...,tates. circumstances will admit : and that the states so formed shall be distinct republican states, and admitted members of the federal Union ; having the...freedom and independence as the other states. That the necessary and reasonable expenses in- Expenses of curred by this state, in subduing any British...

...states, to be formed out of the ceded Territory, should be "distinct republican states, and admitted as members of the Federal Union, having the same rights...sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states." And they draw from this circumstance the extraordinary inference, that those states have not only a...

...square, or as near thereto as circnmstances will admit: That the states so formed shall ke distinct republican states, and be admitted members of the...and independence as the other states. That Virginia »hail be allowed and fully reimbursed ^y tj)e United States her actual expences in reducing (he British...

...that the states so formed should be distinct republican states, and admitted members of the foederal union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other states. 2d. That Virginia should be allowed and fully reimbursed by the United states, her actual expences...

...circumstances will admit: and that the states so formed, should be distinct republican states, and admitted members of the federal union; having the same rights of sovereignty, fredom and independence as the other states. 2. That Virginia should be allowed and fully reimbursed...

...each, — afterwards altered,) " and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union, having the...sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States." There were some other condi- condition'"'* tions not now material. March 1, 17S4, Congress voted to...

...settled and formed into distinct republican States, to become members, of the " Federal Union, with the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States; and that the lands should be granted or settled, at such times, and under such regulations, as should...

...— and what is that basis ' It is, as expressed in the ordinance of the year 1780, the possession of the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States. But the gentleman contends that States without the right of soil, as asked for by the amendment to...

...and formed into distinct republican states, which shall become members of the federal union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states." Afterwards, on the 7th of July, 1786, the subject of " laying out and forming into states,'" the country...

...and formed into distinct republican states, which shall become members of the federal union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states." Afterwards, on the 7th of July, 1786, the subject of " laying out and forming into states," the country...