_Resolved also_, That we view with decided disapprobation the renewed
attempts in Congress to secure the passage of the bill providing for the
disposal of the public domain upon the principles proposed by Mr. Clay,
inasmuch as we believe that such a law would be unequal in its
operations and unjust in its results.
_Resolved also_, That we heartily approve of the principles set forth
in the late veto message upon that subject; and
_Resolved_, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our
Representatives requested to use their influence to prevent the
rechartering of the Bank of the United States, to sustain the
Administration in its removal of the public deposits, and to oppose the
passage of a land bill containing the principles adopted in the act upon
that subject passed at the last session of Congress.
_Resolved_, That the governor be requested to transmit copies of the
foregoing preamble and resolutions to each of our Senators and
Representatives.
It is thus seen that four Senators have declared by their votes that the
President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the revenue,
had been guilty of the impeachable offense of "assuming upon himself
authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in
derogation of both," whilst the legislatures of their respective States
had deliberately approved those very proceedings as consistent with the
Constitution and demanded by the public good.
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