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It is not enough that there are ships duly commissioned to take prizes, there must also be courts to try them; and the latter are not less important than the former.
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He asserts that both the existence of commissioned ships and courts are essential for lawful prize-taking.
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Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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