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Show 00 A POLITICAL TEXT-DOOR F ll l8GO. St t S I • 1 • •hr. I t h n.L " C•lll "1'1!~5 flh d I ha VC JHl \l"er \o I any port in 11 () r t!tc A meric:tn (Jou redcracy. 'rh 1:! M l~so urt a e 111 ·' 1 1 • 0 ti i-po~c vf ttnd 'm :Lc•k \l al•l ne\lclful" ' ru!.:s an!l n:gtJI:LLio n<:~ r c· 'J' c rr:t.ory ·t s <L new cotwtry. If it"" •..:· xteul·i i,·c .' 11 11 I, ( e r til e ~Jl'l'LiuK the 'l'CITitory or other property t>clonging to the I t:ldd bhu ll he O(ll' uccla:~ IL lllllrkct fur t<lav e~, th,· (xovent. U 1~1tcd ' t:tte": llnd 11otbing iu tills Oon~titutiuu ~ball be I mcllL will ~CCIII to hec() lllC a p:.trty t o. a traJllc 11 hich, io 80 con:~trucd a~ to prt'jurlh:\l tlu.l claims of the United so m~n y aCt!<, through so mnuy .r c<~l;il, It ha:; dcu o uncetl as SllllC• or of any pMliCtd!lr 'ta te.'' It Is very well known, , impol ttic, ll!lchn~tlan, Inhuman .. I o Clli\CI luwd to r~ntl ll~L the ~a1· it 1 ~ 111 tl:i:l c l:wse of the claims o f any par- l~h the trafhc, aut!, IlL the ~ aru e tune, to tc~npt c uptdlty tic ulttr ' tall.!, wa~ tit--igrrcd to apply lo cl!ti lllS by the then ancl llV!li:IL'e l1y the allurelll~llts Of an in~atra h l• llllll'ket, exl ' ltn. l't ;ttcs of tcl'l'ltu•y which was also cl:timcrl l.Jy I is iucon~tstcnt and lrreconct_lablc. Go vcntntet.l, by su<j1 the Un7tcll ::;ta;e~ us thctl' own properly. It. Ita~, there- lL cour::te, ~vouhl only defeat It:! own purpo~es, 1111\1 rcn~ltr for e , th> hearing on the pre-ent que~lion. The power, 1 nugatory lls own measure~. Nor can t1_1e ltt ll s tlcnve then, of c , m.,rc~~ over it~ own 'l'c.:rritorie~, Is, by the very supporL from thc manners or the p~oplc, tf tiH• power of t erm , of tile" Con"titution unlimited. It. m;ty muke all moral sentiment bc weakened hy eu; oying, uude r the per.. n eedful niles aud rcgulilt1ion~," which of cour~e in clude mission of Ooveru1n e nt, i{r~aL fa cilltie.s to cnmtni t of. all such regulati o n~ as its own vi<.'ws of p olicy or cxpedi- fenses. 'l'he laws ~ f tl:ll Unlt<.' r_l ~tates have d enounced eocy s1nli from time to tirne clictate If there fore, in heavy penalties ngam ' t the traffic tn slave, IJccausosuch ItS jud,g :'n c'n t il ht! lll!edful (l) r L'h C bene(\t. Of '11 . 'l 'erritory to tnt n!· CI·S C1 e eme< 1 ll iiJ· USt, ttn<1 I· ll 1l llllla~.. w_e nppea 1 to the ena.cL rL prolriiJition of Slavery, it woul!l seem to be as ~pintofthe!:leltlw~. We app t al to th lsJuStlce a nd humanmuch with1n Its power of Le~i~ lati on as any other act or ity. We ask h_cr whr;ther lh cy.onght noL to opnatc, on the local polil.!y. It ~ sovt!reiguLy being r:ompie tc :w<.l uni- prc~cnt occa~lo.n, wtt h ull thctr force. P We !Ia ve a ~Lro ng versa! as tv the 'l'e rriwry, It m11y ex e rcise over it the feelmg of the lllJ usticc ?f nny t o l c ratt ~JO o f Slave ry. Cir· most :tlliJlle jurisd iction in every re:<p~c t. It p os es~e~ , cumst:~nce · lmvc cnt tule<l it on a p or.non of o u r c o ut ~tunl· In tllis view, all the authority which any State Legisla- ty, wh tcla cannot bc.il!lm.edlatcly relieved f1:out ~ ~ w1tho~~ tun, po~~>t'S ·cs over its own 1't!rritory; anti if any 'Late con eque n ce.s 1.n~re 111Junous th ;lll the sulfenng o l the evtL Leg! iature muy, in its discretion, t~holish or prohlhit llut to perunt 1L 111 a. new country, whe re yet. n•1 hublts nre Slavery within its own limits, In v irluo of its general formed which reiHtcr it in dispensable, what is it, hut to cnLegi ·lative authority for the same