The moral effect of this volunteer action of the United States, with no offset of any active dissent by its opponent, becomes almost equivalent to completing that custom and assent of the civilized world which create International Law.
Reid discusses the moral impact of the U.S. volunteer action, equating it to the establishment of international law.
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Spain failed to maintain her title to the security she had pledged, but the lenders knew the instability of that security when they risked their money on it.
We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.
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