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1819. CORRESPONDENCE, Natural Right and.—

The right of free correspondence
is not claimed under the Constitution of
the United States, nor the laws or treaties derived
from it, but as a natural right, placed
originally under the protection of our municipal
laws, and retained under the cognizance
of our own courts.—
Jury Petition. Washington ed. ix, 452. Ford ed., vii, 162.
(1797)