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Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, on the French Spoliation Bill: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 20, 1851
In relation to the first excuse, that it would compromise our safety, and, it ht be, our ex istence, who, can doubt the fact? Hat it is a valid excuse for failing to execute a treaty, because it is likely to prove ruinous, is affirmed by the best au thorities On the subject. Vattel (book 2, ch. 12, s. 160) expressly lays down the doctrine, that if fa. Treaty is likely to be ruinous, and tends to com promise the safety of the country; the Govern ment is -not bound to carry it into execution, because no Government could' lawfully enter into such atreaty' if they knew beforehand it would turn out to; be ruinous We shall find presently that this is not merely precept but practice. Na tions have in such cases made that excuse, and the excuse has been considered legitimate.
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