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Resolutions relative to proposed amendment of Constitution. 1843 186 (1843)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0334 and id is 1 raw text is: 186 State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the General Assembly of this State are deeply impressed with feelings of respect for the Logislature of the State of Tennessee, fbr its recent act of courtesy to this State, and regard for a com- munication between the States, by a railway, in extending the time for the completion of the Western and Atlantic itail Road, within the limits of that State. Resolvcd further by the authcrity aforesaid, That his Excel- lency, the Governor, be requested to communicate a copy hereof to the Governor of the State of Tennessee. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolutions relative to proposed amendment of Constitution. The Committee on the State of the Iepublic, to whom was referred a resolution from the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, in the words following, to wit: That representatives and direct taxation shall be apportioned among the several States, which are or may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers of free persons, including Indians not taxed. Your Committee dissent wholly with Massachusetts, in re- gard to the proposed amendment, and ask the unanimous adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Constitution of the United States was the result of mutual concession and compromise among the several States; that the federal basis, as established by that instrument, was a concession to the slaveholding States of this Union, and that any attempt now to strike from the instrument that feature, would be a gross violation of the faith pledged upon its adoption. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be request- ed to transmit a copy of the above to our Senators and Rep- resentatives in Congress, and to the Executive of the United States. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution authorising Infantry Tactics to be sent to several counties. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to send with the Laws and Journals of the present session, to the county of Union, fifteen copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics;

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