...well to the inhabitants of the said territories, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, import, or duty therefor." This Ordinance is in the nature of a compact, between the General Government...

...the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor. " A in. V. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less thari three, nor more than five States...

...and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory,...Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor. Art. 5. There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five states ;...

...secured by the sixth article of that instrument. The fourth article of that compact provides thus: "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...places between the same, shall be common highways, and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States,...

...the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...places between the same, shall be common highways, and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States,...

...to be stricken out, is found in the fourth of the articles of compact, and is in these words: "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...confederacy, without any tax, impost or duty therefor." Now, sir, these articles of compact "between the original States and the people and States in the said...

...United States; and in no case shall nonresident proprietors •be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor. ART. 5. There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States;...

...United States ; and, in no case, shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...and those of any other States that may be admitted •Act of 25th February, 1811, provides the same in Louisiana; and, al?o, that lands soM by Congress...

...declares the said waters and the carrying places between the same " to be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory...confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor." The right of freely navigating the Mississippi to its mouth had already been asserted by the United...

...of the United States; and non-resident proprietors shall not be taxed more than residents; that the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and...the same shall be common highways, and forever free. The fifth provides, that there shall be formed in the territory not less than three, nor more than...