Message, Despatches, and Minutes of the Privy Council: Relating to the Treaty of Washington |
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... period , incur the constant risk of serious misunderstanding with the United States ; imperilling , perhaps , the peace of the whole Empire , in order to endeavour to force the American Government to change its commercial policy ; and ...
... period , incur the constant risk of serious misunderstanding with the United States ; imperilling , perhaps , the peace of the whole Empire , in order to endeavour to force the American Government to change its commercial policy ; and ...
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... period within which its ratification should have taken place has now expired . This delay has been accounted for by the United States ' Government as having been occasioned by the delay , necessarily unavoidable , in carrying through ...
... period within which its ratification should have taken place has now expired . This delay has been accounted for by the United States ' Government as having been occasioned by the delay , necessarily unavoidable , in carrying through ...
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... period had given rise to feelings in the United States which the people of the United States did not desire to cherish toward Great Britain ; that the history of the " Alabama and other cruizers which had been fitted out , or armed , or ...
... period had given rise to feelings in the United States which the people of the United States did not desire to cherish toward Great Britain ; that the history of the " Alabama and other cruizers which had been fitted out , or armed , or ...
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... period for which the Fishery Articles should be in force . The question of the navigation of the River St. Lawrence and the Canals was taken up . The British Commissioners stated that they regarded the concession of the naviga tion of ...
... period for which the Fishery Articles should be in force . The question of the navigation of the River St. Lawrence and the Canals was taken up . The British Commissioners stated that they regarded the concession of the naviga tion of ...
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... period not exceeding six months from the date of the exchange of theratifications of this Treaty . ARTICLE IV . Within four months after the delivery on both sides of the written or printed case , either Party may , in like manner ...
... period not exceeding six months from the date of the exchange of theratifications of this Treaty . ARTICLE IV . Within four months after the delivery on both sides of the written or printed case , either Party may , in like manner ...
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acts committed admitted agreed Alabama American Commissioners replied American fishermen amicable appointed Arbitrator Article XXXIII assent Assessors award behalf boundary Britain Britannic Majesty British Commissioners proposed British Commissioners replied British subjects Canadian Canals Canadian Government cession citizens coasts Colonial Committee of Council concession consent consider consideration copy countries desire discussion Dominion of Canada Dominion Parliament Earl Granville Earl of Kimberley expressed February Fenian raids further give effect HAMILTON FISH High Contracting Parties honor Honourable Order inshore fisheries instructions Joint High Commission Kimberley's Despatch Lawrence Lord Lisgar Lordship lumber Majesty's Government Majesty's Possessions manner ment Montague Bernard named negotiations neutral North America opinion Plenipotentiaries ports Possessions in North presented President Privy Council Protocol of Conference questions ratification Reciprocity Treaty referred right of fishing River St Secretary Signed Sir Edward Thornton Stafford Henry Northcote TENTERDEN terms of equality territory thereof transhipment Treaty of 1818 Treaty of Washington trusty and well-beloved vessels
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Page 28 - To use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 30 - The commissioners, so named, shall meet at London at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 34 - The Commissioners so named shall meet at Washington at the earliest convenient period after they have been respectively named ; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration, that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 33 - Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII.
Page 35 - River St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, from the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude, where it ceases to form the boundary between the two countries, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purposes of commerce to the citizens of the United States, subject to any laws and regulations of Great Britain, or of the Dominion of Canada, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation.
Page 37 - ... further until the expiration of two years after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 36 - And it is further agreed that no export duty, or other duty, shall be levied on lumber or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the American territory in the State of Maine watered by the River St. John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the province of New Brunswick.
Page 31 - They shall be bound to receive and consider all written documents or statements which may be presented to them by or on behalf of the respective governments in support of or in answer to any claim, and to hear, if required, one person on each side on behalf of each government, as counsel or agent for such government, on each and every separate claim.
Page 35 - States may from time to time prescribe ; and, under like rules, regulations, and conditions, goods, wares, or merchandise may be conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, from such Possessions through the territory of the United States for export from the said ports of the United States.
Page 36 - States vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from one port or place within the possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North America, to another port or place within the said possessions : Provided, That a portion of such transportation is made through the territory of the United States...