 ... 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...  Views on the Free Navigation of the St. Lawrence, Reported - Page 9by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1850 - 23 pagesFull view - About this book
 | e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 pages
...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. Rivers were given for the use of all persons living in the country of which they make a part, and a... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1828 - 880 pages
...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. Rivers were given for the use of all persons living in the country of which they make n part, and a... | |
 | e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 pages
...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. Rivers were given for the use of all persons living in the country of which they make a part, and a... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 324 pages
...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. Rivers were given for the use of persons living in the country of which they make a part, and a primary... | |
 | United States - 1852 - 248 pages
...inhabitants to the full use of the stream rests upon the same imperious want as that of the lower — upon the same intrinsic necessity of participating in the...the nations which dwell upon their banks. The law of natipns likens them to highwajrs, and such, it is believed, they are defined to be by the statute law... | |
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