The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St. Clair, Soldier of the Revolutionary War; President of the Continental Congress; and Governor of the North-western Territory; with His Correspondence and Other Papers, Volume 2 |
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... considered as binding upon the tribes to the westward . This and Detroit , which the English ceded to us , as well as the lands . This must , then , convince you that you have not been told the truth . " 1The only nation that ...
... considered as binding upon the tribes to the westward . This and Detroit , which the English ceded to us , as well as the lands . This must , then , convince you that you have not been told the truth . " 1The only nation that ...
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... considered as an act of general hostility . In any of these cases , however , I judged it improper to let the pro- visions remain where they were any longer . Should the nations be resolved on war , and this be the first effect of that ...
... considered as an act of general hostility . In any of these cases , however , I judged it improper to let the pro- visions remain where they were any longer . Should the nations be resolved on war , and this be the first effect of that ...
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... considered , but to have met them at all , after such an indignity to the United States , seemed to me altogether improper , unless they should form- ally disavow all knowledge of it , and either offer reparation or en- deavor to ...
... considered , but to have met them at all , after such an indignity to the United States , seemed to me altogether improper , unless they should form- ally disavow all knowledge of it , and either offer reparation or en- deavor to ...
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... considered in the light of a compact between the United States and all the settlers . Without the express consent , therefore , of both parties , it can not be altered , and , as to the second , a declaratory act can not vary the legal ...
... considered in the light of a compact between the United States and all the settlers . Without the express consent , therefore , of both parties , it can not be altered , and , as to the second , a declaratory act can not vary the legal ...
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... considered " as a com- pact between the United States and all the settlers , ” and can not be altered by a declaratory act . But surely it does not follow that where there are doubts about the meaning of regulations , not stipu- lations ...
... considered " as a com- pact between the United States and all the settlers , ” and can not be altered by a declaratory act . But surely it does not follow that where there are doubts about the meaning of regulations , not stipu- lations ...
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Page 613 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 379 - 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, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Page 612 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 613 - 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 613 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 609 - Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that the estates, both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said Territory, dying intestate, shall descend to, and be distributed among, their children, and the descendants of a deceased child, in equal parts...
Page 611 - ... and return their names to Congress, one of whom, Congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term; and every five years, four months at least before the expiration of the time of service of the members of council, the said house shall nominate ten persons, qualified as aforesaid, and return their names to...
Page 610 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same...
Page 609 - ... in writing, signed and sealed by him or her, in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses; and real estates may be conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed and delivered by the person, being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses, provided such wills be duly proved, and such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts...
Page 611 - The representatives, thus elected, shall serve for the term of two years ; and in case of the death of a representative, or removal from office, the governor shall issue a writ to the county or township for which he was a member, to elect another in his stead, to serve for the residue of the term.