 | Joseph Villiers Denney, Carson Samuel Duncan, Frank Cowen McKinney - 1910 - 414 pages
...lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but I doubt 2 5 whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. That instrument was drawn by Nathan Dane, then and now a citizen of Massachusetts. It was adopted,... | |
 | William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams - 1910 - 928 pages
...lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct and marked and lasting character than the ordinance of '87. That instrument was drawn... | |
 | Hannis Taylor - 1911 - 738 pages
...lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." * While Madison warmly commended the Act, he said that Con- Madison's gress did it "without the least... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1911 - 728 pages
...tolerance, and freedom. Daniel Webster, in a speech in the United States Senate forty years later, said, " I doubt whether any single law of any lawgiver...ancient or modern has produced effects of more distinct and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." " A MORE PERFECT UNION " The inadequacy of the Articles... | |
 | Edwin Wilson Morse - 1912 - 476 pages
...should be passed impairing the obligations of contracts. "I doubt," said Daniel Webster, "whether one single law of any law-giver, ancient or modern, has...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." This ordinance carried out in successful detail the project which Jefferson had brought forward in... | |
 | William Backus Guitteau - 1913 - 342 pages
...constitution itself. This is the Ordinance of 1787, concerning which Daniel Webster said that he doubted " whether any single law of any lawgiver, ancient or...of more distinct, marked, and lasting character." 248. The Ordinance of 1787. This ordinance was adopted by Congress for the government of the region... | |
 | Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration (La Crosse, Wis.) - 1914 - 720 pages
...We are accustomed to praise the lawgivers of antiquity — but I doubt whether one single law from any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects...and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787." 313. First Steps Toward a National Convention. Virginia and Maryland wished to come to some agreement... | |
 | John Huston Finley - 1915 - 460 pages
...the central government that has been effective even to the present time. Daniel Webster said of it: "I doubt whether any single law of any lawgiver, ancient...of more distinct, marked, and lasting character." 1 It forbade slavery and had in this provision an important influence on the history of the valley.... | |
 | John Huston Finley - 1915 - 476 pages
...the central government that has been effective even to the present time. Daniel Webster said of it: "I doubt whether any single law of any lawgiver, ancient...produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character."1 It forbade slavery and had in this provision an important influence on the history of... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 800 pages
...on the part of public men and historical students. Daniel Webster said of it: "I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has...of more distinct, marked and lasting character."* Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase praised the ordinance in these words: " Never probably in the history... | |
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I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. 