reason Congn·ss nl ~o courage thnt rapacity, and fraud ami vlolc n<'<' 1 ngaius ~ may ex e rcise the like 'authority over Its own Territories. which we have ~o long pointed the denunciation ~ o f our And that a :=tate Legislature, unless res trained by some penal cod e ? Wlmt is it, hut to tarni:~h tht! Ill'<> uri fume of Con ti tutlonal provision, may so d o, is unque~ti u nabl e, the COUt1l ry? What is ll, hut to throw su~pici on on i t:~ goo() nod htts l>ecn e stal.Jli ~hed by gencml pract ic e. • fa ith, and to r ender que,tl o nal.Jle all it~ pro fcs si••ns of ru- If the constitutional power or Oongre s to make the gard for tlac rights of hum<Ln ity and the ltlie r t ie!:l o f nu.u. proposc1l prohiliition be satisfactorily s hown, the ju~ti ce kin e! f and poli cy or such prohibition sct!1n to the und e r~i gu ed As inhn,hitants o r n free country-as ci tizi'IIS of a to be supportecl by pluiu and str ong rca~rm!l. 'i'hc p er- great and r isi ng ftcpuiJiic-ns tn cmbers of IL Christian mlsl!ion of Sl:tvery in a new tfLle, necesl!ur ily draws afLer community- as living in a libenll and cnli~-:lat P n e <i nge, it an cxt.eo;:ion of tht\t in equality or r t!p r ese utatio n, rwd ns feel ing onrselves culled upou by the dicta tes of re· which alre1tdy exists ln regard to the origiual St1ttes. ligion antlllllmanity, we have presumed to olf.:r our senti· It cunnot be expectc<l that tlro~e of the cmgi nal State , rnents to Congre~h on tins que ·tion, with a solic itwle for tile • hich rlo n ot holt! shtvcs, can look on s uch an extcn!lion event far beyond whaL a couunon o ccasion cuultl in pire." as bl:!ing p olitically just. As hetween the o r igi nal dates the r ejH'e8entat ion re ts on coutpact and pl r~-:htc d faith· and y our memorial! t have no wish that that compact should lie <listurbed, or that plighted faith in the bliglltest degree v iolated. Uut the sultj l:!ct as~ u mcs an e n ti rely d1lfc.:rent dauracter, when tt n ew State pr()poses to lie nd· miLtcd. With her there Is no conrpact, nnd no hlith plighted; nne! whero i:! the r ca,son that sial• could come luto the Union wilh more tlaan 11n equal !ihnre or p olitical Importance :wd poliLlcal p ower? Already the r:a.tio of r epre!>en tation, cs::tl.Jib;ileri by tho Constitution, hall given to lilt! Stalel! la ultling slaves Lwenty ancrnhers or the llou~e of lleprescnt:ttivcs mo ru tla tw Liley wouhl have been entitled to, except UDder the particular 1•rovi~ i o n or the Constitution. In ail prohal.Jility thil! nunaller will be doubled in thirty y ears. Under u: e~e ci rcum t u.nces we d eem it not an unreasonable expectation that tl1e lnl:1a bitants of i\li:lsourl s hould propose to come Into the Union renounci~g the t_-ight I~ que~tion, and establish ing ;; Conl'titu~wn pt·oilll.Jtli~g :t foreve r. Without dwelling on this topic, ';"C ha~e stall thought It our duty to prcscnt iL to J,lac COII:>Ideratlon or Congress. We present It Wilh a deep and ea~~est rc~ling or Its importance, and we reepectfully sollctt for 1t the full consi<.lena.tion of the Na.t. ionnl Legislature. Instead of reprinting the SpeeclH.'S elicited by this fruitful theme, which must uec c~sa rily, t.o n great extent, ue a mere reproJuction of ideas expressed in tbe debate of the last essio•, already given, we ltere insert the Rt':<olves of the Legislatures of New-York, · Ke~r-Jersey, Pennsy lvania, D !aware and Kentueky-thc firtlt three being unanimous expres ·ions in favor of Slavery Restriction; the fourth, from a Slave State, nl ·o in favor of ~uch Restriction thourrb ' 0 probably not una.nimo u ~Iy agreed to by the Your memoriali ts were n ot without the hope that the time hau at l~ngth u.