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Resolved by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it is due to the sovereignty and interests of this State, that the moneys received by the General Government in payment for the sale of lands
within her territory should not, in the absence of insurmountable objections, be transferred
to and deposited in the Banks of the adjoining States, to the exclusion of our own
Banks.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives be requested, to institute an early investigation
into the causes which have induced the General Government to pursue this policy; which,
unexplained, is so injurious to the dignity as well as to the financial interests
of this State; and, if it be found that those causes, if any, can be removed, to use their best
exertions to procure a discontinuance of the policy.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the above resolutions to each
of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
1On January 4, 1839, Edward Smith introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. Another member proposed an amendment that would have stricken the entire resolution
and inserted language in favor of the state banks receiving public deposits from the
federal government. The House tabled the resolution and the proposed amendment. On
January 5, the House referred the resolution and proposed amendment to the Committee
of the Whole. On January 17, the House tabled the resolution.
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), 168-169, 174-175, 220, 220-221, 253.
Printed Transcription, 1 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), 168