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of the utter inapplicability of the Extradition Treaty,
to modify my nor in anywise views as to the mode to I procedure appropriate, to such of case as the present.
of my mind was That conviction founded on the well recognized principle in international law, (and which the Attorney General seems to have overlooked) that there are certain acts which are declared piratical, and even considered piracy, by the internal laws of a State to which the law of nations does not attach the same signification; and which acts are not jure Gentium. And, that it is not by force of international law that those who commit those piratical acts are tried and punished, but in Consequence of special laws that assimilate them to pirates, and which can only be applied by the State that has enacted them, and them with reference to its own subject, and within its own jurisdiction. It was in conformity with this view that in my first note, of April, I designated the acts of these men as "Piratical and felonious". From this the Attorney General assumes "piracy, jure gentium" and it will be noted that I have, in full conformity with the above mentioned principle, asked for nothing