Letter of Lucius Lyon to the Honorable Lewis Williams, Chairman of the Committee on Territories, Respecting the Boundary Line Between Ohio and Michigan: Also, the Report of Said Committee on the Subject of Admitting Michigan Into the UnionGales & Seaton, 1834 - 44 Seiten |
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... rest . If the claim of Ohio is a just or legal one , and if Congress have power to decide upon it , why has it not been preferred and urged on the attention of Congress some two , four , six , eight , or ten years ago ? Why is the ...
... rest . If the claim of Ohio is a just or legal one , and if Congress have power to decide upon it , why has it not been preferred and urged on the attention of Congress some two , four , six , eight , or ten years ago ? Why is the ...
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... rests , cannot exist without an opposite party with rights and interests also . As it is clear that the General Government can have no interest against Ohio in this question , where then can be her antagonist party ? Who can have rights ...
... rests , cannot exist without an opposite party with rights and interests also . As it is clear that the General Government can have no interest against Ohio in this question , where then can be her antagonist party ? Who can have rights ...
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... rests her claim ! Well may some of the delega tion from that State strive , as they have done , to propagate the notion that this question of boundary between Ohio and Michigan is not a judicial question ; that Michigan has no rights ...
... rests her claim ! Well may some of the delega tion from that State strive , as they have done , to propagate the notion that this question of boundary between Ohio and Michigan is not a judicial question ; that Michigan has no rights ...
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... rests her claim , it is not surprising that some slight inaccuracies should have been commit- ted . On comparing the said report of Mr. Randolph with what those gentlemen have said on the subject , such seems to have been the case . The ...
... rests her claim , it is not surprising that some slight inaccuracies should have been commit- ted . On comparing the said report of Mr. Randolph with what those gentlemen have said on the subject , such seems to have been the case . The ...
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... rest her case , confident that Congress never has assented , and in the full belief that , in opposition to so many of their own acts , that body never will as- sent to an enlargement of the boundaries of Ohio . Even supposing the ...
... rest her case , confident that Congress never has assented , and in the full belief that , in opposition to so many of their own acts , that body never will as- sent to an enlargement of the boundaries of Ohio . Even supposing the ...
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Seite 11 - 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...
Seite 4 - Woods and Mississippi. 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.
Seite 4 - 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, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Seite 5 - 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...
Seite 31 - 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...
Seite 4 - 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...
Seite 4 - States in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government. Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Seite 4 - The western State in the said Territory, shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio, and the Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and Post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Seite 14 - State, the propositions set forth in "an act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes...
Seite 4 - 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.