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Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, That we approve of the bold, manly, and independent course pursued by the forme[r] Legislatures of this State in determining the point where the Nationa[l] road should leave our State, and firmly adhering to a policy so highl[y] beneficial to the best interests of the people of this State.2
Resolved, That we believe the General Assembly of this State, in d[e]termining the point where the National road should leave our State, a[re] only exercising a right which has been conceded by the General Gover[n]ment to all the States through which said road has passed.
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Resolved, That any change in the policy adopted by former Legislatures, in relation to the
National road, would show a vacillating course, and have a direct tendency to injure the credit
of the State.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to exert all their energies to
procure an immediate appropriation, in money or lands, to survey the National road and complete the same from Vandalia, by way of Greenville, to the Mississippi river at Alton.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the above resolutions to each
of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
1Robert Smith introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on January 19, 1839. Representatives offered amendments, and the House referred
the resolution and amendments to a select committee.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at Their First Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 240-41.
Printed Transcription, 2 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois at their First Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 240-41