...government of the territory N. West of the Ohio.'' In this ordinance is contained what is designated " articles of compact between the original States, and...the people and States in the said territory," and it is enacted that these shall " forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent." Whatever right...

...other States. July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, declared the following as one of the articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, viz: [Here the 6th article of compact, of the ordinance of Congress of 13th July, 1787, is recited...

...the resolution of Congress admitting Alabama into the Union, it speaks of the ordinance of 1787, as articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the Territory North West of the Ohio, and the same language is used in many of the acts of Congress when...

...constitution and state government so formed, is republican, and in conformity to 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...

...declared by the authority -aforesaid, A^les ot com' That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States, and...people and States in the said Territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit : ARTICLE I . No person demc-ming himself in a...

...declared by the authority aforesaid, A^clc* of oom" That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States, and...people and States in the said Territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit : ARTICLE I. No person demeaning himself in a...

...ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States and...people and States in the said territory and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: Art. 3d. Religion, morality, and knowledge, being...

...las que se declaraban, a diferencia de las relativas a la organización política ya descrita, "as articles of compact between the original States, and...people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent..." " El 7 de agosto de 1789, el nuevo Congreso enmendó...

...50,51 n. (a) (1789). This Act reads as follows: "...That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States, and...people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent..." Of course, an enabling act for territories which are...

...autonomy or quasi-statehood from the very outset. In contrast to the first part of the Ordinance, the "articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory" were supposed to "forever remain unalterable" (Section 14). That this promise would not, in fact, be...