Montezuma's Dinner: A Review of Native Races of the Pacific States1876 - 44 pages |
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Page 231
... never be obtained . No other instance exists in American legis- lation of laws enacted under the form of " articles of com- pact , " except in the ordinance relating to this same territory drawn by Mr. Jefferson in 1784 , which will ...
... never be obtained . No other instance exists in American legis- lation of laws enacted under the form of " articles of com- pact , " except in the ordinance relating to this same territory drawn by Mr. Jefferson in 1784 , which will ...
Page 233
... never cease to see them , perhaps , while the Ohio shall flow . " Judge Timothy Walker of Ohio , in an address delivered at Cincinnati in 1837 , said : " Upon the surpassing excellence of this Ordinance no language of panegyric would be ...
... never cease to see them , perhaps , while the Ohio shall flow . " Judge Timothy Walker of Ohio , in an address delivered at Cincinnati in 1837 , said : " Upon the surpassing excellence of this Ordinance no language of panegyric would be ...
Page 234
... Never , probably , in the history of the world , did a measure of legislation so accu- rately fulfil , and yet so mightily exceed , the anticipations of the legislators . The Ordinance has well been described as having been a pillar of ...
... Never , probably , in the history of the world , did a measure of legislation so accu- rately fulfil , and yet so mightily exceed , the anticipations of the legislators . The Ordinance has well been described as having been a pillar of ...
Page 235
... never called it up for consideration . Mr. King was not a member of the Con- gress which passed the Ordinance of 1787 , but was a member of the Convention for the formation of the Constitution in ses- sion at the same time at ...
... never called it up for consideration . Mr. King was not a member of the Con- gress which passed the Ordinance of 1787 , but was a member of the Convention for the formation of the Constitution in ses- sion at the same time at ...
Page 236
... never heard Mr. Dane speak of the Ordinance , and was not aware that he had written upon it . Since that time three letters of Mr. Dane , treating the subject of the Ordinance , have come to the writer's notice : 1. The letter to Rufus ...
... never heard Mr. Dane speak of the Ordinance , and was not aware that he had written upon it . Since that time three letters of Mr. Dane , treating the subject of the Ordinance , have come to the writer's notice : 1. The letter to Rufus ...
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Page 244 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Page 230 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 242 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district...
Page 244 - Federal debts, contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States...
Page 232 - In the salutary operation of this sagacious and benevolent restraint it is believed that the inhabitants of Indiana will at no very distant day find ample remuneration for a temporary privation of labor and of emigration.
Page 233 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Page 230 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 244 - The Governor, Judges, Legislative Council, Secretary, and such other officers as Congress shall appoint in the district, shall take an oath or affirmation of fidelity and of office. The Governor before the President of Congress, and all other officers before the Governor. As soon as a Legislature shall be formed in the district, the Council and House assembled in one room, shall have authority by joint ballot to elect a delegate to Congress, who shall have a seat in Congress, with a right of debating,...
Page 386 - There are limitations on such power which grow out of the essential nature of all free governments. Implied reservations of individual rights, without which the social compact could not exist, and which are respected by all governments entitled to the name.
Page 242 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process, criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed from time to time, as circumstances...