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Excerpt from Remarks of Mr. Berrien, of Georgia, on the Compromise Bill: In the Senate of the United States, June 14, 1850
Receive the explanation of the gen ersey. But he will find, I think, upon a moment's re?ection, that it does not at all interfere with the analogy existing between the two cases. Lhe did not intend to contend that they Were parties in the strict sense of the term, but that they were entitled to certain benefits to be derived from that treaty, in consideration of which they assented to it. Now, sir, I reply that they were not necessarily partles to the treaty - that their assent was not essential to its validity If you will advert to the message of the President of the United States acpompa'nying the transmission of that treaty to the Senate, you will find it stated fthat these commissioners on the part of Maine and Massachusetts were invited to attend here - not because it was essential to the colnoclpsion of the treaty that they shotild assent to it', but it was thought proper to invite them from the interest that their respective States had ln the result of the treaty. For I presume that it is hot to be contended that a Government like this, invested by the' Constitu tion! With the. Treaty making power, is not competgnt to exercise that poweor, at least so far as it may be necessary for the settlementtof tts own boundaries, irre speetive of the assent of any State whbse rights mayr be affected by it.
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