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of  tbe  direct  permisBion  of  the  State.  Who  can  be  insensible  to  the
consequenocfl  that  might  follow^  if  eyery  person  in  time  of  war  had  a
right  to  carry  on  a  commercial  intercourse  with  the  enemy,  and,  under
colour  of  that,  had  the  means  of  carrying  on  any  other  species  of  inter-
couise  he  might  think  fit  f  The  inconyenience  to  the  public  might  be
extreme ;  and  where  is  the  inconyenience,  on  the  other  side,  that  the
merchant  should  be  compelled  in  such  a  situation  of  the  two  countries
to  cany  on  his  trade  between  them  (if  necessary^  under  the  eye  and  con-
trol of  the  goyemment  charged  with  the  care  or  the  public  safety.
