[206] Le Droit des Gens, Liv. IV. ch. 2, § 12.
[207] Letter to James H. Causten: Speech of Hon. John M. Clayton in the Senate of the United States, April 23 and 24, 1846, Appendix, No. 2: Congressional Globe, 29th Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, pp. 863, 864.
[208] William C. Preston to James H. Causten, January 29, 1844: Mr. Clayton’s Speech, Appendix, No. 3: Ibid., p. 864.
[209] Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 717.
[210] Ibid., p. 704.
[211] Ibid., p. 795.
[212] Senate Documents, 19th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 102, p. 7.
[213] Report, February 22, 1830: Senate Documents, 21st Cong. 1st Sess., No. 68, pp. 14, 15.
[214] Gourgaud’s Memoirs, Vol. II. p. 129.
[215] Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 561.