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Show -20- Finally, it should, be noted that the above discussed distribution of sovereign rights and powers between the United States government and the States of the Union generally, prevails under broad and comprehensive language of the constitution; but, nevertheless, limitations must be implied from the situation of the "High Contracting Parties," the law of their forum, and the co-ordinate provisions of their governmental agreement «U5 Such, in general, is the effect upon sovereign rights-in American waters caused by the adoption of the constitution of the United States in 1789« International law and treaty stipulations governed the boundary and con- necting waters of the confederated sovereignties when the Union was formed; the articles of union did not lessen the rights of any foreign nation., nor of any of the States except to the extent necessary to permit the exertion of federal power over such waters within the limits yielded up by all the States equally to the federal government. (1818), where Mr. Chief Justice Marshall saidj ".to in describing the judicial power, the framers of our constitution had not in view any cession of territory, or, which is essentially the same, of general jurisdiction." i-i-5 '^Henry St« George Tucker, Limitations on the Treaty-Making Power, i+SO t-t seq*; see also, Henderson, Extent and Limitations of the Troaty-M^king Power, (I.907) 1 Air1.. J. of Int. L. 6360 The same principles which limit the treaty- making power apply with equal force to other general grants of federal power in the constitutions |