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... Congress is sometimes spoken of is unjust . Its want of vigor was due to the limitation put upon its powers by the States , and to no want of wisdom or energy in its members . That body will ever hold a great place in history - if it ...
... Congress is sometimes spoken of is unjust . Its want of vigor was due to the limitation put upon its powers by the States , and to no want of wisdom or energy in its members . That body will ever hold a great place in history - if it ...
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... Congress , from the story of whose life could almost be written the history of the Northern war ; the chivalric and ingenious Devol , said by his biographer to be " the most perfect figure of a man to be seen amongst a thousand ; " the ...
... Congress , from the story of whose life could almost be written the history of the Northern war ; the chivalric and ingenious Devol , said by his biographer to be " the most perfect figure of a man to be seen amongst a thousand ; " the ...
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... Congress , for a grant of lands north and northwest of the River Ohio to the veterans of the army in redemption of the pledges of Con- gress ; and , further , for sales to such officers and soldiers as might choose to become purchasers ...
... Congress , for a grant of lands north and northwest of the River Ohio to the veterans of the army in redemption of the pledges of Con- gress ; and , further , for sales to such officers and soldiers as might choose to become purchasers ...
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In 1785 Congress appointed General Putnam one of the sur- veyors of northwestern lands . He says , in his letter accepting the office , that " a wish to promote emigration from among my friends into that country , and not the wages ...
In 1785 Congress appointed General Putnam one of the sur- veyors of northwestern lands . He says , in his letter accepting the office , that " a wish to promote emigration from among my friends into that country , and not the wages ...
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... Congress ? " A gift of that which is not to be given , By all the blended powers of earth and Heaven . " What was it that applied the spur to the halting Congress whose action the whole power of Washington had failed to over- come ? The ...
... Congress ? " A gift of that which is not to be given , By all the blended powers of earth and Heaven . " What was it that applied the spur to the halting Congress whose action the whole power of Washington had failed to over- come ? The ...
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Página 144 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Página 246 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Página 42 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Página 76 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Página 41 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the UNION by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their Brethren and connect them with Aliens?
Página 145 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Página 187 - Michigan : 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...
Página 25 - God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness...
Página 143 - Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness — That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Power from the Consent of the Governed...
Página 71 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States...