 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 800 pàgines
...the complete freedom of navigation of the Mississippi were conceded. Carmichael was to demand also " a port where the sea and river vessels may meet and...those employed about them may be safe and unmolested." Jefferson urged the immediate consideration of the subject, saying: " It is impossible to answer for... | |
 | Frank Landon Humphreys - 1917 - 562 pàgines
...negotiation, if the navigation is to be ceded at all events? You know that the navigation cannot be practiced without a port, where the sea and river vessels may...to its use, and without which it would be useless. The fixing on a proper port and the degree of freedom it is to enjoy in its operations will require... | |
 | Samuel Flagg Bemis - 1926 - 456 pàgines
...its mouth, where American sea and river vessels could anchor and exchange their cargoes, was desired. "The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the...necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless."5 Jefferson's interpretation of our Mississippi treaty claims was much looser than his construction... | |
 | Samuel Flagg Bemis - 1926 - 458 pàgines
...mouth, where American sea and river vessels could anchor and exchange their cargoes, was desired. r'The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means...its use, and without which it would be useless."" Jefferson's interpretation of our Mississippi treaty claims was much looser than his construction of... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1970 - 420 pàgines
...what we would wish. . . . You [American charge at Madrid] know that the navigation cannot be practiced without a port where the sea and river vessels may meet and exchange loads. . . . The fixing on a proper port, and the degree of freedom it is to enjoy in its operations, will... | |
 | Ari Kelman - 2003 - 316 pàgines
...little. In a letter to William Carmichael, a United States minister in Spain, Jefferson explained: "The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the...its use, and without which it would be useless."" He founded his claims on the writings of natural-rights philosophers Hugo Grotius, Samuel Pufendorf,... | |
 | Ari Kelman - 2003 - 314 pàgines
...little. In a letter to William Carmichael, a United States minister in Spain, Jefferson explained: "The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the...necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless."33 He founded his claims on the writings of natural-rights philosophers Hugo Grotius, Samuel... | |
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You know that the navigation cannot be practised without a port, where the sea and river vessels may meet and exchange loads, and where those employed about them may be safe and unmolested. The right to use a thing, comprehends a right to the means necessary... 
