...constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory: Sec. 14. It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority...remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: Art. 1. No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account...

...states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early...periods as may be consistent with the general interest: [Section 14.] It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles...

...States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early...forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to-wit: ARTICLE I. — No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall .ever be...

...States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on n. All absolute governments Sec. 14. It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid. That the following articles...

...mutual consent clauses. Section 14 of the famous Northwest Ordinance of 1787, for example, contained six "articles of compact, between the original States...and the people and States in the said territory, and [shall] forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent." Van Brocklin v. Tennessee, 117 US 151,...