...States ;" and that " the States so formed shall he distinct republican States, and admitted memhers of the Federal Union, having the same rights of Sovereignty, Freedom, and Independence as the other States," On the 1st day of March, 1784, Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues in Congress executed the deed of...

...and forined into distinct republican slates; which shall become members of the federal union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States." (3 Journals of Congress, 516, 535.) From these references we have the whole policy of Congress concerning...

...should be laid out and formed into distinct republican States, which should be admitted as members to Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling clas Slates The first effort to fulfil this trust was made in 1785, by the offer of a charter or compact...

...should be laid out and formed into distinct republican States, which should be admitted as members to the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States The first effort to fulfil this trust was made in 1785, by the offer of a charter or compact to the...

...formed into distinct republican states ' which should 'become members of the federal union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other states'. With this impediment removed, it was possible for Congress to announce acceptance of the articles on...

...formed into distinct republican states, which shall become members of the federal union, and shall have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other states . . . .M One of the many compromises made by the confederating states was their agreement to relinquish...

...formed into distinct republican states, which shall become members of the federal union, and shall have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other states. . . ."" One of the many compromises made by the confederating states was their agreement to relinquish...

...formed inlo dislincl republican states, which shall become members of the federal union, and shall have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other states . . . .* One of the many compromises made by the confederating stales was Iheir agreement to relinquish...

...formed into distinct republican states, which shall become members of the federal union, and shall have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other states. . . ." M One of the many compromises made by the confederating states was their agreement to relinquish...

...and formed into distinct republican States which shall become members of the fcederal Union and have the same rights of Sovereignty freedom and independence as the other states. Only after Virginia ceded her claims on January 2, 1781, was Maryland willing to ratify the Articles...