, 1876-04-01

Public Library. Tie main facts In tho attiol'a, !!
embraced In what follows, will render tho reits.
era OF Tue Tribune only tho moro anxioun tr'
read and preaorvo this new and most valpRb ~
to American history. :.
Mr. Poolo makes tho following
BYNorsls or TILE onD1N&NCEs
II fcreynt prohibited >aavery aud involuntary Esrv
udethat rcssilcnt oe.aent Of dscord and tyran,lH
In American e,ete, which thcn existed IN all tM
ea y ascsen q he apFes coars @ eo ony q
years before. It declared that Religion. morsf =.
ss s.pe.s sas Il
Of education eha alwaJa be enoouEsgcd" j. roiit y
Cd tho feud ~ Of prmoSensinte an po pfosaea =. e.
yidcd equally among hia children Or next q KIN h IT
no person aeRe,nng h!1nsen n pcaessno o r. ~ r.
mode Of worship religious sentiments; that the =.
Abitanta shal alvays 10 entisIod TO tho bc9cts II
po1.'onai s as ! rspsesenation @ % 10 shs 1assie
judicial proceedings according so the sG,ss .! :,
for cspita ofcntes nhsre to proof shali bc gvtcn
Of the presumptioa great: that Ill nes snail bo mo l.
ictod; tla no .hau be deprived Of nis liberty =,
property but tbs Judgment Of hia cars Or tho law
aoeessa1y to tate my N MANS properly. Of 10 aman
tia particular services, full compensation shail
1s. foa hp i
tSat no Law ought ever to bo made or have forcc:h4
x1 af aanr nyn.
Dona ilde sna without fraud previously mndo.
1t ia believed that this is tho first tnas ; PRO-
tslon maintaining the
1Ny1o1ABu1gf OF coNruAcI9
Fss eyn1 embodied In Fundamental LAW. TrB3
Tears later it was made part Of tho Constit D.
ZION OF tho United States. Iii. Poole wsll
Rays:
Tbs ordinance In tho breadth Of ts conceptions, :Hs
aetss and ita results lss been perhaps, tho N. a
boAbe ina.anoo Of legislation that eter enact I'll
by tho American people, 1t 1xcd foroyer it's CHAR
Ef Of tho emigration, Of tho social POLITICAL ii I'll
educational nsituslous Of tho people who nero To d.
now covered by ilgo great States. and teensa9 wiii
than 900 pernons Or oncfoutsh Of tho tEs-
tire population Of tho Uaed statoa.
These States aro Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, hi d.
tgan. and Wisconsin.
Tho ordinance vas passed on the 18th Of
July, 1887. By tho
UsAE1MouB VOTE
Of tho Ststos then represented In Congress, yl,.:
Massachusetts, Now York, Nov Jersey, Deln-
ware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolin q,
and Georgia. Five Of tho eight were SoutheInl
States, and oil, except one slaye 9tRtes u thatG;
md how this ordinance, sweeping slavery a1fT
forever in 10 largo and so magnificent teErit ..
n, could havo bceu passed unanimously, IL otuo
Of the most omatkable-porhaps tho most NO T.
derfal-incidsnts in American history. Why Il no
cause OF that unanimty should avobeon 30 lo1 u:
in doubt is scarcely less remarkable. The ia 81:
il, those grand old patriots wrought 70 much nt.
bier and batter than they knew. that they did nk:
appreciate, and therefore claim, the honoS OF thI
work they had dono for mankind.
Tho oct to code tho Northwestern Territory q
the United Statea waa PASSED by tho LeglBature q
OF Virginla on the 10th Of December, 1888; III d
tno deed n1ado updor that act WAS dated Mare +!
], 17a4. Botween TINT time snd tie paasage ~.
thn famous Ordinance Of ", /
skyknA1 AT1EMr7s LAD BEEN MADE
in Congress to frame Government for th D.
