...common to speak of Hudson's Bay or the Bay of Biseay, although they are very large tracts of water. The British authorities insist that England has a...line from headland to headland, and to capture all Ameriean fishermen who may follow their pursuits inside of that line. It was undoubtedly an oversight...

...the Unitea States are precluded from entering into the bays,' &c. "And in the same connexion he adds: "'It was undoubtedly an oversight in the convention...of 1818 to make so large a concession to England. ' "That is to say, it was an oversight to use language in that convention which, by a strict and rigid...

...common to speak of Hudson's Bay or the Bay of Biscay, although they are very large tracts of water. The British authorities insist that England has a...considered that those vast inlets or recesses of the ocean ought to be open to American fishermen, as freely as the sea itself, to within three marine miles of...

...common to speak of Hudson's Bay or the Bay of Biscay, although the}' are very large tracts of water. The British authorities insist that England has a...considered that those vast inlets or recesses of the ocean ought to be open to American fishermen, as freely as the sea itself, to within three marine miles of...

...the United States are precluded from entering into the bays,' &c. "And in the same connexion he adds: "'It was undoubtedly an oversight in the convention...of 1818 to make so large a, concession to England. ' " That is to say, it was an oversight to use language in that convention which, by a strict and rigid...

...United States are precluded from entering into the bays," <fcc. And, in the same connection, he adds : " It was undoubtedly an oversight in the convention of 1818 to make so large a concession to England." That is to say, it was an oversight to use language in that convention, which, by a strict and rigid...

...convention which, by a strict and rigid construction, might be made to yield the freedom of the great bays. "'It was undoubtedly an oversight in the convention of 1818 to make to large a concession to England.' To refute the many rumors relative to an adjustment of the difficulties,...

...shelter, repairing damages, and obtaining wood and water. The note of Mr. "Webster further stated that the British authorities insist that England has a...who may follow their pursuits inside of that line ; while the United States had usually considered that these vast inlets or recesses of the ocean ought...

...over. It is the passage in which he states that it was "an oversight in the Convention of 1818 to make a concession to England, since the United States had usually considered that these vast inlets or recesses of the ocean ought to be open to American fishermen as freely as the...

...and the announcements received from England. With regard to the construction of the treaty, he said it was "undoubtedly an oversight in the Convention...that those vast inlets, or recesses of the ocean, ought to be open to American fishermen as freely as the sea itself, to within three marine miles of...