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unequivocal act of soveriegnty over the limits just mentioned. The | unequivocal act of soveriegnty over the limits just mentioned. The jurisdiction of a State has terminated & must terminate precisely where the settlements or habitations of its subjects extend. Anterior to the Revolutionary war, the limits of Georgia were of scarcely half as large as they are now, notwithstanding the extensiveness of the Royal Charter, capable only of witnessing the folly that characterized the administration of Great Britain, which at length effected the separation of its transatlantic provinces from their political connexion with the Mother Country. | ||
"In the exercise," say the committee, "both of domain & empire on the part of Great Britain, certain portions of territory were reserved to the use of the Indians & the Indians themselves were declared to be under the protection of Great Britain, and the | "In the exercise," say the committee, "both of domain & empire on the part of Great Britain, certain portions of territory were reserved to the use of the Indians & the Indians themselves were declared to be under the protection of Great Britain, and the Lands reserved were declared to be under the sove- | ||
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unequivocal act of soveriegnty over the limits just mentioned. The jurisdiction of a State has terminated & must terminate precisely where the settlements or habitations of its subjects extend. Anterior to the Revolutionary war, the limits of Georgia were of scarcely half as large as they are now, notwithstanding the extensiveness of the Royal Charter, capable only of witnessing the folly that characterized the administration of Great Britain, which at length effected the separation of its transatlantic provinces from their political connexion with the Mother Country.
"In the exercise," say the committee, "both of domain & empire on the part of Great Britain, certain portions of territory were reserved to the use of the Indians & the Indians themselves were declared to be under the protection of Great Britain, and the Lands reserved were declared to be under the sove-