[270] A Decade of American Foreign Policy, S. Doc. 123, 81st Cong., 1st sess., 158.
[271] United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. 385, 393 (1868).
[272] 7 Op. Atty. Gen. 168 (1855).
[273] It was so assumed by Senator William Maclay. See Journal of William Maclay (New York, 1890), 109-110.
[274] 5 Benton, Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, 90-91; 3 Letters and Other Writings of James Madison (Philadelphia, 1867), 350-353, 360-371.
[275] 10 Stat. 619, 623.
[276] 7 Op. Atty. Gen. 220.
[277] 35 Stat. 672; see also The act of March 1, 1893, 27 Stat. 497, which purported to authorize the President to appoint ambassadors in certain cases.
[278] 22 U.S.C. §§ 1-231.
[279] 11 Benton, Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, 221-222.