[150] After the Confederation had thus been formed, by subsequent cessions of their claims by the other States, to use the language of Mr. Justice Story, "this great source of national dissension was at last dried up."
[151] One of the great inducements to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States was to give the general government adequate constitutional power to dispose of the Western territory and to form new States out of it. Congress, under the Confederation, had no express authority to do this, although they proceeded both to dispose of the lands and to erect new States, by the Ordinance of 1787. See The Federalist, No. 38, 42, 43. Story's Commentaries on the Constitution, III. 184-190, 1st edition.
[152] That is to say, that a citizen of any State might go and reside in any other State, and be there entitled to all the privileges of a citizen of that State.
[153] The meaning of this is, that, on the production in any State of a law passed or of a judgment rendered in any other State, properly authenticated, it should be admitted that such a law had been passed or such a judgment rendered in the State whose act it purported to be, and that all the legal consequences should follow.
[154] The armorial bearings of the United States were adopted on the 20th of June, 1782. Journals, VII. 395.
[155] The treaty was concluded at Paris, February 6, 1778, and was ratified by Congress on the 5th of May. Journals, IV. 256, 257.
[156] Resolves of October 30 and November 2, 1781. Journals, VII. 167, 169.
[157] Resolves of December 10, 1781. Journals, VII. 190.
[158] Writings, VIII. 226.
[159] Writings, VIII. 232, 235.