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First
of all, the very description of word used “Preserve”
which is a form that we are more accustomed to use in laws than in treaties
is an expression of one giving a command, not of one addressing an entreaty.
In the next place, as the majesty of the one people is ordered to be
preserved and no mention is made of the other, most certainly that people is
placed on the higher footing and in the superior condition whose majesty is
defended by the sanction of the treaty. And in respect of this the
interpretation of the prosecutor is quite undeserving of any reply, who said
that the expression “with courtesy and respect,” meant
the same as “respectively” just as if he were explaining
some ancient and nearly obsolete word. Men are called courteous, kind,
affable, pleasant. “
A man who courteously points out the way to a wanderer:
”—good-naturedly, not sulkily;—“respectively” has surely no connection with the rest of the sentence, or with the subject.
”—good-naturedly, not sulkily;—“respectively” has surely no connection with the rest of the sentence, or with the subject.
