 | United States. Congress - 1825 - 734 Seiten
...a loss to see how the Senate could reject a proposition, in itself so just. The ordinance of July, 1787, for the government of the Territory northwest of the Ohio river, may be called the foundation of good government in that country. This ordinance provides the means... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1837 - 738 Seiten
...now succinctly state. I. The Territory of Michigan, according to the ordinance of the 13th of July, 1787, for the government of the Territory northwest of the Ohio river, was entitled to be admitted into the Union, as one of the confederate States, when she contained a... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1855 - 748 Seiten
...for the strange and objectionable inferences which gentlemen strive to deduce from the ordinance ol 1787, for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio river. The fourth section of that ordinance declares "that certain articles shall be considered as articles... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1864 - 974 Seiten
...thirty-six sections) be reserved for the maintenance of public schools. The celebrated Ordinance of 1787, for the government of the territory north-west of the Ohio River, confirmed the provisions of the Ordinance just named, adding that " religion, morality, and knowledge... | |
 | Stephen Arnold Douglas - 1866 - 242 Seiten
...Territory, under the title and style of the Territory of Orleans, and the provisions of the Ordinance of 1787, for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio River, with the exception of the Sixth Article, prohibiting slavery, were adopted as the basis of that government.... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1871 - 660 Seiten
...shall never be suspended, except in cases of rebellion or invasion. Art. 1, § 9. The ordinance of 1787, for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio river, article 2, provides that " the inhabitants of said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits... | |
 | Michigan State Library - 1874 - 660 Seiten
...Marietta, Ohio, 1886. Marietta, nd ; pamphlet _ 1 MISCELLANEOUS (Continued). Voto. Ordinance of July 18, 1787, for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio river, Marietta, nd ; pamphlet 1 Maryland historical Society. Archives of Maryland, judiciarv and testamentary... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1877 - 992 Seiten
...however, that this compromise system was matured in its present formNotwithstanding that the ordinance of 1787 for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio river, had recognized and invited township organization by providing for township representation, and for... | |
 | 1881 - 744 Seiten
...government in all respects like that provided by the ordinance of Congress, passed the 13th of July, 1787, for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio river. By the ordinance of 1787 the governor and judges, or a majority of them, were authorized to adopt and... | |
 | Illinois, Elijah Middlebrook Haines - 1883 - 598 Seiten
...however, that this compromise system was matured in its present form. Notwithstanding the ordinance of 1787, for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio River, had recognized and invited township organization by providing for township representation, and for... | |
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Congress passed in 1787, for the government of the territory northwest of the Ohio river, and in 1790 was extended to the territory southwest of that river. 
