Cession of the Northwest Territory and the Ordinance of 1787: An Address Delivered Before the Society of Alumni of the University of Virginia, on Commencement Day, July 2, 1884Published at the request of the Society of the Alumni, 1884 - 28 páginas |
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... moment were thwarted or greatly retarded by divided counsels . But after all , the fixed determination of the people , to ac- complish an absolute severance from the British crown , gave a sufficient cohesion to the colonies to carry them ...
... moment were thwarted or greatly retarded by divided counsels . But after all , the fixed determination of the people , to ac- complish an absolute severance from the British crown , gave a sufficient cohesion to the colonies to carry them ...
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... fixed its enjoyment to be as immutable as the most solemn laws , constitutions and compacts can secure . And in the healing of domestic differences , they showed a generosity of spirit and a sacri- fice of narrow advantage which were ...
... fixed its enjoyment to be as immutable as the most solemn laws , constitutions and compacts can secure . And in the healing of domestic differences , they showed a generosity of spirit and a sacri- fice of narrow advantage which were ...
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... fixed the boundaries thus : " From the point of land called Cape or Point Comfort all along the sea coast to the northward two hundred miles and from the said point of Cape Comfort all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred ...
... fixed the boundaries thus : " From the point of land called Cape or Point Comfort all along the sea coast to the northward two hundred miles and from the said point of Cape Comfort all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred ...
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... fixed the Potomac as Virginia's northern boun- dary , and left to her only the territory south of the river and west and northwest of Pennsylvania . Down to the treaty of peace between France and England in 1763 , the territory ...
... fixed the Potomac as Virginia's northern boun- dary , and left to her only the territory south of the river and west and northwest of Pennsylvania . Down to the treaty of peace between France and England in 1763 , the territory ...
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... fixed for as the little band dropped down the river the sun went into total eclipse . Not the deafening thunder , nor the whirling storm , not the lightning cleaving earth and air with its dreadful lance of fire , half fill the mind ...
... fixed for as the little band dropped down the river the sun went into total eclipse . Not the deafening thunder , nor the whirling storm , not the lightning cleaving earth and air with its dreadful lance of fire , half fill the mind ...
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Página 24 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 20 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws, and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Página 7 - Declarations, hereafter expressed, all those Lands, Countries, and Territories, situate, lying, and being, in that Part of America called VIRGINIA, from the Point of Land, called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the Sea Coast, to the Northward two hundred Miles, and from the said Point of Cape Comfort, all along the Sea Coast, to the Southward two hundred Miles, and all that Space and Circuit of Land, lying from the Sea Coast of the Precinct aforesaid, up into the Land, throughout from Sea to Sea,...
Página 20 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Página 22 - ... no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...
Página 7 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Página 4 - But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with.
Página 20 - ... 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: SEC.
Página 12 - Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime. As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
Página 28 - He was most princely : Ever witness for him Those twins of learning, that he rais'd in you, Ipswich, and Oxford!