...claim, under the ordinance of 1787, to the territory in dispute. That ordinance established certain articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, which were to remain forever unalterable...

...States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early...general interest : It is hereby ordained and declared, _by the authority aforesaid, That the following Articles shall be considered as articles of compact,...

...to the Legislature to appoint a delegate to Congress. It then proceeds to state certain fundamental articles of compact between the original States, and the people and States in the Territory, which are to remain unalterable, unless by common consent. The first provides for the freedom...

...a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early a period as may be consistent with the general interest." "It is hereby ordained," &c. Now, any construction of the clause quoted in the Vermont resolutions, that would prevent the development...

...a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early a period as may be consistent with the general interest." "It is hereby ordained/' &c. Now, any construction of the clause quoted in the Vermont resolutions, that would prevent the development...

...a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early a period as may be consistent with the general interest: It...unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ART. 1. No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account...

...states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal councils, on an equal footing with the original states, at as early...periods as may be consistent with the general interest: The governor, judges, legislative council, secretary, and such other officers as Congress shall appoint...

...northwest of the river Ohio. This was enacted, as it asserts, among other things, to establish " certain articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the territory, to remain forever unalterable, unless by common consent." One of these articles of compact...

...constitution and state government, so formed, is republican, and in conformity with the principles of the articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the territory north-west of the river Ohio, passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred...

...states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal councils, on an equal footing with the original states, at as early...remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit : Article I. No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever he molested...