M`KEAN, Chief Justice.
On the circumstances of this case, two points arise:
1st, Whether the appellant ought to receive any compensation, or not? And
2dly, Whether this Court can grant the relief which is claimed?
Upon the first point we are to be governed by reason, by the law of nations, and by precedents...
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