_Resolved_, That this legislature entertain the same opinion as
heretofore expressed by preceding legislatures of this State, that the
Bank of the United States ought not to be rechartered.
_Resolved_, That the Senators of this State in the Congress of the
United States be instructed and the Representatives be requested to
oppose the restoration of the deposits and the renewal of the charter
of the United States Bank.
On the 11th of January, 1834, the house of assembly and council
composing the legislature of the State of New Jersey passed a preamble
and a series of resolutions in the following words:
Whereas the present crisis in our public affairs calls for a decided
expression of the voice of the people of this State; and
Whereas we consider it the undoubted right of the legislatures of the
several States to instruct those who represent their interests in the
councils of the nation in all matters which intimately concern the
public weal and may affect the happiness or well-being of the people:
Therefore,
1. _Be it resolved by the council and general assembly of this State_,
That while we acknowledge with feelings of devout gratitude our
obligations to the Great Ruler of Nations for His mercies to us as a
people that we have been preserved alike from foreign war, from the
evils of internal commotions, and the machinations of designing and
ambitious men who would prostrate the fair fabric of our Union, that
we ought nevertheless to humble ourselves in His presence and implore
His aid for the perpetuation of our republican institutions and for a
continuance of that unexampled prosperity which our country has hitherto
enjoyed.
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