 | United States. Continental Congress - 1821 - 474 pages
...arp, l think it would be expedient to agree that the treaty should be limited to twenty-five or thirty years, and that one of the articles should stipulate...the forbearance in question would be limited to the lame period. Whether Mr. Gardoqui would be content with such an article, I cannot determine, my instructions... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 558 pages
..." I think it would be expedient to agree that the treaty should be limited to twenty five or thirty years, and that one of the articles should stipulate...the duration of the treaty and of the forbearance in qusetion should be limited to the same period. " Whether Mr. Gardoqui," Mr. Jay subjoined, " would... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 562 pages
...forbearance in qusetion should be limited to the same period. " Whether Mr. Gardoqui," Mr. Jay subjoined, " would be content with such an article, I cannot determine ; my instructions restraining me from ever sounding him respecting it. I nevertheless think the experiment worth trying, for several reasons."... | |
 | James Gettys McGready Ramsey - 1853 - 778 pages
...years, and that one of its articles should stipulate that the United States •Pitkin. would/oriear to use the navigation of that river below their territories to the ocean." In support of this concession, Mr. Jay stated : " That the navigation of the Mississippi was not at... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 564 pages
...or thirty years, he suggested that the treaty should be limited to that period, and that one of its articles should stipulate, that the United States would forbear to use the navigation of the river below their territories to the ocean. It was supposed that such a forbearance, carrying no... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...are, I think it would be expedient to agree that the treaty should be limited to twenty-five or thirty years, and that one of the articles should stipulate...that river below their territories to the ocean.' He thought it expedient to make that concession for 1 Secret Journals of Congress, vol. iii., p. 586.... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - 1859 - 696 pages
...are, I think it would be expedient to agree that the treaty should be limited to twenty-five or thirty years, and that one of the articles should stipulate...Gardoqui would be content with such an article, I can not determine, my instructions restraining me from even sounding him respecting it. I nevertheless... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1889 - 800 pages
...or thirty years, he suggested that the treaty should be limited to that period, and that one of its articles should stipulate that the United States would forbear to use the navigation of the river below their territories to the ocean. It was supposed that such a forbearance, carrying no... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - 1904 - 702 pages
...conditions, it " would be expedient to agree that the treaty should be limited to twenty-five or thirty years, and that one of the articles should stipulate...would forbear to use the navigation of that river [the Mississippi] below their territories to the ocean." Whether Gardoqui would be disposed to agree... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1904 - 586 pages
...the United States to agree to a treaty limited to twenty-five or thirty years, and that one of its articles should stipulate that the United States would...forbear to use the navigation of that river below their territory to the ocean. Jay had no thought of the final surrender of the river from the source to the... | |
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I think it would be expedient to agree that the treaty should be limited to 25 or 30 years, and that one of the articles should stipulate that the United States would forbear to use the navigation of that river below their territories to the ocean. 
