not desirable, and would probably involve us in war;—­And whereas the subject is now pressed upon and agitated in Congress; therefore,

Resolved, &c, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use their influence and vote against the annexation of Texas to the territory of the united States.

    Resolved, That the Governor transmit to each of our Senators and
    Representatives a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions.”

[Passed the Senate March 9, 1835, by 22 to 6.  Postponed indefinitely in the House of Representatives, April 13, by 41 to 39.]

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8.  MAINE.

“Resolved, That the Legislature of the State of Maine, on behalf of the people of said state, do earnestly and solemnly protest against the annexation of the Republic of Texas to these United States; and that our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and they hereby are, requested to exert their utmost influence to prevent the adoption of a measure at once so clearly unconstitutional, and so directly calculated to disturb our foreign relations, to destroy our domestic peace, and to dismember our blessed Union.”

[Passed in the House of Representatives, March 22, 1838, by 85 to 30.  Senate (same day) refused to concur by 11 to 10.]

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9.  NEW-YORK.

“Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That the admission of the Republic of Texas into this Union would be entirely repugnant to the will of the people of this state, and would endanger the union of these United States.

    Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That this Legislature do, in
    the name of the people of the State of New York, solemnly protest
    against the admission of the Republic of Texas into this Union.

Resolved, (if the Senate concur.) That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and also to the governors of each of the United States, with a request that the same be laid before their respective Legislatures.”

[These resolutions passed the House of Representatives in April, by a large majority—­the newspapers say, 83 to 13.  They were indefinitely postponed in the Senate, by a vote of 21 to 9.]

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APPENDIX G.

The number of petitioners for abolition in the District of Columbia, and on other subjects allied to it, have been ascertained (in the House of Representatives) to be as follows:—­