Usa "contestation" in una frase

1. Erskine, the question was not even made a matter of contestation; and, sir, from an examination of the Executive papers, from the date of the order of the blockade, down to the present session of Congress, I have not been able to discover a single paper remonstrating against the order, or insisting on its revocation, nor do I know of a single case of the condemnation of an American vessel under its operation

2. Fox is authorized to form a treaty, and obtained by him for the purpose, it must be viewed in a very favorable light; it seems clearly to put an end to further seizures, on the principle which has heretofore been in contestation

3. said, and the House might rely on it, the sentiment of the people of these States—it might be of some comparatively small, and therefore only insignificant section of the community—that we should enter into a contestation with France and England for property in their subjects