Views on the Free Navigation of the St. Lawrence, Reported |
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... America in Congress assembled , That the free navigation of the St. Lawrence river , for commercial purposes , demands the earnest at- tention of the American government ; and that it is highly desirable that it be secured to American ...
... America in Congress assembled , That the free navigation of the St. Lawrence river , for commercial purposes , demands the earnest at- tention of the American government ; and that it is highly desirable that it be secured to American ...
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... American commerce the right of freely navi- gating the St. Lawrence , and also joint resolutions of the legislature of the State of Michigan relative to the same subject , ASSENTING to the resolution reported by the committee , also ...
... American commerce the right of freely navi- gating the St. Lawrence , and also joint resolutions of the legislature of the State of Michigan relative to the same subject , ASSENTING to the resolution reported by the committee , also ...
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... American pioneer to the foot of the Alleghanies , has carried his descendants far over and beyond this barrier , and planted their habi- tations on the shores of those great lakes upon whose waters they now ask to be borne in their ...
... American pioneer to the foot of the Alleghanies , has carried his descendants far over and beyond this barrier , and planted their habi- tations on the shores of those great lakes upon whose waters they now ask to be borne in their ...
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... American law treatises and decisions are full of authority to this effect , and it is unnecessary to cite them . It is worthy of remark that Congress , as early as 1786 , affirmed this view in respect to the navigable waters leading ...
... American law treatises and decisions are full of authority to this effect , and it is unnecessary to cite them . It is worthy of remark that Congress , as early as 1786 , affirmed this view in respect to the navigable waters leading ...
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... American territory . It has been believed that the waters of Lake Erie can be made to flow into the Ohio . This idea is not altogether new ; for such a connexion , in the form of a canal , was the subject of correspondence between ...
... American territory . It has been believed that the waters of Lake Erie can be made to flow into the Ohio . This idea is not altogether new ; for such a connexion , in the form of a canal , was the subject of correspondence between ...
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Page 19 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland; also in the Gulf of St.
Page 11 - The navigation of the rivers along their whole course, referred to in the preceding article, from the point where each of them becomes navigable to its mouth, shall be entirely free, and shall not, in respect to commerce, be prohibited to any one ; it being understood that the regulations established with regard to the police of this navigation shall be respected, as they will be framed alike for all, and as favourable as possible to the commerce of all nations.
Page 6 - The navigation of the river Mississippi from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Page 10 - 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 state that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax. impost or duty, therefor.
Page 18 - A passage ought, also, to be granted for merchandise, and as this may, in common, be done without inconvenience, to refuse it, without just reason, is injuring a nation, and endeavouring to deprive it of the means of carrying on a trade with other States ; if the passage occasion any inconvenience, any expense for the preservation of canals and highways, it may be recompensed by the rights of toll.
Page 5 - Joint Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, relative to the State of the Union,
Page 10 - But it is inconceivable upon what just grounds a nation below can oppose the right of that above to pass through a great natural highway into the sea, that it may trade or hold intercourse with other .nations by their consent. From the very nature of such a river, it must, in respect' to its navigable uses, be considered as common to all the nations who inhabit its banks, as a free gift, flowing from the bounty of Heaven, intended for all whose lots are cast upon its borders...
Page 19 - In the course of the same section he declares, that upon "this foundation of common right a free passage through countries, rivers, or over any part of the sea, which belong to some particular people, ought to be allowed to those who require it for the necessary occasions of life, whether those occasions be in quest of settlements after being driven from their own country, or to trade with a remote nation".
Page 9 - ... society or nation, has been interdicted to the upper inhabitants, it has been an act of force by a stronger against a weaker party, and condemned by the judgment of mankind. The right of the upper inhabitants to the full use of the stream, rests upon the same imperious wants as that of the lower; upon the same intrinsic necessity of participating . in the benefits of this flowing element.
Page 18 - It must be remembered with regard to the straits that when they serve for a communication between two seas, the navigation of which is common to all or to many nations, he who possesses the strait cannot refuse others a passage through it, provided that passage be innocent and attended with no danger to the state.