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Resolution passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Territory of Florida. 1844 95 (1844)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0158 and id is 1 raw text is: same is under the immediate contrbl and direction of the mili. Reo1uftinns, tary authorities of the General Goveinment : And whereas,---- the present reservation includes, not only the mouth' of Hills. borough river, but the waiers adjaced and the harbor at that place, which harbor or port is the only one, to which the cii. zens of that region, can, conveniently, resort for business and commercial purposes; by means of the military authority and coctrol over the same, the citizens of the Territory are restricted in the free and unconstrained access to, and enjoyment of, the harboror waters above mentioned, and can. not possess the ordinary advatlages which should result to them, 1rom the harbor or port aforesaid in the same manner as they uould, if the land was open to sae and settlement : And whereas, it is believed, that for all usefl and practical purpo. ses, a much smaller reservation wouldbe sufficient forthe Gov- ernment, and that a square of one mile or less, would be abun. dantly sufficient for military purposes, and that the nilitar.y re- servation aforesaid, might be so reduced, without material'inju. ry to the interests of the Govt rnmcnt,as to accomplish the oh. jets aforesaid, and enable the citizens to build up a town, at, or itear, the niouth of Hillsborough river: Therefore, Be it Resolved by the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, Thai our Delegate in Congress, be requested to bring this matter to thp ii: ice of the proper Ex- ecutive, or Legislative Departments of the Government, and to use his utmost exertions to procure &reduction of the above reservation within smaller limits, and to have the surplus lands opened to sale, and settlement, and free access secured to the citizens to some point upoil the waters of Tampa Bay, at, or near the mouth of the Hillsborouah river, [Approved 14ah March, 1844. WIMIEAS, present indications admonish us, in the most sig- nificant manmnr, of the necessity of preserving a just balance of power orinfluence between the slave.holding and non-slave. bolding States ; and makd it most manifest, that the true inte- rest of the South generally, as well as of Florida, require that the Floridas should come into the Union a' tfeo States, whenev- er they are admitted ; and to that end, as wtl! aG forcovenC- ance, better government, and general welfare of the people of this Territory, in the meantime, the division of the Territory, and the establishment of two separate Territorial governments,. would be highly proper and satisfactory to the people It seems to be suggested by its practicability and expediency ; and because it is a measure strongly promotive of Southern policy, and tends to our own political good. Each of the Territories are

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