1。SeethecaseofHyltonv。TheUnitedStates,3dDall。171。
2。Gibbonsv。Ogden,9thWheaton,p。1,&;c。
3。See7Coke\'sRep。7。
4。7Coke\'sRep。6。
5。SeeWooddeson,vol。i。232,andmanyoftheBritishtreatiesevincethetruthofhisposition。In1783,thecessionsofTobago,EastFlorida,&;c。;thenumeroustransfersamongtheEuropeanmonarchssincetheyear1795,formstrikinginstancesofthegeneraladoptionoftheprinciple。Timeindeedissometimesallowedtothepeopletowithdrawthemselvesandtheirproperty,butageorothercausesmayrenderthisimpossible。InGreatBritainsuchtreatiesareoftenconfirmedbyactsofparliament,buttheprincipleisthesame。Theircoloniesarenotrepresentedinparliament。