...states so formed shall be distinct republican states, and admitted members of the federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other states. That the necessary and reasonable expenses in- Expenses of curred by this state, in subduing any British...

...Territory, should be "distinct republican states, and admitted as members of the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states." And they draw from this circumstance the extraordinary inference, that those states have not only a right...

...so formed, shall be distinct republican states, and admitted members of the fcederal union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and Independence, as the other states; that the necessary and reasonable expences incurred by this atate in subduing any British posts, or...

...so formed, shall be distinct republican states, and admitted members of the federal union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states. That the necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by this state, in subduing any British posts, or...

...so formed shall ke distinct republican states, and be admitted members of the federal union, having the same rights of sovereignty freedom and independence as the other states. That Virginia »hail be allowed and fully reimbursed ^y tj)e United States her actual expences in reducing...

...States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States." There were some other condi- condition'"'* tions not now material. March 1, 17S4, Congress voted to...

...— 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...

...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." Afterwards, on the 7th of July, 1786, the subject of " laying out and forming into states,'" the country...

...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." Afterwards, on the 7th of July, 1786, the subject of " laying out and forming into states," the country...

...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; and that the expense incurred by any State since the commencement of the war, in subduing any British posts, or...