The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-09
-. an me ordinance Of 1871.

= am ,se ordinance of 1871.
III. History Of the Ordinance OF 1879 f,
IN ,br National lntelligencer on
81 If the present month, there are sew
y" VS., o. aror. which, before they become
e. fa.,s should be corrected. These
~ E,ro;sb materials for the correction of
~ ,bo fr, Of March, 1884, a commit
). lons.ting Of llr, JEFFERSON, of Viz
A. Cynsr. of Maryland, and Mr.
famr,I Of Rhode Island, submitted TO
rongrss, The following Plan for the tempo
' 49, government Of The Western Territory;
Tbs committee appointed 10 prepare plan
=, ,.,,,,-sr, government of the Western
T.,,i,orv have agreed 10 the following resolu
tions: .. Il,
- 4 fn.l;yiIusl states 10 the United States,
'b.nss.rer the same shall have been purchased
80. i;,n inhabitants and offered for sale by
.r.T,i,.s STATES shall be formed into addition
- S,,rs.. bounded in the following manner, as
-T,.,s .urh ce.siOns will admit that is 10
., Iortbwaralv ami southwardly by parallels
-El.,;,,Fs. 20 that each State shall comprehend.
en- south 10 north, two degrees of latitude, be-
,,npipo 10 count from the completion of thirty
~ degrees north Of the equator; but any terri
,.-y northwarlly Of the forty seventh degree
sbsl make part Of the state next below. And
s..,wsrly ana we>iwardly they shall be bound
- ,bo,e ON the Mississippi by that river on one
siss and the meridian OF the lowest point of the
r,,iss Of m. Ohio on the other; and those aG-
h,-
,bsir western size. and on their eastern BY the
meridian Of the western cape OF the mouth Of
,b- Great ksnawhs. And the territory east
w.rs Of tlis last meridian. between the Ohio.
lake rrie. ana Pennsylvania, shall be one
state.
That the settlers within the territory 10 be
,u-chaSaG and offered for sale shall, either on
heir own petition or on the order of Congress,
receive authority from them. with appointments
Of time AM p. for their free males of full age
10 meet together FOR the purpose of establishing
temporary government, to adopt the constitu-
ton ana avs Of any one of these states, so
hat sucn avs nevertheless shall be subject TO
alteration by their ordinary legislature, and TO
erect. subiec, 10 like alteration, counties or
townships for the election Of members for their
legislature.
That such temporary government shall only
continue in force IN any State until II shall have
acquired twenty thousand free inhabitants, when,
giving Que proof thereof TO Congress, they shall
receive from them authority, with appointments
Of time ana place. 10 call convention of rep
reseaiaves 20 establish a permanent constitu-
lion anu government for themselves.
Pr0ridsi, That both the temporary and per
mansut governments be established on these
principles a. their basis.
!. That they shall forever remain part of
the United States Of America.
, Ihs, in their persons, property, and terri
tory, they shall be subject 10 the Government of
the nii,l STATES in Congress assembled, and
10 the Articles Of Confederation in all those
cases in which the original States shall be so sub
lec;
3. TIA, they shall be subject to pay part of
th- iel-rai cebts contracted or TO be- contracted
10 - apporti0ned on them by Congress according
10 the same common rule and measure by which
appointments thereof shall be made on the
other ~f.fa,
!. THAT their respective governments shall be
n republican forms, and shall admit no person
to be citizen who holds any hereditary title.
). That after the year 500 of the Christian
era there shall be neither slavery nor involunta-
y se!vltude in any of the said States, otherwise
than ia punishment Of crimes. whereof the par
y shall have been duly convicted to have been
personally guilty.
That whatsoever any Of the sal. tates shall
have. OF free inhabitants. as many as shall then
- in any one of the least numerous of the
Thirteen original States, such State shall be ad-
mitiec BY it, delegates into the Congress Of the
United states on an equal footing with the said
original states. after which the assent of two
ihiris Of the aited States, in Congress assem-
1.ed, shall be requisite in all those wherein
b. tie confederation. the assent of nine States
nov required, provided the consent of nine
States 10 such admission NAV be obtained nc
eoEding 70 the eleventh of the articles Of con-
FEDERATION tniil such admission bv their dele
gates into Congress, any of the said States, after
'he establishment Of their temporary govern
ment' shall have authority to keep a sitting
member in Congress. with right of debating,
but not Of voting
nat the territory northward of the forty
h'th degree that i 10 say, Of the completion of
iory-tve degrees from the equator. and extending
10 The Lake ofthe W GODS. shall be called Syluan-
a; that Of the territory under the forty-ffh and
rorty-iourth degrees, that which lies westward
OF Lake Michigan shall be called Michigania;
ahc that which Is eastward thereof, within the
peninsula formed by the lakes and waters of
hichigan' Huron. -. Clair, and Erie, shall be
ralea 'hsrroD's1s, and shall include anv part of
u.r peninsula which NAV extend above the forty
nun 1egree. of the territory under the forty
'"i1 dhe iorty second degrees, that to the west
Naru through which the Assenispi or Rock
."ei runs shall be called Assenisipia; and that
" W. eastward, in which are the fountains Of
,re huskingum. the two Miamies Of Ohio, the
"aDdsh' the Illinois, the Miami of the Lake,
ahc The Nantusky rivers, shall be called Metro
yS'emia. Of the territory which lies under the
U''y-hrst and fortieth degrees, the western,
through which the river Illinois runs shall he
-a'ea IHiHolS; that next adjoining, 10 the east
az saratoga; and that between this last and
ie 81 and extending from the Ohio 10
.-aAe Lre, shall be called Washington. OF the
Iiinory which lies under the thirty ninth and
elght degrees. to which shall be added SO
0ts "' me point Of land within the fork Of the
O'1io and Mississippi lies under the thirty
'en'h degree, that to the westw ard, within and
--Jacent 10 which are the confluences of the
abash, Shawanee, Tansee, Ohio, ILL.,
~ mississippi, and Missouri, shall be called
y'''am'a; ana that TO the eastward, farther
we ONO, otherwise called the Pelisipi, shall
be called PeIisipig.
ina' all The preceding articles shall be form
iH'O charter or compact, shall be duly exc
C .teu Oy the President of the United States, in
~ s'ess assembled, under his hand and the seal
st. Iie hi'ed States, shall be promulgated and
,.'an stand as fundamental conditions between
s"e 'hlr'een original States and those newly de-
,'pec unalterable but by the joint consent Of
a. hlted states, in Congress assembled, and Of
particular State within which such alteration
proposed to be made.
MS report was recomm,tted to the same com
"''''ee On the 18th of March. and a new one WAS
'u'hi''ed on the 22d of the same month. The
se'Oh0 report agreed in substance with the first.
'"e principal difference was the omission of In.
paragraph giving names TO the States TO he form.
ou' Oh the Western Territory. 1t was taken
p 'O' Consideration by Congress on the 18th of
April, on which day ~, 81. =.