Francis H. Upton
Published: 2016-09-02
Total Pages: 536
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Excerpt from The Law of Nations Affecting Commerce During War: With a Review of the Jurisdiction, Practice and Proceedings of Prize Courts IT was fortunate for the wellbeing of the United States, when the standard of rebellion was raised to overthrow the government, that the direction and management of its naval affairs should have been committed to the present distinguished head of that department. Under the judicious guidance, incomparable energy, and rare ad ministrative capacity, which he has brought to the service, the world has witnessed with admiring wonder, the amazing change which a few brief months have wrought in the naval power Of the nation. From a condition of humiliating insignificance and inefficiency, in which he found it (induced mainly by the jealous and uniform hostility to its encouragement and increase, on the part of the slave holding section of the Union, which, in the name Of democracy, had hitherto controlled the affairs of the government), out of the great exigencies and boundless resources of the nation, it has suddenly started into life - a gigantic and invincible power - even as Minerva is said to have sprung, all armed, from the head of Jove. Its achievements in the reduction of fortresses, hitherto deemed ini pregnable to the assault of naval armaments, have become memorable epochs in naval history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.