...claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion ; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were...discovery gave exclusive title to those who made it. The European While the different nations of Europe respected governments , •nerud the the right of...

...were necessarily diminished. And their power 6 8 Whcalon, 671. Jackson ex dem. Spark man r. Porter. to dispose of the soil at their own will to whomsoever they pleased, was denied. The European nations, by whose subjects the discoveries were made, respected thd rights of the natives...

...say, farther, "theirrights (those of the natives) to complete sovereignty as independent nations were diminished, and their power to dispose of the soil at their own will to whomsoever thev pleased was denied by the original fundamental principle, that discovery gave exclusive title...

...claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion ; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were...natives, as occupants, they asserted the ultimate nght to be in themselves; and claimed and exercued, as a consequence of thu ultimate dominion, a power...

...claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion ; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were...natives, as occupants, they asserted the ultimate right to be in themselves ; and claimed and exercised, as a consequence of this ultimate dominion,...

...claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion ; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were...nations of Europe respected the right of the natives, as oceupants, they asserted the ultimate right to be in themselves ; and claimed and exercued, as a consequence...

...recognized as rightful occupants, but their power to dispose of the soil at their own will, to whom they pleased, was denied by the original fundamental...discovery gave exclusive title to those who made it. "The ultimate dominion was asserted, and as a consequence, a power to grant the soil while yet in possession...

...time in private individuals; and hence also, the natives were recognized as rightful occupants, but their power to dispose of the soil at their own will, to whom they pleased, was denied by the original fundamental principle, that discovery gave exclusive...

...according to their own discretion ; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were diminished, and their power to dispose of the soil...discovery gave exclusive title to those who made it. Spain, France, Holland, and England severally claimed distinct rights upon the continent of America,...

...claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion ; but their rights to complete sovereignty as independent nations were necessarily...fundamental principle that discovery gave exclusive right to those who made it. While the different nations of Europe respected the right of the natives,...