...open war. On June 1 he sent his recommendation to Congress. In it he charged that British cruisers had been "in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and seizing persons sailing under it; that British cruisers also violated the process of the courts, and...

...series of acts, hostile to the United States as an independent and neutral nation. British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the...seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it; . . . The practice . . . is so far from affecting British subjects alone, that, under pretext of searching...

...open war. On June 1 he sent his recommendation to Congress. In it he charged that British cruisers had been "in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and seizing persons sailing under it; that British cruisers also violated the process of the courts, and...

...met, and the president's message was decidedly hostile. It began by charging that British cruisers had been in the continued practice of violating the American...seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it. This was the first time the government of the United States had alleged impressment as its chief grievance,...

...met, and the president's message was decidedly hostile. It began by charging that British cruisers had been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the greai highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it. This was the first...

...upon British ships of war. President Madison, in a message of June 1, 1812, said: "British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the...great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying of! persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations...

...Congress. In reciting the grievances of the United States, the President thrust into the foreground " the continued practice of violating the American flag...seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it." No one could deny that these were real grievances, but they had not been pressed in recent negotiations...

...forth in President Madison's war message of June 1, 1812, were principally that: "British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the...seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it. * * * Under pretended blockades, without the presence of an adequate force, and sometimes without the...

...series of acts hostile to the United States as an independent and neutral nation. British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the...seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it. ... Under the pretext of searching for British subjects, thousands of American citizens, under the...

...met, and the president's message was decidedly hostile. It began by charging that British cruisers had been in the continued practice of violating the American...seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it. This was the first time the government of the United States had alleged impressment as its chief grievance,...