...observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereaftei be made in any of them, unless such alteration be...United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State. And whereas it hath pleased the great Governor of the world to incline...

...Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, nnless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed...