Peter Vivian Daniel, United States v. Reading — Dissent
“ The only obligations sustained by the United States to the citizens of Mexico are those which, by their substitution for the government of Mexico, the former have by express stipulation or by necessary implication assumed. ”
Peter Vivian Daniel, United States v. Reading — Dissent
“ Should he violate such obligation, and become a rebel or traitor to that government, he not only can have no merits in the view of that government, but he becomes obnoxious to the forfeiture of both property and life. ”
Peter Vivian Daniel, United States v. Reading — Dissent
“ Were the appellee urging a claim as one deduced from the government of the United States, and originating in services rendered to them, he might then plead his merits with reference to this government in support of his title; but he is claiming a title from Mexico under the stress of Mexican laws; and he proves that by those laws, as they would be under like circumstances by the laws of every country-by the first of all laws, that of self-preservation-his pretensions must be repudiated and condemned. ”
