...interest : It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between...and the people and States in the said territory, and for ever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit : Ant. 1. No person, demeaning himself...

...it would have been perfectly absurd to declare these temporary arrangements " a compact between the original States ' and the people and States in the said territory, and forever unal' terable, unless by common consent." Why, they have been altered time and again by Congress, without...

...it would have been perfectly absurd to declare these temporary arrangements " a compact between the original States ' and the people and States in the said territory, and forever unal' terable, unless by common consent." Why, they have been altered time and again by Congress, without...

...prescribed to the people inhabiting the western territory certain conditions which were declared to be " articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory" which should " for ever remain unalterable, unless by common consent." In one of these articles it...

...that memorable ordinance were set forth and should be considered as ABTICLES OF COMPACT between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and should forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent. The ordinance then proceeded to lay the...

...common consent. After reciting the form of government, the ordinance says : " The following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States and the people of the States in the said Territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent,...

...interest : /( is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, That the fallowing articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between...and the people and States in the said territory, and for ever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit : ART. 1. No person, demeaning himself...

...to Congress might be cboaen, with the right of debate but no vote. The Ordinance concludes with six articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the Territory, which should forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent. The first declared that...

...to Congress might be chosen, with the right of debate but no vote. The Ordinance concludes with six articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the Territory, which should forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent. The first declared that...

...constitution and State government so formed is republican, and in conformity with the principles of the articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the territory northwest of the river Ohio, passed on the 13th day, of July 1787 : Resolved, by the Senate...