...preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall U made for the same. And in the just preservation of...said territory, that shall in any manner whatever interfci -, with or affect private contracts or engagements, kona Jide, and without fraud previously...

...(Ordinance for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand bis particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same. And,...engagements, bona fide, and without fraud, previously formed. ART. 3. Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of...

...introduced into the ordinance for the government of the Western country, the following clause : to wit, " and in the just preservation of rights and property,...and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or to have force in the said territory, that shall in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private...

...and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the territory, that shall in any manner whatever interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, bonajide, and without fraud, previously made," thereby pointedly making a distinction between laws...

...senate on Mr. Foote's resolution respecting the public lands. The ordinance provides as follows. ' In the just preservation of rights and property, it...understood and declared, that no law ought ever to he made, or have force, in said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect...

...the constitution of the United States, and so ably and learnedly expounded by Marshall and Story — that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the territory, that shall in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements,...

...United States northwest of the river Ohio. By one of the fundamental articles it is provided, that "in the just preservation of rights and property,...no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the territory, that shall in any manner whatever interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements,...

...provided, thaV no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of bis peers.' 'And in the just preservation of rights and property,...force in the said territory, that shall in any manner affect private contracts.' This compact was formed between the original States and the people of the...

...the just preservation of "rights and property, that no law ought ever to be "made, or have force iu the said territory, that shall " in any manner whatever...with, or affect private "contracts or engagements, bond fide, and without fraud "previously formed." The third provides for the encouragement of religion,...

...services required for the public use. And for the just preservation of rights and property, it was declared, "that no law ought ever to be made, or have...engagements, bona fide and without fraud, previously formed." The ordinance, also, contained provisions for the organization and government of the northwestern territory,...