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"that interest" and "policy"
and
"Muckness, one of the Mottoes
of foreign Merchants. By the
rulings of
Our Statesmen
the
Opinion of one jurist, the declaration
of our
writers on International
Law, and the instruction of our Government, United States Consuls
are directed on their duties, and
the
neglect of
one to perform
that duty is no justification
for neglect in another; and
for me to remark here, it is permitted
to say, that
in making the claim that I
have made, to jurisdiction exer-
cised difficulties that take place on
board of our vessels,
between their
Officers
and crews,
I do it without
any feeling of unfriendliness or antagonism to this Government, but simply
because I deem those matters to
be strictly in the line of my duty. And I cannot therefore regard the
predecessors or
Commission of my
Consuls
of any other Nation as a criterion. I might refer to many
similar
instances in which our
Consuls
have uniformly exercised the
jurisdiction. I have wished to
be permitted to exercise, but I shall merely refer to that
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