...which the right of acquisition, which they all asserted, should be regulated as between themselves. This principle was, that discovery gave title to the...possession. The exclusion of all other Europeans, neces- Discorery, &• warily gave to the nation making the discovery the sole right of acquiring the...

...by the actual state of things, was " that discovery gave title to the Government by whose subjecls or by whose authority it was made, against all other...which title might be consummated by possession."* This principle, acknowledged by all Europeans, because it was the interest of all to acknowledge it,...

...nations of Europe, on the discovery of this continent, by which they should be mutually regulated, was, that discovery gave title to the government by...governments, which title might be consummated by possession. As a consequence, the nation acquiring the discovery obtained the right of acquiring the soil from...

...actual occupation of the Indians. But the language of the court is too explicit to be misunderstood. u This principle was, that discovery gave title to the...which title might be' consummated by possession." Those relations which were to subsist between the discoverer and the natives were to be regulated by...

...between themselves. This principle suggested by the actual state of things, was, "that disi covcry gave title to the government by whose subjects or...which title might be consummated by possession."* This principle, acknowledged by all Europeans, be, cause it was the interest of all to acknowledge...

...explicit to he/ misunderstood. ' This principle was, that discovery gave title to the Govern1iJmi liy whose subjects or by whose authority it was made,...Governments, which title might be consummated by possession.' Those relations which were to subsist between the discoverer and the natives, were to be regulated...

...their respective rights is between themselves. This principle, suggested by the actual state of thins*. was, ' that discovery gave title to the government...which title might be consummated by possession.'* This principle, acknowledged by all Europeans, because it was the interest of nil to acknowledge it,...

...their respective rights as between themselves. This principle, suggested by the actual state of things, was " that discovery gave title to the Government...which title might be consummated by possession."* This principle, acknowledged by all Europeans, because it was the interest of all to acknowledge it,...

...their respective rights as between themselves. This principle, suggested by the actual state of things, was, ' that discovery gave title to the government...governments, which title might be consummated by possession" This principle, acknowledged by all European^, because it was the interest of all to acknowledge it,...

...the poles, so far as it was not then possessed by any Christian prince.2 § 6. The principle, then, that discovery gave title to the government, by whose...was made, against all other European governments, being once established, it followed almost as a matter of course, that every government within the...