Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶18

That it may be, and often is, used as an instru.ment of war, cannot be denied. An embargo may be imposed for the purpose of facilitating the equipment or manning of a fleet,, or for the purpose of concealing the progress of an expedition preparing to sail from a particular port. In these, and in similar cases, it is a military instrument, and -partakes of the. nature of war. But all émbargóes are not of this déscription. They are sometimes resorted to without a view to war, and with a single view, to commerce. In such case, an embargo is np more a war measure, than a merchantman is a'ship of:war, because both áre vessels, which ^navigate the ocean; with sails and seamen.

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 22, at 1 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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