The Western Journal and Civilian: Devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, Public Policy, and Polite Literature, Volume 12M. Tarver & H. Cobb, 1854 - Missouri |
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... passed a mixed party of Canadians and Indians , and on the 7th day the party ar- rived safe at Boonesborough . " Could active enterprise have been more gallantly displayed at the head of thousands , than by this sagacious and intrepid ...
... passed a mixed party of Canadians and Indians , and on the 7th day the party ar- rived safe at Boonesborough . " Could active enterprise have been more gallantly displayed at the head of thousands , than by this sagacious and intrepid ...
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... passed through almost every political stage toward the attainment of a perfect state of government , before the birth of the American Union . Both had invoked the philosophy and experience of twenty centuries to aid in constructing ...
... passed through almost every political stage toward the attainment of a perfect state of government , before the birth of the American Union . Both had invoked the philosophy and experience of twenty centuries to aid in constructing ...
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... passed , and found them more unprepared for a sud- den transition , than they were then . The cause that united them upon the instant , was not only sacred and holy - for even such considerations , although they create sympathy , do not ...
... passed , and found them more unprepared for a sud- den transition , than they were then . The cause that united them upon the instant , was not only sacred and holy - for even such considerations , although they create sympathy , do not ...
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... passed for fractions of a dollar . It soon became entirely worthless . The second State Bank was chartered by the session of the Legislature in the winter of 1834- 5. In July of '35 , it was determined to establish a branch here ; but ...
... passed for fractions of a dollar . It soon became entirely worthless . The second State Bank was chartered by the session of the Legislature in the winter of 1834- 5. In July of '35 , it was determined to establish a branch here ; but ...
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... passed the culminating point of their prosperity , master mechanics can select their journeymen , and do somewhat as they wish . For the last year or two , so great has been the demand for labor , that those who worked by the day or ...
... passed the culminating point of their prosperity , master mechanics can select their journeymen , and do somewhat as they wish . For the last year or two , so great has been the demand for labor , that those who worked by the day or ...
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Page 303 - That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 305 - Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States: nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Page 306 - That the judicial power of said Territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum...
Page 374 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 305 - Representatives shall reside in and be inhabitants of the district, or county, or counties, for which they may be elected respectively. Previous to the first election, the Governor shall cause a census or enumeration of the inhabitants and qualified voters of the several counties and districts of the territory to be taken...
Page 409 - We cannot allow the colonies to check, or discourage in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation.
Page 306 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...
Page 304 - Secretary of said Territory, who shall reside therein, and hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States ; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Page 307 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 310 - That when the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.