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<br />shall ht~ :l pilrty, witllout r<'glll'4l to the !'uhjed of such nmtro.
<br />,'el':,:ie:-;, allll tllat tlli~ tOll!'t ilia,\' exelTi~e oJ'iginal jt1ri~tlic:tion ill
<br />all ~nl"h c':u.;e~ 'in the wlJidl a Rtate f'hall he p:nty~~ without ex-
<br />d1H1iJl,~ th08C ill whit.'h the. l"nitell 8t.ate~ Ilwy he the o(l}lo~ite
<br />party:
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<br />The 1'0\\"1-'(' to elltel' illto l'ompact hetween :.I ~t.lte 01' :4tat4'~
<br />and the l"nitt,c) ~tates i~ fonn41et..l UpOll the sillIll' IJI'incil'h' :n..; ll1e
<br />power in' nlc HUJll'l'lIle l'om't, to settle- ('lmtl'orpI'8ies he/-_wC'Pll
<br />~t,l(e~, ;1:-; SlIi(1 II,\" )Ir. .fllst.il'(J Hill"lan ill tll(~ ftll'egoing (':!se (I'.
<br />li-14) , "'Ye l'om Ilot ;I8HllIlle tllat the fl'all1(->)':-; of the COllstitnti(jn~
<br />while extcndilll! the jndki.nl ]lower of the t'nitl--'41 ~tate:o; To con-
<br />t.I'o\"el'~i4~S IIl~tW(,(,1l two nr lIIoT'C 8t:1t4'~ of the Cniou und be-tween
<br />a State of the {'UiOll and fOl'ei~"1 ~t<lte~. intended to exenll't a
<br />State illto~etl1eI' fl'OIll Rnit I.J' lhc Genel'al (_iO\"CI-IlIlI('nt.."
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<br />The 41hon~ st;}ft~lIlellt. followed :111 ;Illal,\"~is of the position
<br />taken h.r 'rex,,, (\', 1041) :
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<br />"Texn:-; in~bts tlln.t no Hudl jlll'is41ktion h,IS lwp,n tonfC'l'I'ed
<br />11p01l this l'fllll't, :llld that the only Illolle ill whil'h the Jll'esent
<br />tli~pute 4'4111 be peilf'eahly set.tled is hy a~l'eempnt. in SOllIe fOl'm,
<br />hetwet-'Il tile Gllitl"41 ~tilte!o; and thnt fo;t41h~. Of ('0Il1'8e, if Ill) such
<br />ag('cellll-'nt 1':111 he 1'('.lrhpd-<l1l11 it :o;eelll:-: 111.1t one is 1I0t proh41Lle
<br />-<11141 if' nei1'l1t'1' Jlfll't,\" will. Slll'l'CJHler its cl.lilll of Olut.hol'ity ;11141
<br />jurisdiction orel' tile disputed territory the l'e~lllt, at'col'dillg to
<br />tile tlefeIHl;lut'f' tlWOl'Y of the COlIstitution. must he tllat the
<br />T.initp(} ~tate~, in 01'(11:'1' to r.tfl-'l't., n Hettlellwnt of thi~ "exl~(l qlle:-;-
<br />tion of 110111111:11'.'", 11111:-;1. bring itf.: suit ill oue of the t'Oll1'tf.:: of
<br />Texa~ ... ... ... or that, ill the ewL theJ'c Illll:-;t lie. a trial of physical
<br />:-;tl'ellgth hetwC('1l 111e <l(I\'{'I'I1IJlPlIt of tll(~ Cni.m amI Texas,~"
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<br />Tile ('ourt uCl'ide(1 th:lt, ill<lSllllll'h a~ the ~t;ltC and the 'Cnited
<br />Rtat{':-; dill Jlot settle their cnntl'o\'el'~y hy I:olllpad. the Supremc
<br />Court. 11[\41 the I'OWf'l' to determine the ('OJltl'O\'Cl':-:Y hetween tile
<br />1jniterl fo;tnte!-: ;IIHl tl14' ~t:\te,
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<br />The right to settle h,\" rOIIl}l:1ct. proceeds npon the fo;(wel'eignty
<br />of the State amI the ~o\'4~reig:lIt.'" of tile Xation. A;-.; :o;tatefll'l-'gi.lI'(l.
<br />iug anothel' lIlatter. "It. is a TWitter het\\"el~1l two S()\,Cl'eib'll
<br />po\\'crs," (T]. H. \-. La". 1~'j t., ~. 18~.. IB!I,) -
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<br />The following l}llot41tiolls hem' upon thi~ gelll'ral ~llhjeet of
<br />"power and ~l~IJa.l';lte ~(l\'erei~nry:
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<br />"The ,powel'~ not dl:'le~iltetl to "he {'lIite.1 ~f'41te~ hy tile Con-
<br />st.itution. 1101' I'rohihitt'u h,\" it, to tile Rjiltt.'~, .He l'e~cl'\"ed to the
<br />~tatps, l'e!';pedi\"f~ly, (II' tn tile l'eople:~ (Collstitntilln of the
<br />l!nitl'll ~t41tes~ tenth :llllelldlllent,)
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<br />"It. 11I1I:-;t be T'ccollpded ..h;lt pl'l'\'iOllS to the fOl'lIlation of t.he
<br />ne\\" Const.itution we \\"l'l'C 4li,'idell illto illdt'lll~lId(--,llt :-;tates, uniteu
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