[76] Bancroft’s History of the United States, vol. i., pp. 342-350.

[77] Carlier, History of the American People, vol i., p. 300.

[78] Elements of International Law (Fr. tr.), vol. i., p. 50.

[79] Vol. xii., p. 12.

[80] See the histories of Bancroft and Carlier.

[81] Heffter, Le droit international publique, par. 52, p. 104.

[82] Wheaton, vol. i., par. 12, p. 25; Heffter, par. 8, p. 16.

[83] Revue de droit international, vol. xi., pp. 258, 259.

[84] See manifesto of President Monroe, of December 2, 1823.

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