...ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and for ever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit : Ant. 1. No person, demeaning himself...

...may not, after all, be unprofitable. The ordinance of 1787, article five, provided that there should be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five states, * * * with this proviso : " That if congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall...

...prescribed to the people inhabiting the western territory certain conditions which were declared to be " articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory" which should " for ever remain unalterable, unless by common consent." In one of these articles it...

...not directly nominated by the people. Under the 5th article of this ordinance, it was enacted that there shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three, nor more than five States, fixing and establishing the boundaries whenever Virginia should alter her act of cession,...

...which 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 northwest of the river Ohio, passed on the 13th day, of July 1787 : Resolved, by the Senate...

...ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, That the fallowing articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and for ever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit : ART. 1. No person, demeaning himself...

...which constitution and State government «o 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 northwest of the river Ohio, passed on the 13th day, of July 1787: Resolved, by the Senate...

...and two years' residence in the district. The Ordinance then proceeded to state certain fundamental articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the territory. which were to remain unalterable, except by common consent. The first provided for freedom...

...to Congress might be chosen, with the right of debate but no vote. The Ordinance concludes with six articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the Territory, which should forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent. The first declared that...

...to Congress might be cboaen, with the right of debate but no vote. The Ordinance concludes with six articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the Territory, which should forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent. The first declared that...