...which is not by this Confederation, expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled. ARTICLE III. The said States hereby severally enter...the security of their liberties, and their mutual anff general welfare ; binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks...

...style of " The United States of America," into a firm league of fri&hdship with each other, for their defence, the security of their liberties, and their...themselves to assist each other against all force oifered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade,...

...not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled. ARTICLE 3. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm...league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves...

...sovereignty, freedom, and independence." Nor did the States, thereby, pretend to do anything more than " enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence;" and in the decision of all questions each State had a single vote. The fate of that confederacy, as...

...which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled. Article III. The said states hereby severally enter...league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves...

.... . . expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. "(271) Article III provided, "The said states hereby severally enter into a firm...league of friendship with each other for their common defense . . ." (272) They entered into a "league" ; they did not purport to create a "corporate" or...

...whieh is not by this eonfederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. ARTICLE III. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with eaeh other, for their eommon defenee, the seeurity of their Liherties, and their mutual and general...

...this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled. 756.4 ARTICLE in. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their 1 Adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, while meeting at York, Pennsylvania, which...

...and Perpetual Union, in which they took the name of "the United States of America," entered into a firm league of friendship with each other for their...assist each other against all force offered to or attack made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence...

...*only to [125 read the schedule; none others exist. Let us go on. In the third article "the states severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other " for their common defense, and bind themselves to " assist each other against all force," etc.—a simple treaty, compact,...