~rl~ed when the Inconvenience and the danger Of tillS <ieSCI'Il?l iOn Of JIO).JUlation had become appa. r ent in a ll part so~ tlus country anti in all parts ofthccivil· laed world. IL mtghtl:avc been hopeu that the n ew Sttttcs NEW-YORK. U1emsel ves would ha.vc had such a view or their own p er- Legislature; tho Ia. ' t ag:Linst Hcst ri ~o:ti on, and also (we presu111c) unanimous. The Lc ;; i ~ latures of the Free States were generally unanilllous for Restriction ; tho e of tho Slave St:ttes (Del a· wnro excepted) against it. It is uot clccmcd necessary to priut lllOre than the foll owing : mane n t, l.nt ~rc;.;ts and prosperity as would have led them Stllte of New-York, In Assembly Jan. 11 1 20 : &.o prolubtt It!! ext e1.1 ~lon an<.! increase. The wonderful in- Wherea1, 'i'he lnhihlting the 'further' cxtt•nsion ot creas~ awl pro~!JCrHy ?fthe State!! n orth of the Ohio is un- Slavery in these United States is n subject or d <•c•p concern que~tiO nahly to be as~nbed, in a great measure, to the con- among the Pt!Ople of tltil:! ' tate ; and whe reas we con~idcr seque.n.~c of t~1e o rd1 ~ an ce of 118~; ami few, indeed, are Slavery as an evil much to be deplored i and th at ev1'ry the oce.ls:ons, 111 the lustory o f nations, In which 80 mUch constitutional barrier should be interposed to pre vent Its can be . doue, by a single act, for the bencfit or future further extension ; a nd that the Constitution of tlw L'nltcd r;eneraL1ons, as was <.l one by that oruinance, and as may States clearly gives C·mgrc~s the riglat to n•quir 1 • of 11 c1v u ow be <.lou\l b! the Congress of the Uuiteu Stat es. w 1:! States,_not comprhiecl within the original b ounclarics of appeal to Lhe JU<~tl ce and to the wisdom o r the National the:se u.nited tate~, the prohibition of Slave ry, as a condi ~ounctls t? pre vent the furth er progress or a great and tlon o f ttl! 1\dmission into the Ueion : Therefore, erlous e vtl. We appeal t.o those who look forwar<.l to Lhe Ilesoloe<l (If the honorable the Senate con<'ur herein) ~e~ot~ e?nsequences of th~ir. measures, and who cannot :rhat our Scnutonl he in:.;truct ed, an<.! our ltepre~cntatln~ a . nee a t enaporary or tr1Utng !ucuuvenience if thel'l:! 111 Congrest1 he n·qnt·~t ed to oppose the ndmi~Rion 111111 ::ile 8~\~h, ~tgu.lnst a permanent, g;owing, and d~ c,lating St:tte h~to the l ' nion , any k rritory not comprised as afore· Cor; 'I'., e cannot ~orbea.r to re m!rHl the two ll uu~cs or said, wtthout tuakil~~t the prohibition or Slavery iiacreluii.Il )! f e ~that the early and d ecis1vc mc1tsureH adopt ed lndispcn ILhle cond1 tlon of a.dmitsilon. therefore 11Y t 1 e A met·! can Government for &he abolition or the R eiJIJt vecl, Tha t measures be taken by tl al'' clerks ol 0 a~e-t;udle, ure among tile proudest 111emorials of our the Senate and Assembly of this St·tte to tmn~mit coplet rt& 0 :u ~<1r/ g lory. That Slavery WitS c ver toler:ued in the or the precedln!( resolutions to eacl1 ~four Senatore and s, ne y et, to be attributed to tlrc pul icy or 1111 . / lteprescntatives In Cougre~:~s. • er overnment. No Imputation thull lar rests . ' ' on (Uuanunoubly concurred in by •he Senate.) TilE s·rRUGGLE FOR SLAVERY RESTRICTIOX. 