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admission among the Sovereign States of this Union ; 

 Therefore, 



&quot; Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That, believing the 

 admission of Canada into the Union to be a measure 

 intimately connected with the permanent prosperity and 

 glory of both countries, the people of the State of New 

 York are earnestly desirous to see such Union effected, 

 without a violation on the part of the United States of 

 the amicable relations existing with the British Govern 

 ment, or with the law of nations. 



&quot; Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That the annexa 

 tion of Canada, and the other Provinces of Great Britain 

 in North America, effected by negotiation with the 

 British Government, and with the voluntary consent of 

 the people of said Provinces, upon equitable and honour 

 able terms, is an object of incalculable importance to the 

 people of the United States. It would reunite into one 

 family, arid make citizens of a brave, industrious, and 

 intelligent people, who are now our brethren in interest 

 and language. It would save this country the expense 

 of maintaining a line of custom-houses and fortifica 

 tions 3,500 miles in extent, and give to the whole con 

 tinent the blessing of free and unmolested trade. It 

 would secure the preponderance of free institutions in 

 this Union, and it would unite under one republican 

 government, all the people and all the territory between 

 the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the Gulf of Mexico 

 and the Arctic Ocean. 



&quot; Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That our Senators 

 and llepresentatives in Congress be requested to co 

 operate in any measure which the general administra 

 tion may adopt, to promote the peaceful annexation of 

 the British North American Provinces to this country.&quot; 



Considering the origin of the cities of Albany and 

 New York, from the original Dutch settlers on the Hud 

 son, one is not surprised to find words in common use 



