Letter
HOAR, Attorney-General to Edwards Pierrepont , United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, November 30, 1869
[790] *Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General, to Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney.
Attorney-General’s Office, Washington, November 30, 1869.
Sir: It is no part of the purpose of the President to submit to the courts the question of the recognition of belligerent rights in any foreign country. That is a public question which is to be decided by the political department of the Government, and, when so decided, the courts will adopt and follow their decision.
The wishes of the President have been communicated to you by the Secretary of State in respect to the libels against the gun-boats, and it is my wish that, as intimated in your letter, you shall be governed by them until you receive some further instructions.
Very respectfully,
E. R. HOAR,
Attorney-General.
Attorney-General.
Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, United States Attorney, Southern District of New York.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.