...footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest : It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority...articles of compact, between the original states and the people and stales in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent,...

...footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with ihe general interest : It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority...following articles shall be considered as articles ot compact between the original states and the people and slates in the said territory, and forever...

...claim, under the ordinance of 1787, to the territory in dispute. That ordinance established certain articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, which were to remain forever unalterable...

...early periods as may be consistent with the general interest : It is hereby ordained and declared, _by the authority aforesaid, That the following Articles...remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ART. 1. No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account...

...to the Legislature to appoint a delegate to Congress. It then proceeds to state certain fundamental articles of compact between the original States, and the people and States in the Territory, which are to remain unalterable, unless by common consent. The first provides for the freedom...

...footing with the original states, at as early a period as may be consistent with the general interest: It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority...remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ART. 1. No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account...

...northwest of the river Ohio. This was enacted, as it asserts, among other things, to establish " certain articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the territory, to remain forever unalterable, unless by common consent." One of these articles of compact...

...constitution and state government, so formed, is republican, and in conformity with the principles of the articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the territory north-west of the river Ohio, passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred...

...footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest : It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority...himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever he molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments in the said territory. Art. II....

...river Ohio, passed by congress on the 13th day of July, 1787, that certain articles therein contained " shall be considered as articles of compact between...forever remain unalterable unless by common consent;" And whereas it is stipulated in and by the 5th of the said articles of compact, that there shall be...