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... in the other House . It never passed through any stage there at which a test
vote could be taken upon it ; and although it is supposed by many that a majority
of that House in the last Congress concurred in the views which had been taken ...
... in the other House . It never passed through any stage there at which a test
vote could be taken upon it ; and although it is supposed by many that a majority
of that House in the last Congress concurred in the views which had been taken ...
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... and the reference of the bill to them was evidently considered by the committee
of which Mr . Randolph was chairman , as superseding the necessity of their
further consideration of the subject , for they never made any further report upon it
.
... and the reference of the bill to them was evidently considered by the committee
of which Mr . Randolph was chairman , as superseding the necessity of their
further consideration of the subject , for they never made any further report upon it
.
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The convention never did suppose that they possessed a discretionary power to
accept the boundary prescribed to them by Congress with the proviso inserted in
their constitution . That proviso was simply a contingent proposition which ...
The convention never did suppose that they possessed a discretionary power to
accept the boundary prescribed to them by Congress with the proviso inserted in
their constitution . That proviso was simply a contingent proposition which ...
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thing beyond those limits : they have never transcended them : they have , in all
their proceedings , adhered to them with punctilious fidelity . The annexation of
the Wisconsin country to Michigan , like the more recent annexation of the
territory ...
thing beyond those limits : they have never transcended them : they have , in all
their proceedings , adhered to them with punctilious fidelity . The annexation of
the Wisconsin country to Michigan , like the more recent annexation of the
territory ...
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How , then , can it be with reason contended that the limits of the local
Government , to which the inhabitants of this tract of country owed allegiance ,
should , in its fourth modification , though never before , be holden fixed and
immutable ?
How , then , can it be with reason contended that the limits of the local
Government , to which the inhabitants of this tract of country owed allegiance ,
should , in its fourth modification , though never before , be holden fixed and
immutable ?
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Página 3 - The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash, from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Página 26 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan.
Página 4 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Página 24 - September last ; that is to say, upon condition that the territory so ceded shall be laid out and formed Into states, containing a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Página 6 - Miami aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line...
Página 29 - June next, all that part of the Indiana Territory which lies north of a line drawn east from the southerly bend, or extreme, of Lake Michigan, until it shall intersect Lake Erie, and east of a line drawn from the said southerly bend through the middle of said lake to its northern extremity, and thence due north to the northern boundary of the United States, shall, for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate Territory, and be called Michigan.
Página 44 - Michigan : and whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free Inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its Delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent Constitution and State Government...
Página 40 - Pennsylvania line aforesaid ; provided, always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this convention, that if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect the...
Página 3 - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession, and...
Página 29 - Territory shall be entitled to, and enjoy, all and singular the rights, privileges, and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the Territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio...
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| Título | Report Report, National Education Association of the United States. Committee on Academic Freedom |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Gles and Seaton, print, 1936 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 11 Ene. 2007 |
| Largo | 53 páginas |
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