Charles Sumner: “Great Britain must produce, then, an exception in the Law of Nations…”

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Great Britain must produce, then, an exception in the Law of Nations in favor of the right she contends for.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner challenges Great Britain to provide a legal exception that justifies their stance in international law regarding the capture of emissaries.

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Charles Sumner: “Great Britain must produce, then, an exception in the Law of Nations in favor of the right she contends for.”