He is dealing with Admiralty court and attempting to bring in Common Law. They don't hear that... That is all. Admiralty is based on negotiable instruments/contracts via acceptance/conditional acceptance... Anything other than acceptance is "contempt".
Printed copy · Anthology Volume 8, page 350Printed copy from The Tender For Law Anthology, Volume 8, page 350 (printed 13 June 2014). Added by this site; not part of the Facebook export.