Substance of an Argument of Samuel F. Vinton, for the Defendants, in the Case of the Commonwealth of Virginia Vs. Peter M. Garner and Others, for an Alleged Abduction of Certain Slaves: Delivered Before the General Court of Virginia, at Its December Term, 1845 |
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... presents a simple question of boun- dary between the two States , and must be settled in the same way , and by the same law and principles that would govern it , if the present were an indictment against the De- fendants for stealing a ...
... presents a simple question of boun- dary between the two States , and must be settled in the same way , and by the same law and principles that would govern it , if the present were an indictment against the De- fendants for stealing a ...
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... present bound - tion of Kings . Enough had been discovered ary line between the United States and Mex - by navigators to excite their hopes , and great- ico . The other or North West line , would ly to deceive them as to the real extent ...
... present bound - tion of Kings . Enough had been discovered ary line between the United States and Mex - by navigators to excite their hopes , and great- ico . The other or North West line , would ly to deceive them as to the real extent ...
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... presents the question , how much of the granted Country did the Crown of England must resort to those principles , which have been settled by the law of Nations . It is a rule of that law , that the first finder and ac- tual permanent ...
... presents the question , how much of the granted Country did the Crown of England must resort to those principles , which have been settled by the law of Nations . It is a rule of that law , that the first finder and ac- tual permanent ...
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... present the petition . They proceed to expatiate in strong and eloquent language on the intolerable abuses of the old corpora- tion , and on their comparative happiness and prosperity under their new government.- They deny that they or ...
... present the petition . They proceed to expatiate in strong and eloquent language on the intolerable abuses of the old corpora- tion , and on their comparative happiness and prosperity under their new government.- They deny that they or ...
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... present ning prefaces them , with the remark , that " a more correct statistical account of Virginia , " at that period , cannot , perhaps any where " be found . The answers appear to have been " given with great Candor , and were from ...
... present ning prefaces them , with the remark , that " a more correct statistical account of Virginia , " at that period , cannot , perhaps any where " be found . The answers appear to have been " given with great Candor , and were from ...
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Page 28 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 17 - Company; as also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea from the west and northwest...
Page 7 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia.
Page 6 - When a great river is the boundary between two nations or states, if the original property is in neither, and there be no convention respecting it, each holds to the middle of the stream. But when, as in this case, one State is the original proprietor, and grants the territory on one side only, it retains the river within its own domain, and the newly created State extends to the river only.
Page 3 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 7 - ... or Point Comfort all along the sea coast to the northward two hundred miles, and from the said point of Cape Comfort all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid...
Page 7 - Cape Comfort, all along the seacoast, to the southward, two hundred miles ; and all that space and circuit of land lying from the seacoast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from s.ea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 17 - And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described, or upon any other lands which, not having been ceded to or purchased by us, are still reserved to the said Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such settlements.
Page 21 - ... that it be earnestly recommended to these states who have claims to the western country, to pass such laws, and give their delegates in Congress such powers, as may effectually remove the only obstacle to a final ratification of the articles of confederation...
Page 7 - In great questions which concern the boundaries of States, where great natural boundaries are established in general terms, with a view to public convenience and the avoidance of controversy, we think the great object, where it can be distinctly perceived, ought not to be defeated by those technical perplexities which may sometimes influence contract between individuals.