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State De partment Archives. 1809. NAPOLEON'S TRIUMPH. 137 At first Napoleon seemed to feel no occasion for altering his course. After reading Armstrong's letter, he dictated May 18 a reply which was to serve as the legal argument to justify his refusal of con- cessions. His decrees were founded on eternal prin- ciples, and could not be revoked : — " The seas belong to all nations. Every vessel sailing under the flag of any nation whatever, recognized and avowed by it, ought to be on the ocean a...s if it were in its own ports. The flag flying from the mast of a merchant- man ought to be respected as though it were on the top of a village steeple. ... To insult a merchant- vessel carrying the flag of any Power is to make an incursion into a village or a colony belonging to that Power. His Majesty declares that he considers the vessels of all na- tions as floating colonies belonging to the said nations. In result of this principle, the sovereignty and indepen- dence of one nation are a property of its neighbors.
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