| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 566 pages
...ceded lands "shall be distinct Republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States." Now, here are two clauses of the same deed, in the most decided opposition to each other. The new State... | |
| Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Riparian rights - 1847 - 492 pages
...the States so formed shall be republican States, and admitted members of the federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States." And the delegates conclude the deed thus : " Now know ye, that we, the said Thomas Jefferson, Samuel... | |
| James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1848 - 282 pages
...as the situation of that country and future circumstances may require; which states shall hereafter become members of the Federal union, and have the...rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the original states." The reservations made by Virginia, were, " That the French and Canadian inhabitants,... | |
| 1854 - 488 pages
...benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States ;" "which should become members of the federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty and freedom, and independence of the other States ;" the lands to be ''granted or settled at such times... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1849 - 482 pages
...States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States. " That the necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by this State in subduing any British posts, or in maintaining... | |
| Hugh A. Garland - 1850 - 398 pages
...States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States. Immediately on the reception of this grant, Congress, on the 23d of April, 1784, passed a resolution... | |
| William Hickey - 1851 - 588 pages
...September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become...independence, as the other States : that each State which shall be so formed shall contain a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more... | |
| William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 580 pages
...September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become...independence, as the other States : that each State which shall be so formed shall contain a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1851 - 706 pages
...into distinct republican states, with a suitable extent of territory ; become members of the American Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states. *260 It was likewise provided by *the ordinance of July 13th, 1787, for the government of the territorg... | |
| Alpheus Felch - Public lands - 1851 - 22 pages
...formed should be distinct republi' can States, and admitted members of the Feder' al Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, ' freedom, and independence as the other States." It was foreseen that emigration would seek the rich soil of the ceded country, and that large communities... | |
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