... shows the understanding they had of the true design of the patent, and thistransaction, so far from being an available argument against the American claim, is an act of possession at anearly date ... arbitration hadbeen actually had, but had failed to settle the controversy, and it was found at the commencement of last year Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, A 1 12 that a correspondence ... warrant forbearance from any furtherremonstrance against what took place as an aggression on the soil and territory of the country. On the subject Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the...