Old steamboat days on the Hudson River; tales and reminiscences of the stirring times that followed the introduction of steam navigation (1907)
Buckman, David Lear · New York : The Grafton press · leaf 74
, the injunction orders of theNew York State courts unwarrantably interfered. Thecase was not reached in the Supreme Court until theFebruary term of 1824. Daniel Webster in a masterly brief and argumenttraversed the whole ground of the dispute and con-tended that the Legislature of New York had… … ^ How the Great River Monopoly was Broken 43 tribes. Mr. Webster argued with prevaihng forcethat the State had attempted to usurp the speciallydelegated powers it had given to Congress; that com-merce was navigation and that the Federal regulationsmust apply. He contended if New York could grant…
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