 | United States. Continental Congress - Constitutional history - 1821 - 474 pages
..."navigation of the river Mississippi," and proposing a resolution intended to remove such apprehensions, Resolved, That the said report, not being founded...free navigation of the river Mississippi is a clear ana essential right of the United States, and that the same ought to be considered and supported as... | |
 | Theodore Lyman - United States - 1828 - 500 pages
...Congress dismissed this tedious and vexatious business in September '88, by the following resolution : " Resolved, That the free navigation of the river Mississippi is a clear and essenti.il right of the United States, and that the same ought to be considered and supported as such.... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1833 - 570 pages
...navigation of the river Mississippi," and proposing a resolution intended to remove such apprehensions. Resolved, That the said report not being founded in...contradict the same, and to remove misconceptions. t 264 JOHN JAY— DIEGO 1JE GAKDOQUI. and that the same ought to be considered and supported as such.... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1837 - 854 pages
...navigation of the river 'Mississippi," and proposing a resolution intended to remove such apprehensions, Resolved, That the said report not being founded in...be necessary to contradict the same and to remove misconcepResolved, That the free navigation of the river Mississippi is a clear and essential right... | |
 | United States - 1848 - 614 pages
...Congress resolved that they had no intention to gire up to Spain the navigation ofthat river — " that the free navigation of the river Mississippi...a clear and essential right of the United States." But a corporation nearly effected in 1815 what had been so resolutely opposed for more than a half... | |
 | United States - 1848 - 612 pages
...Congress resolved that they had no intention to gire up to Spain the navigation of that river — " that the free navigation of the river Mississippi...a clear and essential right of the United States." But a corporation nearly effected in 1815 what had been so resolutely opposed for more than a half... | |
 | Levi Woodbury - Electronic books - 1852 - 656 pages
...(4 Secret Journal, p. 451.) And the old Congress, before breaking up, in September, 1788, solemnly "Resolved, That the free navigation of the river Mississippi...essential right of the United States, and that the some ought to be considered and supported as such." (4 Secret Journal, 458, September 16, 1778.) In... | |
 | J. D. B. De Bow - 1852 - 580 pages
...free navigation of the Mississippi. Accordingly, Congress resolved that " the free navigation of the Mississippi is a clear and essential right of the United States, and that the same onght to be considered and supported as such." The American ministers were charged specially to negotiate... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1879 - 626 pages
...empire. Seeing that the resolution of Hamilton, passed by the last Congress of the Confederation, " that the free navigation of the river Mississippi...clear and essential right of the United States, and ought to be considered and supported as such," was also a cardinal maxim in the policy of the new government,... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1859 - 602 pages
...He introduced resolutions, which were adopted,* that the reported purpose to surrender this right, not being founded in fact, the delegates be at liberty...such circumstances as may be necessary to contradict it and remove misconceptions : " That the free navigation of the river Mississippi is a clear and essential... | |
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Resolved, That the free navigation of the river Mississippi is a clear and essential right of the United States, and that the same ought to be considered and supported as such. 
