But international law accepted the doctrine of continuous voyage, by which contraband could be taken anywhere on the high seas, provided, of course, that the blockader could prove his case.
But who recalls the arrival of a blockader at Charleston, Savannah, or Wilmington, when its ventures were not exposed at the auctions of Richmond, in time unreasonably short!
Now the exit of small craft equipped for torpedo attack is a much more serious threat to the blockader than the exit of small craft, not so equipped, was in the old days of close blockade.
My master was the captain of the Floridian, and we came out here to see if there was any blockader near, that had come up in the fog.
He had learned that several vessels were loading with cotton at Appalachicola, with the intention of running the blockade, if there was any blockader off Cape St. George.
The runner had reached the harbor safely; but there in channel lay a blockader in such a position that any ship coming in must pass within a hundred feet of her.
For a blockader off Charleston or Wilmington to be forced to return to Hampton Roads to coal or to make repairs, would entail the loss of weeks, perhaps months, of valuable time.
She made the run from Nassau to a point near the coast without adventure, and in the early gray of the morning was stealing up the coast towards the harbor, when a blockader caught sight of her, and started in pursuit.
I am of the opinion, therefore, that the modern gun is distinctly in favour of the blockaderas compared with the runner.
On the other hand, the blockader wishes to keep his position dark and will not use his light for fear of being seen; so it is useless to him.
They have seen the Bellevite on board of the Tallahatchie, and she has changed her course," said Graines, while Christy was still watching the movements of the blockader in the west.
We are out of the woods now, and there will be no trouble at all till some blockader stirs up the waters," said Christy.
The blockader to the westward continued to discharge her guns; but her people could see nothing, and her solid shot began to fall astern of the West Wind, and the Tallahatchie took no notice of her or her guns.
The Confederate steamer had sensibly increased her speed, and gave no attention whatever to the schooner or the blockader to the westward of her.
The blockader that fired that shot must have got a sight at the steamer, and she is still pegging away at her.
But ginerally hit's jest somebody who has a gredge agin the blockader fer family reasons, or business reasons, and turns informer to git even.
As for purity, all of the moonshine whiskey used to be pure, and much of it still is; but every blockader knows how to adulterate, and when one of them does stoop to such tricks he will stop at no halfway measures.
A blockader had shot at Jack Coburn, and a posse had arrested the would-be assassin--so flew the rumor, and it proved to be true.
It is quite impracticable for a blockader to age his whiskey.
The murmur was half a growl--for the group was not without its blockader or two--and half pure tribute to prompt achievement.
The group of elders regarded the old blockader with varying emotions, as he stood glaring with an ember-like ferocity which he genuinely believed to be righteous indignation.
The nearest blockader was fearfully close to us, and all seemed lost.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "blockader" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
