...confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled;" and by the third article, " the said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other," &c.; that there then existed an unity of political power, in the people and government...

...confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled;" and by the third article, " the said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other," &c.; that there then existed an unity of political power, in the people and government...

...of America ;' by which they enter' ed ' into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their defence, the security of their liberties, and their...each other against all force offered to or attacks mad? npon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.'...

...article, degraded from its place as the second, the firm league of friendship of these several states with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare. In the debates upon these articles of confederation, between the 7th of October, and...

...be very imperfect. The states had severally entered, as expressed in one of the articles, " into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their...security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare." But as it was a mere league was the state of the country at the close of the war...

...freedom, and independence, and all powers which were not expressly delegated to congress. It was a " league of friendship with each other, for their common...security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare," &c. And, "the better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among...

...which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, m Congress assembled. ART. III. The said States hereby severally enter into a...themselves to assist each other, against all force offered te, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other...

...not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. A»T. 1H. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship -.••iil, each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual...

...States, in Congress assembled. The third article declared, that the states severally entered into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their...against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, on any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever. The fou...

...The latter purported on their face to be a mere confederacy. The language of the third article was, ' The said states hereby severally enter into a firm...friendship with each other for their common defence, &-c. binding themselves to assist each other.' And the ratification was by delegates of the state legislatures,...