The Dashing Wave’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “We think it was the plain duty of a. neutral claiming to be engaged in trade with Matamoras, under circumstances which warranted close observation by the blockading squadron, to keep his vessel, while discharging or receiving cargo, so clearly on. the neutral side of the boundary line as to repel, so far as position could repel, all imputation of intent to break the blockade. He had no right to take, voluntarily, a position in the immediate presence of the blockading fleet, from which merchandise might be so easily introduced into the blockaded region. We do not say that neglect of duty, in this respect, on the part of the brig, especially in the absence of positive evidence that the neglect was wilful, calls for condemnation ; but we cannot doubt that under the circumstances described, capturing and sending in for adjudication was fully warranted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Olinde Rodrigues