61 NEW·JERSXY. IIOU!IIJ OF RJlt>RKSHNTATCYr.S, } Ja1~uary Uti~, 1820. Mr. Wilson, of N. J., communicated the following Resol utions of the Lcgi ·laturc of the State of .New-Jersey, which were road : lVhereaR A Bill is now depending In the Congress o f the Unitt>d \u t cs, on the application o f the people in I be Territo ry of .Ill ' s~ouri for the ltd mission o f thnt 'l'erritory as n ~tlde luto the Un ion, n ot containing proTisions egnin.st B l :~very in such proposed State, amd n question is macle upon tltc l'ight nud expediency of such provision, The Tl'jll'('t; CIItlttivcs o f the p eople or New-Jerl!ey, In Legit- lativc Uouucil and Gcneml Assembly of the 1mid ~taLte 1ww in se::~si on, deem it a duty they OIVO to thcmse l vc~, to their COilHtitueuts , nnu posterity, to de· cl:trc unci 111akc known th e o pinions they hold upon tllis ntOIUelltOUM ~uhj ect; and, the last Congr ess of the Unltecl F\tntes, a nti will p r o b~th!J be as caraaeHtly urged du ring the e x isting ~>e~~:,i() u or th lil body, which has a. pnlpa lJie tendency to i111 palr the politi-cal r elations or the several States; which b calcul!l.lcd 110 OJ!lr the SOCial happiness Of the )ll'CSCn tl\lld future genern. tions ; which, if IHlopt..:d, would Impede the mnrch or laumunity and Ji'reedom lll l'Ough the worltl ; nn<l would transfer fr om a ml~gu i deu ancestry lUI odi t, us stain nnu fix it iJHlelibly upon the present race-a m ea ~ u re , in brief, which prop oses to spread tl1e cr itncs and cruelLieH of ~la very from tlae banks of the 1\1 ississippi to I t.e ::.hores o f the Pacific. When n 111easure o r this clanmct cr I!! scrio usl7 advocated in t he r epublican Congress of Amer ica, in the uiuctecnth century, tile tscveral States are inYukerl by t he duty wlaich they owe to the Deity, by the v e ncr utiou wll lcll they entertain for the memory of the fvunders o r the Hepublic, and by a tender reg1nd for post~· r i ty, to p r otcs\ against Its ad option, to r e fuse to c ovena u t wiLh crirne, a n ti to limit tlae rarrge of nn evil that nlnady hangs in a wful boding over so large a p ortion o f the Union . 1. 'l'l1ey clo /'(Wolve a/Ill dt>clrtt•e, That the further ad mi~ ' ion of Territoric~; Into the Union, without r estrlc· tion of ~In \'Cry, would, In their opinion, essentially lmpnir the r ig-lat o f this an <.I other existing tates to equal repre ' ent utio n in Congress (a right at the fo undation or the politiral compact.), Inasmuch as such newly-admitted al avt:holtl.ug 1:'tat ~:s would be r epresented on the btti:!IS of tl1cir ~l:t v e p opula.tlon; a con cession made nt th e formalion of the Conl:!tltu tlon In favor of tile then existing 8tates, hut n l.! ver s t.ipulnLcrl for n ew States, nor to be inferred from uny article o r c lause in that Instrument. 2. Re,~oloerl , That to admit the 'l'e rrltory o f 1\Jlssoud 111:! a St:tte in to the Llnion, witho ut prohib iting Slavery U1cre, would, in tile opinion o f the r cprel!en tutlves o f the people o r N ew-.J erscy 1\fo resaid, be no less than to sane· t.ion this gre:Lt p olitical and moral evil, furnish the ready means of peopling a vast Territory with s laves, a nti per· petunte all the clangc r~, crlmei', and pernicious effects of <.lome tic botHlage. !1: Re.~otoed, As the o pinion o f tbe Rep resentatives aforesaid, 'l 'hat imuunu ch us no Territo ry has a right to be adtu :ticd into th e Union, but o n the pnnc iples o f the .1<\ ·d..:ral CoaaH ttnt iun, :.11Hl only by a law of Congress, e ons.: ntiug the reto ou ti re part u f the e x ist ing States, Co nJtress anuy r il(htfully, llllli ought to refuse s uch law, unl ess upon t .. e rca!:loi •:Lbh: 111HI just conditi•ms, nssen t ed t o on the pan o f the JH:uple applyiug to become one o f the States. 