...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." A deed of cession from New York was executed by three of the delegates in Congress from that State,...

...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 Stales, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the...

...— and what is that basis ' It is, as expressed in the ordinance of the year 1780, the possession of the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States. But the gentleman contends that States without the right of soil, as asked for by the amendment to...

...contemplating the cession of unappropriated lands to the United States, accompanied by a provision, " that they shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the...sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states," Afterwards, on the 7th of July, 1786, the subject of " laying out and forming into states," the country...

...portion of territory, derived from her ; " which states," it proceeds lo declare, " shall hereafter become members of the federal union, and have the...rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the original states, in conformity with the resolution of Congress of the 10th of October, 1780." All the...

...portion of territory, derived from her ; " which states," it proceeds to declare. " shall hereafter become members of the federal union, and have the...rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the original states, in conformity with the resolution of Congress of the 10th of October, 1780." All the...

...the recommendation of Congress of the 6th day or September last, shall be disposed of for the cemmon benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct repub-. Jican states, which shall become members of the federal union, and have the same rights of...

...ceded, should be disposed of for the common benefit of the union and formed into republican states, with the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other states ; to be of a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred, and no more than one hundred...

...United States, by anv particular State, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress, of the 6th day astly, it means the people composing those political societies in their high Stales, and he settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the...

...be settled and formed into distinct republican states, to become members of the Federal union, with the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other states; and that the lands should be granted, or settled, at such times, and under such regulations, as should...