...to the United States, by any particular State, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress of the 6th day of September last, shall be disposed of for the...common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formrd into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the...

...to the United States, by any particular state, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress of the 6th of September last, shall be disposed of for the COMMON benefit of the United States," that is of the CONFEDERATED states, such being their position at the time, before the Union, under...

...to the United States, by any particular state, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress of the 6th of September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United 8tates,' &c. "In conformity with the recommendation of Congress, the several states containing waste...

...statute and cession of Virginia, the fundamental condition of the trust, that the new states shall have "the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other states." To maintain such a doctrine is to deny that Michigan has been admitted into the Union "on an equal...

...statute and cession of Virginia the fundamental condition of the '.rust, that the new states shall have "the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states." To maintain such a doctrine is to deny that Michigan has been admitted into the Union "on an equal...

...deed of cession, Virginia stipulates that the territory conveyed shall be formed into states "having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states." On the construction claimed by our neighbors, our state is not, as we have shown, either sovereign,...

...the statute and cession of Virginia the fundamental condition of the trust, that the new states shall have "the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other stales." To maintain such a doctrine is to deny that Michigan has been admitted into the Union "on...

...express provision, in the act of cession, that the States to be formed in the ceded Territory " should have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States." It was believed, that the inhabitants of the district, which was one of the divisions of the ceded...

...States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States. " That the necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by this State in subduing any British posts, or in maintaining...

...so formed, shall be republican States, and severally admitted members of the federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other States." Now, what were the rights of that character, possessed by the other States, under the old Confederation?...