4. R c-'Joltletl, [u 1 he o pinion of tho Re prcsen tat I ves Morc:,aid, T I ~;Lt lite a rt ic le o f the Constitution which r e· sLraine Cougress fro111 proldliiting the migration or llnp or· tMinn of ~la v e- , n n tiluftcr t.hc y..:ar 1&0 '1 rloe!l, hy necesrnry i:npl il'il t iun, admiL the g eneral power o r Congr ess over l ite ~ ut.j ecL of ::!lavery, 11n<.l concede~ to them the rigi:L to r t·guliLIC aud re~t rai n such migration and importation a ft t·r that tiutc, lutu the ex st ng , or nny n cwly-tobe- crent ccl 'ta te. 5. R esul vc<l, As the opinion o f the Representatives of thl:! people of cw-J e r~ey aforesaid, That ina~much as Congrl·Ss hav.: a cle:tr righL to r e fuse the ntlmi~;s io n or a Ter ritory into the Univu, by the terms of the Co n st ltn· tion, they OUJ.(ht, in the present case, to exercise that ab· solute discreti<m in onl~,; r to preserve the p olitical r ights of the sevend existing St1ttcs, and prevent the great na.· tiona! dl!lgrace and multiplied mischiefs, which ruust en1ue from conceding it, ns a 111atter o f right, in the lmmcnee Territories yet to claim admission Into the Union beyon<.l U!e M i~s isb lpp i , t hat they may tolerate Slavery. 6. R~olved, (1vith the concurrence or Cou n cil,) 'l'hat IJte Governor or this State be r equested to trnn~mit a c opy or the foregoing resolutions to ea.ch or the Senators t\lld Represent a t! vel! of this State in the Congrcs11 of the United States. PENNSYLT ANI.A. ll008K OF RKPRRSRNTATIV.~, t December 11th, 1 19. f A motion was made by Mr. Duane and Mr. Tbackara, and read as follows : The Senate ttntl House or Representatives or tht Corn· monweallh or J>enn11ylvani:a., while they cheri~h the right of tl~e ln dlv idnal StaLeS to express their opinion upon ~tll public llleaslll'e!l propose<.! In the Co ngrews or the Union, are Awar.· that it~:~ u~e fuln ess must in ;a. great d egree depend upon t lie II lscretlon with which It 111 ex erci sed • they b~llne th11t. the right ought not to be resorte<.l to' upon &1'1• tal suhj t:cts or unlmvor tant occ 11ijions; but they nre 1118o pN~uad o:l1 that the re arc mona cnts when the ueglcct &o t Xt·rcl:<e IL would be IL dereliction o f public duty. !'ucl: :w · occ1\~ion, 1u in Lhtir judgnaeu t dtma 11ds the frn nk t:X jtr, S•ion of the sentiments or Pennsylvania, Is , ,,... l • l't • t tll~d . A a11t>a~ure ""1:! nr<.leutly supported In Nor can s u ch a protest bl.l entered by any State with g rc nt er prop riety titan by P ennsylvania. 'l'lal!! Common · wealth has as sacredly r cl!ptctell the r ights or o tlaet:" States as i~ bas bPen careful of its own ; it has been the luvar iable aim of the people of l:'enmylvania to extend to the universe, by t heir example, the u nadulterated blcs!!ings o f ci v il and rel igious freed om ; and it Is t heir pritle that they have been at a ll times the p r a ct ical adv~ c a tes of tholle improv ements and chari tit~ among m ~n wh ich are so well cttl cu late<.l to ennble them to fl ll ~ wcr th e pnrposes of their Cre ator; and above a ll , tl: l'y rn ay boaal that they were foremost in removing the p oll uuon o f Ia• v t:ry from among them. If, laHlecd, the lllCasurc, against which Pcnu~ylva ni a c o n~idns it h er duty to nti ~c h er v oice, \l't·rc ca lculat ccl tO a.br itlge any Of the r ightS guaranteed tO the SC\'em J t<tates ; if, otllous as 8lavery 1~, it was lli'Ojl•Jt>t:d to h a st en its extinct ion by means injurious to tile ' t;.tes up on