Northwestern Territory; difforont committed u
had boen appointed. and reports made !; aud OH
dluances had boon even advanced TO third Eca6 +
Ing, but none Ut theu had passod. The Continentsl
Copgrcss Kept Imperfect Journals Of their pro-
coedinGs henco tho reaaons for thls doisy Q r
three years in framing Government, and til b
prominent actors aud the moving cauHes tia +.
prompted than, have for noarly century boelst
matters of dispute. In hs famous debate with
claimed tho authorship Of tho Ord
niass. Er. Tenton aud str. uayne Dc.
clared that Jefrersoa WIS tsa anthor 4
College, New York. put in ainilar claim fo.1
h,A father, Rufus King and Gov. CocB Of ouis
owu Biate, Htrongly controroEtaa tho claim Off
Mr Webetsr tor Nathan t. .5n pane, ana I'D snppoEsed
not momber Of Congross when the ordlnanced
vas passed, and Mr. jefferson was absan.. be!ugl
our Minister to the Court Of France.
The fact that MIR Poole has nov been sblo to
APPARENTLY SETTLE TuI8 LONG CONTROVERSY
IL another Illustration Of the accepted rtiac'ploi
that history oaunot be written by the men who
mako Il, or by those uho Immediately succeed
them. lfr. Pools has tor years studied all the
docuunenta n command, and 1t louHth uns put
In possession Of original manuscripts, from
which arc derived thess missing lals In the his.
tory Of the Ordinance.
At tho cloBo OF tho Revolutionary War, the
officers and 1ncn werc pald OF III GoveEnIneni
certificates bearing intoIoat- Under tie depres'
sion aud stagnatioa that followed, these oo1titl'
ca.os sottlod down to l6 TO 20 cents on tht
dollar; aud woll.groundea fears wore enter
tanned that they would become entirely worth.
less. business wAa 1t 8 slant-atill; thousauds
OF mon in Now England and elsewhere weEe ou'
t employment; and tue most gloomy fore
At tatA tuncturo. il waa proposed to form Q
oompanS-it waa called tho Ohio Company
whose capital should bo these certificates, and
o00 aeros Of land tn Ohio. The Company va,
formed Ia Boston on tho 1st OF March, l7Bg
aud, Oh tho 9Th Of March, 1851. tho Subscribers
again met and 70 successful had besn tbs sui
%crpRoun That
d. nAnAHaEH cuT1E1,
ono Of tho D,reoto1s, and Chaplain
in tho Revolutionary army, was diroct.
ed to 60 70 Nov York and pnrohls.
t.s land from oongress nr. out!eS ~ p, msu
twuaty-tvo years p1evsousl1; he had taken d.
Rrees 10 I'll threa of ths learned professions
r. had published loarned papers WHICH Ind msd.
him Wnil known 70 tne 1eauinB Mlaus .! the ~
uoa; and, in fact to tho dignity Of his h,gl
calling u Doctor ct Divinity, 10 added th'
broad, lbo1al culture Of the statesman, th
elegant manners of the oourtier. and the con
su,n.nato azta OF the most willy dlploinatlst. Ats
txetye days ride IN hts "oae-hof*e shsy,'" th
New England lirne, dusty and warm With hl
tedious Journey from his home N 1paxich, Z,
rived in New York on Tbs 9Th OF July. No
mark the date. which follow On ths 10th c
May Pteyious, III ordinance for ths Kove<nmsu
1t tho Northwestern Territory, containing man
s4calIent provisions, had bcea passed 10 : thE
reading; but shsIe it slspt forever. On til
9TH Of July.-anly four daya after ps. Uutlsr u
sissd.-
hEW C0NNITTkE
Ga the Ordnance WAS rmsa,-oonal&ttuk q
Col. Csrrtnxton, Of Virginia, Chairman LII
Dane, Of Massachusetts Richard ltanrJ Let
OF Virginia Mr. KeRn, Of bouth Carolna en