...shall be perpetual,' and stated that no alteration should be made in any article unless it should ' be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, ' and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislature of every ' State.' • Mr. Spence has remarked, with great truth, that the mode in which...

...shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration ' at any tivw hereafter be -made in any of them ; unless ' such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of ' every State.' Yet, in spite of this emphatic and unmistakeable language, the ' Articles ' were abrogated by a portion...

...action of that body in ignoring the amendment provision of the Articles which stated that alterations "be agreed to in a congress of the united states,...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state." But even this criticism cannot be directed solely at the convention, for its work was accepted by Congress...

...these Articles, not as final nor as binding on the States, but with this provision attached to them : " These Articles shall be proposed to the legislatures of all the United States, and if approved by them, they are advised to authorize their delegates to ratify the same in the Congress...

...union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state. And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures...

...Maryland's ratification on March 1, 1781. Article XIII required that any amendment to the Confederation "be agreed to in a Congress of the United States,...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State." Benjamin Franklin's "Sketch," presented to Congress in 1775 but not formally considered, had allowed...

...union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state. And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures...

...union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state.44 And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World45 to incline the hearts of the...

...STATES.' Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union were afterwards framed in Congress, which were to be proposed to the legislatures of all the United States to be considered, and, if approved of by them, thev are advised to authorise their delegates to ratify the same in the Congress of the...

...Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the...afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, art. 13. Contrast US CONST, art VII ("The Ratification of the Conventions...