which it was unhappily e n tailed , P ennsylva nia wnultl lie sun ong the first to in~is t upon n sacred ou!lervancc c f the Com,\il u tional compa ct. Uut It cannoL he prctr,ndccl thaL tile rights o f any of the States are at all to be: tl't ·cted hy refulling t o ex t end the misch i ef~ or huml\n liond nge over the boundlel>e r egions o f the West, tt 'J'e n itury which formed no part o f the Union nt the acl op t 10n of tl 1c Constitution · which lrns been hut httcly pu rl'h:t~c d frcnu a lt:uro pca~ Power IJy tho people o f the Ul.iun a t la rge ; which nucy or may n ot bc a dmitted us a 1't utc into tl:e Union at. the discretion or Congress ; wllich must cstublish a Republican form or Oovcruuae n t, llllfl JIO other; and whose climate.;tifor<ls non\l o f the pretex ts urged for resorting to the htl>or of nat! vcs o r the torrid zo11e ; such a Terr it ory lias no r ight, Inherent or acqui red , such u.s those Stat eil p ossessed which e:;talilishcd the t'Xts ti ng Co os t it utl o n. When that Co n!ltltution was fr um~:d in Sep tember Ht>T tlac con ce!H!ion that th r ee-fi fths o f tile slaves in thc 1 State; t hen ex 1sting shoultl be r cpre ented in Congre~ s , could not lu~ve lieen lutended t.o t'mli ruce r eg ion !! at 1l1at time h eld by n foreign p ower. On the c on trary, so anxious were the Co ngrr ~s or thut day to con.fiuo l:uman b ond:q.ce within i~~ ancient h ome , th ,Lt nn the 18th or J uly , 17 T, th·lt body unanlna ousl.v declared th11t ~l t~oo v ery or involuntary s ervitude should r~ o t <: x i ~t i,n ~ ~~ ~ e x· tcnsive 'l'e rritori es h ounded by the Ohw , the l\1l::>s iSS1ppi, Canada anu the Lake11; nnd in the uinth a1·t rch: of tho Constitution itself, the p ower or Con~resl! to proh iliit t l.e emigra tion or servile pen;o n~ after .l ~t J8, is e Xi>re:sttly r t · cogniac<f · n or Is t hcr l:! to he found 111 the ;.;tat u tc-book a siugic in;ta n ce Of ~~~ " ll. lilllltts ion Of a '1\rrt Lory to tire r auk oC a St11te in which Congress have tH>t a d hered to the righ t, yeste'u in them by the Co n.sti tu tw n , to ~<t ipu· late with the 'l'erritury upon the contlitl oll~ of the boon. 'l'he S.:uate ~tnt! House or Hcprcscntn th' t'S of P t:UII· sylvania, therefo r e, cnnnco& but deprecate :\l:y d eparture from th~ humane an<.! enlightened policy p un!lii.!U nol or. ly by the illu~Lri u u,; Cungresl! which framed the Consti t uLi un , b u t by their su r ces~ o rs wit hout ex ception . 'l 'laey.are pe rs uat.lcd that , to opl.! ll the fertile r egions of the \\ e ' t to a s en •l le race, wot Iii ttn<l to i nc n: a~e 1hcir uut.d>t!rs bey on<.l nil past example, woulu open 11. new and Rl t•ndy m11rkd for the lawless v enders o r human tl e~h. and 'l ould r ender ull schemes for oblitera t ing tltis most foul h l o ~ up(lu t hl! Ameri 'llll cha racte r, u~cle8s:tn <l u navad Jug. . Uuder these convieti ons, nllll in tlae fu ll l't.!I' ' U il.~ I On ~Ju. t upon this topic there i:~ hut one opinion iu l' e " n ~y lv a n lll- " Re<10lvect by th~ So-nate and 1/uuse of Repret~ettlt<J,.Uvu of tha Cm1mumwealtA of P ennByl·v•t ?viu, 'rla"t t he Sen:~.tors (l( thai! t<tate in th., Conj! r es:J of ti< ll Uuttt-tl States be 1\ I•CI tlt,·y ate hereby in::.truct ,,.l , and that the Hepre!cn ; l\t i v~:• of tlai:< State in the Cun)! rc" tJ f the Uu it etl St<Ltell lie, h ll li thcy 11rc herchy r cque."' ''"• to v o t~ against the a llmi~~h>u of ~• I • Y Terl'it u r~ a~ a :-'t.1te ln toth; Uuiou, uule11s t!l~t u Tartlt•ry ~h ;Ll l llLipul a \ 1:! a ut.! :tKrc~ |