...canals or rivers, for sale or exportation ; and that the same may be exported without reinspection : Be it therefore enacted by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, in general assembly mct, and it is hereby enacted by the authority ofthe same, That no restrictions, duty...

...the Union, having claims to western territory, to make a liberal cession, to the United States, of a portion of their respective claims, for the common...United States, and strengthen their federal union : Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the senate and house of representatives, in general assembly...

...western territory, to AA 1787. make a liberal cession to the United States of a portion of F- L. 415. their respective claims, for the common benefit of...adopt every measure which can tend to promote the honour and dignity of the United States, and strengthen their ftederal union : 2. He it therefore enacted,...

...to waste and unappropriated lands in the western country, a liberal cession to the United States, of a portion of their respective claims, for the common benefit of the Union." And in January, 1781, the Commonwealth of Virginia yielded to the United States "all right, title, and...

...to waste and unappropriated lands in the western country, a liberal cession to the United States, of a portion of their respective claims, for the common benefit of the union: and whereas this commonwealth did, on the 2d day of January, in the year 1781, yield to the Congress of the United States,...

...speaks of the invitation to cede their claims, "for the benefit of the Union," and she used these words: ''Whereas, this State is willing to adopt every measure,...promote the honor and dignity of the United States, and to strengthen the federal Union," &c. Did South Carolina wish or intend not to strengthen the Union,...

...the Union, having claims to Western territory, ' to make a liberal cession to the United States of a ' portion of their respective claims for the common...' benefit of the Union; and whereas this State is witl' ing to adopt every measure which can tend to promote 'the honor and dignity of the United States,...

...to waste and unappropriated lands in the Western country, a libeial cession to the United States, of a portion of their respective claims, for the common benefit of the Union : and whereas this Commonwealth did, on the second day of January, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one,...

...to waste and unappropriated lands in the western country, a liberal cession to the United States of a portion of their respective claims, for the common benefit of the Union," and in the belief that Congress would continue " earnestly to press upon other States, claiming large tracts...

...the invitation to cede their claims, " for the benefit of the Union," and she uses these words : " whereas, this State is willing to adopt every measure,...promote the honor and dignity of the United States, and to strengthen the federal U nion," &c. Did South Carolina wish or intend not to strengthen the Union,...