[16] 8 Geo. II. c. 30.
[17] 10 & 11 Vict. c. 21.
[18] Commentaries, I. 178.
[19] Triggs v. Preston: Clarke and Hall, Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, pp. 78-80.
[20] Letters to Perry and Babcock,—Report on the Memorial of Davis Hatch, pp. 90, 136: Senate Reports, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., No. 234.
[21] Digest. Lib. L. Tit. xvii.: De diversis regulis juris antiqui, 19.
[22] Elements of International Law, Part III. Ch. 2, § 6, ed. Lawrence; § 266, ed. Dana.
[23] Halleck, International Law, Ch. VI. § 9.
[24] Speech in the House of Lords, February 5, 1839: Times, Feb. 6th.
[25] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 17, p. 12.