...doctrines thnt had nearly lost their authority. The great principle, especially, that every vessel is a part of the territory of the nation to which she belongs, and curries its sovereignly along with her, upon the high seas, or even Into a friendly foreign port, so...

...approbation, that, if a vessel be driven by necessity into a port strictly blockaded, this necessity is a good defence, and exempts her from penalty. A vessel...to the land, or even into port, those who have, or who ought to have, control over her struggling all the while to keep her upon the high seas, and so...

...that necessity exempted the vessel from all penalty and all hazard : that a vessel on the high seas is regarded as part of the territory of the nation to which she belongs, and subject to its exclusive jurisdiction; and if it be forced by such necessity into a forcign port, her...

...expounder of international law, in his official correspondence with Lord Ashburton, declared that " a vessel on the high seas, beyond the distance of...the territory of the nation to which she belongs." He also, in a subsequent letter to the same functionary, held the following language : " The ocean...

...in supposing that the power of the commander in this respect arises from the ship being considered as part of the territory of the nation to which she belongs, whereas it arises from the will of the sovereign whose commission she bears, and the acquiescence of...

...in supposing that the power of the commander in this respect arises from the ship being considered as part of the territory of the nation to which she belongs, whereas it arises from the will of the sovereign whose commission she bears, and the acquiescence of...

...rule which exists from necessity is applied, that every vessel on the high seas is constructively a part of the territory of the nation to which she belongs, and its laws are operative on board of her. In this respect the case is new. There can be no question that...

...Mr. Webster to Mr. Everett, June 29, 1842. See discussion in 2 Beaton's Thirty years in US Senate. "A vessel on the high seas, beyond the distance of...belongs, and subjected exclusively to the jurisdiction ofthat nation, if, against the will of her master or owner, she be driven or carried nearer to the...

...Webster, in his tetter to Lord Ashburton, quoted in "VVheaton's Law of Nations, infra, § 38, says : ' A vessel on the high seas, beyond the distance of...nation. If against the will of her master or owner slie be driven or carried nearer to the land, or even into port, those who have, or ought to have control...

...at Parts, to Baron Pasquier, minister of foreign affairs, June 28, 1821; 2 Gallatin's Writings, 186. "A vessel on the high seas, beyond the distance of a marine league from the sbore, is regarded as part of the territory of the nation to which she belongs, and subjected exclusively...