Great Britain - 1837 - 408 pages
...taking by force, from a ship of war of the United States, a part of her crew ; and, that no circumstance might be •wanting to mark its character, it had...previously ascertained that the seamen demanded were natives of the United States." The assertion here made about the want of provocation, or of justifiable...
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The naval history of Great Britain, from ... 1793, to ... 1820 ..., Volume 4

William James - 1859 - 504 pages
...taking by force, from a ship-of-war of the United States, a part of her crew ; and, that no circumstance might be wanting to mark its character, it had been...previously ascertained that the seamen demanded were natives of the United States." The assertion here made about the want of provocation, or of justifiable...
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A Sketch of the History of the United States from Independence to Secession

John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Kansas - 1862 - 440 pages
...interdicted the American harbours and waters to British armed vessels, dwelling on the fact that " it had been previously ascertained that the seamen...demanded were native citizens of the United States;" a point which was again insisted on in Mr. Madison's instructions to Mr. Monroe, then United States'...
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Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts ..., Volume 9

Virginia - Virginia - 1890 - 692 pages
...taking by force from a ship of war of the United States a part of her crew, and that no circumstance might be wanting to mark its character, it had been...of the United States. Having effected her purpose, the vessel returned to anchor with her squadron within our jurisdiction. Hospitality under such circumstances...
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Historical Documents

Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1875 - 664 pages
...taking by force, from a ship of war of the United States, a part of her crew, and that no circumstance might be wanting to mark its character, it had been...native citizens of the United States. Having effected his purpose, he returned to anchor within our jurisdiction. Hospitality under such circumstances ceases...
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