Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 24–26 March 1844, Willard Richards Draft
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JS, Memorial, , Hancock Co., IL, to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, [], ca. 24–26 Mar. 1844. Version drafted [ca. 24–26 Mar. 1844]; handwriting of ; docket and notation in handwriting of ; seven pages; JS Collection, CHL.
with the spirit of freedom, and win them to her standard; To promote inteligence; To cultivate and establish peace among all with whom we may have intercourse as neighbors; To settle all existing difficulties among those not organized into an acknowledged government, bordering upon the ; and territories: To save the national revenue in the s coffers; To supersede the necessity of a standing army on our western and southern frontier; To create and maintain the principles of peace, and suppress mobs, insurrections, and oppression in , and all lands bordering upon the , and not incorporated into any acknowledged national government; To explore the unexplored regions of our continent; To open new fields of <for> enterprize to our citizens, and protect them therein; To search out the antiquities of the land, and thereby promote the arts, and sciences, and general information; To amalgamate the feelings of all with whom he may have intercourse, on the principles of equity, liberality <liberty>, justice, humanity, and benevolence; & To break down tyranny and oppression, and exalt the standard of Universal peace;— Provided he shall be protected in those rights and privileges which constitutionally belong to every citizen of this ;— Therefore, that the said [p. 4]