The Beginnings Of Illinois Classic Reprint

Author : William A. Meese
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666584465
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book The Beginnings of Illinois (Classic Reprint) written by William A. Meese and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Beginnings of Illinois When Dr. Cutler arrived in New York he brought a large number of letters of introduction, most of them to southern members of congress. R. H. Lee of Virginia was the intimate friend of Dr. Cutler, and the latter went to the southern members. He presented his case intelligently and impartially, and thus won over to his cause their support. Ephraim Cutler in his life of Manasseh Cutler, his father, says that the latter, in 1804, in speaking of the slavery clause, said that he had prepared that part of the ordinance while he was in New York on behalf of the Ohio company; congress had done nothing material toward an ordinance until July 9, 1787, four days after Dr. Manasseh Cutler arrived in New York to negotiate a sale of lands for his company, and that directly upon his arrival he entered upon his work; that he labored with the members of congress, urging the justness of his company's claims and the pressing need of some law for the government of the territory; that he secured the appointment of a committee; that he appeared before that committee, a bill was prepared with his help, it was then submitted to him, with leave to make remarks and propose amendments, and that he did ofier several amendments. Cutler's colleagues in the Ohio company were New Englanders, men of ability, influence and high moral standing. Cutler himself, being a New England clergyman, was opposed to slavery and it is no more than could be expected, that, being interested himself, he would secure for his company not only a grant favorable to them as regarded location and price, but that he would so far as in his power encompass its government by salutary laws, which should embody New England principles. Cutler reported his conclusions to the committee and through his forceful presentation the committee reported favorably on the ordinance and it was adopted just eight days after he arrived in New York. It is safe to say Dr. Manasseh Cutler was the moving spirit to whom the credit for Article 6 of the ordinance is due. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.