...future circumstances may require ; fr"™ Virwhich states shall hereafter become members of the s'nu federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the original states, in conformity with the resolution of Congress, oi' the tenth of October, 178O. ARTICLE...

...State, pursnant to the rec ommendation of Congress on the 6th day of September last, shall be dis posed of for the common benefit of the United States, and...States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, nnd have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, arid inde pendence, as the other Stales : that each...

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

...any particular state, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress of the 6th day of September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the...sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states : that each state which shall be so formed shall contain a suitable extent of territory, not less than...

...as the situation of that country and future circumstances may require; which states shall hereafter become members of the federal union, and have the...rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the original states, in conformity with the resolution of Congress of the 10th October, 1780. MONDAY, July...

...so formed, shall be distinct republican states, and admitted members of the fcederal union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and Independence, as the other states; that the necessary and reasonable expences incurred by this atate in subduing any British posts, or...

...so formed shall ke distinct republican states, and be admitted members of the federal union, having the same rights of sovereignty freedom and independence as the other states. That Virginia »hail be allowed and fully reimbursed ^y tj)e United States her actual expences in reducing...

...western country, to cede them to the United States to " be disposed of for their common benefit," and to be " settled and formed into distinct republican States,...become members of the Federal Union, and have the game rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, at the other States" and to " be granted or...

...States by any particular State, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress of the 6th of September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the...sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other Slates; "That the said lands shall be granted or settled at such times, and under such regulation",...

...expressly obtained " for the common benefit and support of the Union;" as Congress had resolved they "shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States-," and as the residue of our lands were purchased by our common funds, no doubt could exist that they must...