...committee to whom was referred the memorial of the legislature of the In diana territory, praying to be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states, made a favorable report thereon, which was read and referred to a committee of the whole. The...

...striking out of that clause of the first section, which providos that " the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever;'' these words, '• upon an equal footing triih the original states,...

...direct decision on an occasion of great interest. A statute of the United States, passed March 6, 1820, authorized the inhabitants of the territory now embraced...accordingly adopted by a convention in Missouri, in July, 1830. The fourth clause of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of this constitution, makes...

...decision on an occasion of great interest. A statute of VOL. i. the United States, passed March 6, 1820, authorized the inhabitants of the territory now embraced...copy of the constitution formed by Missouri should lie transmitted to Congress, as soon as might be after its formation. A State constitution was accordingly...

...Government, that the Territory should be formed into States ; that, when they had a certain population, they should be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States; and, in the meantime, certain great principles of civil and religious liberty were agreed upon...

...that whenever any of the said terri-tories shall contain sixty thousand free inhabitants, it shall be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states. 2d. And it is further provided that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...

...farther, that whenever any of the said territories shall contain sixty thousand free inhabitants, it shall be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states. ! Note.—The North-west Territory, ceded by Virginia to the United States, and included within...

...Government and the State of Alabama, and the other new States, as cowtamed in the act admitting these into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States, the three per cent, of the nctt proceeds of the sales of public hinds lying within each State, respectively,...

...that whenever any of the said ter-ritories shall contain sixty thousand free inhabitants, it shall be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states. 8 § 407. The power of Congress over the public terri-tory is exclusive and universal, except...

...assented to by the Congress of the United States, when they adopted our constitution, and admitted Ohio into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States. The ground upon which Michigan appears to found her claim to a portion of the territory within the constitutional...