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handle is hein.congrecdocs/cstadfl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -Tth Ce~a~m-ss, 'Doe. No. 206. Ho. op REPs. 2d &esnm. FLORI DA. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. IN- raz Horsr or REI'EvNTs'I7InS,.Thy 9, 3842. On motion of Mr. Levy, Resoved, That the constitution adopted by the people of Florida, ;semnbled in con'ntLon,, a St. Joseph, in the month of December, A. D. 1838, together with the memorial addressed to Congress by a committee of sail convention, be referred to the Committee on the Territories, ard tht two thousand extra copies of said eonstitution and memorial be printed for the use of the Hon ,. Attest: M. S. CLARKE, (lerk CONSTITUTION 'THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA, DEc.MB fR, 1838 MAY 9 1842. Ref-rred to the Conriitte. on the Territrtvs. V$MOR[AL OF THE PEOPLE OF TILE TERRITORE OF FLOflDAi 20'1 ADMLaSIoN INTO THlE UNION. To the Senate and Hlouse ol Represen/atives of the United Stal, of .7merica in Congress assembled: The memorial of the people of the Territory of Florida RESPrCTULLY SHOWETH: That,before the cession by the King of Spain of the provinces of East and West Florida to the United States, a large portion of the inhabitants Of those provinces, being warmly attached to the Government of the Unit- .ed states, were anxious to become a part thereof, and to acquire the priv - il , of American citizenship. Many were natives of the States, who ha&Pen induced to change their residence by the genial climate and pro- ductive soil of the Floridas. The manifestation of their attachment to the Government of the Union, and to the principles of political liberty, when a high officer of the United States, with the approbation and au - thority of the national administration, attempted, in 1812, to effect a change in the government of East Florida, brought some of the most af- feiut of our citizens to poverty and ruin. The treaty of 1819 was hailed by them with joy, as ihe harbinger of the speedy consummation of their ardent but long-deferred hopes. The repeated assurances of statesmen, officers, and citizens of the States, (made in every manner calculated to in-

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