[DiogenesLamp]

As I have been saying, that Soil thing is just a means of grabbing people and pressing them into subjugation.

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a scriptural view of the character, causes, and ends of the present war. By alexander mcleod, d.d. (1815)

[DiogenesLamp]

Now I have a better understanding of why Rawle lied.

http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/rawle_wm.html

An ardent abolitionist, Rawle became a member of the Maryland Society promoting abolition in 1792 and then its president in 1818; he also argued against the constitutionality of slavery before the state supreme court in 1805.

So he was lying in a good cause. The Vattel definition was absolutely incompatible with his goals.

http://books.google.com/books?id=X_w_AAAAYAAJ&pg