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Admitting the inviolability of neutral waters, it does not follow that such a vessel could be claimed, or, if Brazil were so ill-advised as to make such a claim, that our Government could hearken to it.
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He argues that admitting the inviolability of neutral waters does not justify claims on a piratical vessel.
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