...States, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest : It ii hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the...shall be considered as articles of compact between the anginal State* and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless...

...periods as may be consistent with the general interest: It it hereby ordained and declared by ttie authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall...considered as articles of compact between the original Stales and the people and States in the laid territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common...

...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...

...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 northTreat of the river Ohio, passed on the 13th day, of July 1787 : Resolved, by the Senate...

...party shall be duly convicted." Preceding the sixth article, it is ordained and declared, that the six articles shall be considered as articles of compact,...the original states, and the people and states in said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent. The legislature of Virginia...

...was the demonstration thereby afforded of its "It is hereby ordained and declared, by the minority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered...articles of compact between the original States and the people and Slates in the said Territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent,...

...representative government, the Northwest Ordinance had this to say: 14. It is hereby ordained and declared . . . that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States 'See note 1. lDetla Hadley et al. v. The Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, Mo.,...

...with the general interest: SEC. 14. It is hereby ordained and declared, by the author- p«7.i4j ity aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered...consent, to wit: ARTICLE I No person, demeaning himself hi a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship, or religious...

...formed in said territory," proceeded, not to enact an ordinary statute, but to " ordain and declare that the following articles shall be considered as...articles of COMPACT between the original states and the states and people of said territory, and forever remain unalterable, except by common consent."...

...relations with the Indians. This significant national legislation provides in part: It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the...remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: Art. 3d. Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of...