Resolved, That we, the Representatives of the people of the United States, regard it as the duty of every patriot, in the present crisis, to forget parties and sections, and to devote himself honestly and […] to the cause of his country.

Resolved, That the same reasons which, in the beginning of our history as an independent nation, impelled these States to friendly and faithful cooperation for the common welfare, are in full force now, and should stimulate every section to the fair and faithful discharge of the obligations to ever other section and to the whole Union, without evasion and without reservation.

Resolved, That it, while living under the shadows of monuments which we have erected to commemorate the heroic days of our fathers, we prove ourselves unable to transmit to our children the institutions created by the genius and patriotism of the founders of this Republic, we shall deserve to be remembered and denounced as a nation of great monuments and little men.

Resolved, That any citizens of this Republic who are willing to barter the public welfare for their own aggrandizement, and to secure a local popularity by exciting jealousy and animosity between the States of this Union, are wholly unworthy of the honor of the confidence of any portion of the American people.

Resolved, That as the present state of unfriendly feeling existing between the different sections of this Confederacy has arisen from the government by Congress and the Executive of our provincial dependencies, and from their usurpation on the rights of American citizens, we are opposed to the creation or the acquisition of any more such dependencies, as being adverse to the interests of a republican Government, and destructive of the rights of our own citizens.

Resolved, That the rights of an American citizen are above the Congress and the President, and are not derived from either, and should be sacred everywhere on American soil; and that as all “Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed,” territorial gov-ernments should not be compelled to “derive their just powers” from the consent of Congress or the will of the President.

Resolved, That the public lands outside of the State […] should be open to sale and settlement in districts suitable in size and form to make States; and that whenever any such district may contain a population equal to the ratio of representation, and shall have a constitution republican in form, it should be entitled to admission into the Confederacy.

Resolved, As “taxation and representation are inseperable,” that the taxes of the people in the land districts for the support of the General Government should be remitted to them and that they should support their own governments and defray all their expenses.

Resolved, That no more territory should ever be acquired to be owned by the United States, or to be governed by Congress; and that the expansion of limits should be possible only by the annexation by treaty of sovereign States.

Resolved, That there should be no congressional legislation whatever upon the subject of slavery.

Resolved, That every congressional district in the States should also be an electoral district, and be entitled every four years to choose one presidential elector; and that each State should be entitled to choose two presidential electors on general ticket.

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