 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...  the rise and fall of the confederate government - Page 181by jefferson davis - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Hodgson - Confederate States of America - 1876 - 560 pages
...entered, in the language of the Act of Congress accepting the territorial claim from the States, " with the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and " independence as the other States." Could the State of Indiana be as independent, or as sovereign as the State of Connecticut, if a large... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 1160 pages
...and forined into distinct republican slates; which shall become members of the federal union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States." (3 Journals of Congress, 516, 535.) From these references we have the whole policy of Congress concerning... | |
 | Elliot H. Goodwin - History - 1965 - 776 pages
...formed into distinct republican states ' which should 'become members of the federal union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states'. With this impediment removed, it was possible for Congress to announce acceptance of the articles on... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs - 1967 - 572 pages
...formed into distinct republican states, which shall become members of the federal union, and shall have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other states. . . ." M One of the many compromises made by the confederating states was their agreement to relinquish... | |
 | United States. National Archives and Records Service - Constitutional history - 1970 - 84 pages
...and formed into distinct republican States which shall become members of the fcederal Union and have the same rights of Sovereignty freedom and independence as the other states. Only after Virginia ceded her claims on January 2, 1781, was Maryland willing to ratify the Articles... | |
 | Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1912 - 396 pages
...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." A proud but generous Commonwealth, always ready to make sacrifices, "to establish the Federal Union... | |
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