...protecting the same. ARTICLE 8 states that the parties have entered into this convention, not merely to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle. They agree to extend their protection to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway,...

...treaty is that treated of in the remaining or eighth article, which states that th« two governments "having not only desired, in entering into this convention,...object, but also to establish a general principle (and this is the principle), hereby agree to extend their protection by treaty stipulation to any other...

...construction of the canal in question. " Art. 8. The Governments of Great Britain and the United States having not only desired, in entering into this Convention,...protection by treaty stipulations to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America...

...ship-canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, yet it declares that the high contracting parties " not only desired, in entering into this convention,...object, but also to establish a general principle," and if they had not in words so declared the compact then made established a precedent upon which a...

...proceed with the construction of the canal m question. ARTICLE VIII. The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish Pnrtwion ,„ ,,„ a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, "StLÍVoíh" they...

...with the construction of the canal in question. ARTICLE VIII. The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish Proti0,ira ,„ ь„ a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, "S'àt'LX'iïhèr...

...with the construction of the canal in question. ARTICLE VIII. The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering...protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America,...

...construction " of the canal in question. " Art. 8. The Governments of Great Britain and the " United States having not only desired, in entering into " this Convention,...their protection by treaty stipulations to any other prac" ticable communications, whether by canal or railway, across " the isthmus which connects North...

...America, the 8th article of the Claytou-Bulwer treaty provided : The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired in entering...hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulation, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus...

...attempted, from the first, to impress upon these undertakings. By Article vin. the contracting parties " having not only desired, in entering into this Convention, to accomplish a particular object, but to establish a general principle," agreed to " extend their protection, by Treaty stipulations, to...