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... Ohio river , were , by a convention held at Wheeling , declared independent of the old State government , and were organized into a new State , called West Virginia , which remains loyal . The Capital of the old State was selected as ...
... Ohio river , were , by a convention held at Wheeling , declared independent of the old State government , and were organized into a new State , called West Virginia , which remains loyal . The Capital of the old State was selected as ...
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... OHIO . Ohio was admitted into the Union on the 29th of November , 1802 ; the State containing , at the time , 72,000 inhabitants , 12,000 more than was required in order to its admission . It was settled in the spring of 1788 , one year ...
... OHIO . Ohio was admitted into the Union on the 29th of November , 1802 ; the State containing , at the time , 72,000 inhabitants , 12,000 more than was required in order to its admission . It was settled in the spring of 1788 , one year ...
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... Ohio , Indiana , and Illinois had been severally detached , the remainder , in 1805 , became a distinct territory , the first Governor of which was General Hull , by appointment of President Jefferson . Michigan suffered much from the ...
... Ohio , Indiana , and Illinois had been severally detached , the remainder , in 1805 , became a distinct territory , the first Governor of which was General Hull , by appointment of President Jefferson . Michigan suffered much from the ...
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... Ohio . Be it ordained , by the United States in Congress assembled , that the said Territory , for the purpose of temporary government , be one district ; subject , however , to be divided into two districts , as future circumstances ...
... Ohio . Be it ordained , by the United States in Congress assembled , that the said Territory , for the purpose of temporary government , be one district ; subject , however , to be divided into two districts , as future circumstances ...
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... Ohio , by the Ohio , by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line , and by said territorial line . The eastern State shall be bounded by the last mentioned direct line , the Ohio ...
... Ohio , by the Ohio , by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line , and by said territorial line . The eastern State shall be bounded by the last mentioned direct line , the Ohio ...
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Page 46 - They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels and modified by mutual...
Page 19 - ... of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be...
Page 51 - ... nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Page 97 - ... shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 49 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible ; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 86 - That the legislative power of the 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 99 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three states, shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan...
Page 46 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 46 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled, men, will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 54 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...