| William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 588 pages
...and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States : that each State which shall be so formed shall contain a suitable extent of territory, not less than... | |
| State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1928 - 1000 pages
...territory northwest of the Ohio River was made, provision is made that states formed out of said territory "shall be distinct republican states, and admitted...sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other states"; and WHEREAS the possession of lands within the new state by the Federal government, other than for... | |
| United States - Emigration and immigration law - 1856 - 350 pages
...nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit : and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican...sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States. That the necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by this State, in subduing any British posts, or... | |
| Joel Parker - 1856 - 554 pages
...hundred, nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit; and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican...sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States." In 1785, Massachusetts made a cession of certain of her claims. And in 1786, Connecticut did likewise.... | |
| Joel Parker - Slavery - 1856 - 92 pages
...hundred, nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit; and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican...sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States." In 1785, Massachusetts made a cession of certain of her claims. And in 1786, Connecticut did likewise.... | |
| History - 1857 - 650 pages
...States, and that the States so laid out should form distinct republican States, and be admitted as members of the federal Union, having the same rights...sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States! Of the four States -which made this cession, two permitted, and the other two prohibited slavery. The... | |
| American Orators - 1857 - 656 pages
...States, and that the States so laid out should form distinct republican States, and be admitted as members of the federal Union, having the same rights...sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States 1 Of the ftmr States which made this cession, two permitted, and the other two prohibited slavery.... | |
| American Orators - 1857 - 690 pages
...States, and that the States so laid out should form distinct republican States, and be admitted as members of the federal Union, having the same rights...sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States! Of the four States which made this cession, two permitted, and the other two prohibited slavery. The... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 688 pages
...should be laid out and formed into distinct republican States, which should be admitted as members to the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States. The first effort to fulfil this trust was made in 1785, by the offer of a charter or compact to the... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 260 pages
...!«• laid out and formed into distinct republican States, which should be admitted as members to the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States. The first effort to fulfil this trust was made in 1785, by the offer of a charter or compact to the... | |
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