 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 800 páginas
...i., pp. 508-515. t Ford's ed. of Washington's Writings, vol. ii., p. 282. t Daniel Webster eaid : " I doubt whether one single law of any law-giver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." H Pitkin, vol. ii., pp. 210-213;... | |
 | John Fiske - 1888 - 610 páginas
...before Ohio, the first of the five states, was admitted into the Union. "I doubt," says Daniel Webster, "whether one single law of any law-giver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." Nothing could have been more... | |
 | John Fiske - 1916 - 402 páginas
...first of the five states, was admitted into the Umon.\X/' "I doubt," says Daniel Webster, "waether one single law of any law-giver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." Nothing could have been more... | |
 | 1917 - 314 páginas
...may read the fact of the Ordinance of 1787. Of this act Webster said in his famous reply to Hayne: "I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked and lasting character." The Ordinance was passed by the Congress then sitting... | |
 | Isaac Leon Kandel - 1917 - 142 páginas
...subsequent history of the grants, the statement of Daniel Webster may be fully endorsed when he said, "I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787" ( Works, vol. iii, p. 263).... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, William Edward Dodd, Marcus Wilson Jernegan, Arthur Pearson Scott - 1918 - 536 páginas
...of these new 10 Northwestern States, [lies the celebrated Ordinance of 1787] we are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate...single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has 1s produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of '87. That... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1918 - 880 páginas
...Congress, covering what was then the great northwest territory. Daniel Webster once stated that he doubted whether one single law of any law-giver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the ordinance of 1787. It guaranteed the right of... | |
 | Indiana Historical Commission - 1919 - 468 páginas
...characterize this ordinance as a marvelous instrument of government advisedly. Of it, Daniel Webster said: I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. It is well to remember the... | |
 | William Backus Guitteau - 1919 - 730 páginas
...followed by the national government in dealing with its territories. " I doubt," said Daniel Webster, " whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." The ordinance provided that... | |
 | Clement Augustus Lounsberry - 1919 - 838 páginas
...constitution accepted by the people of the State of Massachusetts in 1780, and Daniel Webster said of it: "No single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the Ordinance of 1787." It forever prohibited slavery... | |
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I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. 
