FOOTNOTES
[1] Case of Plau, French Consul-General at New York.
[2] April 30, 1864: A Bill to provide for the greater Efficiency of the Civil-Service of the United States. Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1985; also, ante, Vol. XI. p. 278, seqq.
[3] Times, December 31, 1870. Executive Documents, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, Foreign Relations, p. 368.
[4] James, iii. 17.
[5] Speech, February 14th: Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1016.
For the portion of the Speech referred to, setting forth the authorities on this subject, see Appendix (A), pp. 41-44.
[6] Law of Nations, p. 281.
[7] 7 Wheaton, R., 487.
[8] See Appendix (A), pp. 43, 44.