The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-16

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Council, the said House shall nominate ten per
sons, qualified aforesaid, and return thei
names to Congress, five ofwhom Congress shall
appoint and commission 10 serve rs members o
The Council hive years, unless sooner removed
And the Governor. Legislative Council, an,
House of Representatives, shall have authorit,
to make laws in all cases for the good govern
ment OF the district. not repugnant to the prin.
ciples and articles in this ordinance established
and declared. And all bills having passed by
majority in the House, and by a majority in the
Council. shall be referred to the Governor 70,
his assent; but no bill or legislative act what.
ever shall be Of any force without his assent
The Governor shall have power TO convene
Prorogue, and dissolve the General Assembly
when in his opinion it shall be expedient
| The Governor, Judges, Legislative Council,
Secretary, and such other officers rs Congress
shall appoint in the district, shall take an oath
or affirmation of fidelity and Of office, the Gov
ernor before the President of Congress, and all
other officers before the Governor. As soon as
Legislature shall be formed in the district, the
Council aud House, assembled in one room,
shall have authority by joint ballot to elect a
delegate 10 Congress, who shall have n seat in
Congress, with right Of debating, but not of
voting, daring this temporary government.
And for extending 10 all parts of the CoEfed.
eraeyl The fundamental principles Of civil and
religious liberty, which form the basis whereon
these Republics, their laws and constitutions are
erected; 10 fix and establish those principles as
the basis Of all laws, constitutions, and govern
ments, which forever hereafter shall be formed
in the said territory; to provide also for the
Enlistment of States, and permanent govern
ment therein, and for their admission TO share
in the Federal Councils equal footing
with the original States, at as early periods as
may be consistent with the general interest:
IL is hereby ordained and declared By The au-
thority aforesaid, That the following articles
shall be considered as articles Of compact be-
tween the original States and the People and
States in the said territory, and forever remain
unalterable, unless by common consent, to-wt;
Article The FIRST. No person demeaning him
self in peaceable and orderly manner, shall ev-
er be molested on account of his mode of wor-
ship or religious sentiments in the said terri
tory.
Article The Second The inhabitants Of the
said territory shall always be entitled TO the
benefits of the writ Of habeas corpus and of the
trial by jury; Of propOrtionate representation
of the people in the Legislature, and Of judicial
proceedings according to the course of the COM
mon law; all persons shall be bailable unless for
capital offences where the proof shall be evident
or the presumption great; all fines shall be mode
rate, and no cruel or unusual punishnents shall
be inflicted; no man shall be deprived of his lib
erty or property but by the Judgment of his peers
or the law Of the land; and should the public
exigencies make il necessary for the common
preservation 10 take any persons property, or 10
demand his particular services, full compensa-
ton shall be made for the same; and, in the Jusi
preservation of rights and property, il is under
stood and declared that no law ought ever TO be
made have force in the said territory that shall
in any manner whatever interfere with or affect
private contracts or engagements, bona fide and
without fraud previously formed.
Article the Third. Institutions for the pro-
motion Of religion, and morality, AND KNowL-
EDGE, BEING NECESSARY To GOOD GOVERNMENT AMI
THE HAPrISEss cF MANKIND, schools and the
means of education shall forever be encouraged
and all persons rhile young shall be taught SOM
useful occupation. The utmost good faith shall
always be observed towards the Indians; their
lands and property shall never be taken from
| them without their consent; and in their prop
erty, rights, and liberty they never shall be inva-
ded or disturbed, unless in Just and lawful war
authorized by Congress; but laws founded il
Justice and humanity shall from time to time b'
made, for preventing wrongs being done Il
them. and for preserving peace and friendship
with them.
| Article the Fourth. The said territory and th'
States which may be formed therein, shall forev
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ted States of America, subject TO the articles o
/ Confederation, and 10 such alterations therein
as shall be constitutionally made; and. TO all tn
| acts and ordinances of the United States in Con
press assembled, conformable thereto. The in
habitants and settlers in the said territory shal
| be subject TO pay a part Of the Federal debts
contracted or TO be contracted, and proportion
al part Of the expenses Of Government, TO be ap
portioned on them by Congress, according 9
| the same common RUE and measure by whic!
apportionments thereof shall be made on tn
other States; and the taxes for paying their pro
portion shall be laid and levied by the authorit
and direction of the Legislatures Of the distrie
or districts, or new States, as in the origins
States, within the time agreed upon by the Uni
ted States in Congress assembled. The Legisla
lures Of those districts, new States, shall new
er interfere with the primary disposal Of th
soil by the United States i'm Congress assembled
nor with any regulations Congress may tind ne
cessary for securing the title in such soil to In
bona fde purchasers. No tax shall be impose
on lands the property Of the United States; an
in no case shall resident proprietors be tax
ed higher than residents. The navigabie wa
tiers leading into the Mississippi and 81. Law
4 renee and the carrying places between the sam
shall be common highways, and forever free, Il
| well TO the inhabitants of the said territory a
10 the citizens of the United States, and those q
any other States that may be admitted into III
| Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or dut
| therefor.
Article the Fifth. There shall he formed i
the said territory not less than three nor NOR
than five States, as soon as Virginia shall alte
her act Of cession and [aufhorise CONSENT T
the same, shall become fixed and established a
follows, to-wit: The western State in THE sal
territory shall he bounded by the Mississippi, tn
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from the Wabash and Post Vincent's due mort
TO the territorial line between the United State
and Canada, and by THE said territorial line
the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi. TIL
middle State shall be bounded by the said drec
line, the Wabash from Post Vincsnts to Tn
Ohio: by the Ohio, by direct line drawn du
north from the mouth of the Great Miami I
THE said territorial line, and by THE said terrific
rial line. The eastern State shall be bounded b
the last mentioned direct line, the Ohio, Penn
svIyans. and the said territorial line: Provided
however and it il further understood and dc
cIared. that the boundaries Of these three State
shall be subject so far to be altered, that If Con
gress shall hereafter find IL expedient, they sha
have authority to form one or two states in tina
! part of the said territory which lies north OF a
, east and west line drawn through the southern
1 bend or extreme of Lake Michigan; and when
7 ever any of the said States shall have sixt
: thousand free inhabitants therein, such Stat
! shall be admitted by its delegates into the Con
rrcss of the United States, on an equal footin
D with the original States in all respects wha
!. ever; and shall be at liberty to form permancr
7 constitution and State government: Provide
q the constitution and government so to be forme
e shall be republican, and in conformity to ID
: principles contained in these articles; and, s
{ far as il can be consistent with the general in
4 terest Of the Confederacy, such admission sha