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How the Great Lakes Became "High Seas," and their Status Viewed from the Standpoint of International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2017

Harry E. Hunt
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The convention which met in 1787 to frame the Constitution of the United States, embraced two earnest and determined bodies of men. One favored a strong central government; the other opposed any great increase of power over that granted by the Articles of Confederation. With what jealousy the states guarded their rights and with what reluctance they made surrenders to the federal government is common knowledge. The Constitution, as adopted, was a compromise between the factions, and that part relative to admiralty and maritime jurisdiction was the second great compromise between conflicting depositories of power.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 1910 , pp. 285 - 313
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1910

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2 Hildreth’s History of U. S., vol. II, p. 198.

3 Art. IX, July 9, 1778.

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5 1 Kent’s Com. 377.

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9 2 Story’s Life of Story, 402.

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33 Lake Front Case, 146 U. S. 387.

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36 The Apollon, 9 Wheat. 362, 369. 1824.

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39 June 17, "An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters coterminous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada."

40 See Supplement to this Journal, 2:303.

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42 Letter by Mr. Uhl, Acting Secretary of State to Messrs. Laughlin, Ewell and Houpt, May 23, 1894.

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55 Wilson and Tucker: International Law, p. 131. 1901.

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58 Wildenhus’ Case, 120 U. S. 1, 18. 1886.

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62 See any work on international law.

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64 Alexander Hamilton, 10th Par. No. 80, "The Federalist." Thompson and Homans, Ed. 1831. Also No. 11.

65 James Brown Scott, this Journal, vol. 2, No. 1, p. 3, and see also vol. 2, No. 2, p. 444.