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A NATIONAL ooNvarTTOv.
Resolutions 10 he Pressatsd b. The Dsmosrst
Members Of te Pennsgl1onia IegisLafvv.


Resolutions 70 he Preseatsd BE- The Democratic
Members Of he Pennsylvania Legislature.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March I8.-Numerous ne
titions have been preseated to the Pennsylvania
Legislature during the present session in favor
Of a national convention to adjust our Difficult
ties. The DemOcrade members Of the senate
and house held q caucus, and last night agreed
upon resolutions to be presented The house.
being Democratic, will probably pass them, but,
as the senate IS Republican, they win not reach
the governor The following is a copy Of the
resolution:
WHEREAS, Angry sectional controversy. long
INDUCED, has culminsted in The assumed seees-
sion Of a number Of States Of The Union. and a
civil war which has already ragged for nearly. two
years with unsurpassed violence and carnage,
wasting the lives and substance Of ahe people
Of both sections, and filing the land with misery
and lamentations; and
Hhercas, A continuance Of the UBion Of all
the States IS Indispensable to the peace and vel
fare Of the people, as well as to the attainment
Of q great nationality; and
Whereas, IL is believed that ordinary measures
OF legislation may prove insufficient TO remove
the primary ean5es of the present strife, or to
adjust the complications that have arisen there
from and
Whereas, The 9th article Of the Constitution
Of the United States provides that the Congress,
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necessary, shall propose amendments 10 the Con-
s%titution, or, on the application Of the Legisls-
lures Of twO-thiTds Of the States, shall call a
convention for proposing amendments; which,
in either case, shall be valid to all intents and
purposes as a part a this Constitution when
ratified by the Legislatures of thTes-f0urths OF
the several States. or by conventions in three
fourths thereof, IS the one or the other mode Of
ratification may be proposed by Congress-"
BE it therefore
ResoIBed By he senate and house of representa-
fi5es Of Pennsylvania, In geReral Gsssmbfg met,
That the Congress Of the United States be, and
hereby is, petitioned to make provisions for call
ing q convention Of States, as authorized by the
fifth article Of the Constitution of the United
States, as soon as the necessary number ofStates
shall have pelitioned for thu same; the object Of
which convention shall be to Inquire into toe
causes Of the present sflietiens Of the nation
and, if any Just ground Of complaint is found t
exist, to 50 amend the Constitution as to remove
suck causes, securing thereby q more perfect
union Of the States; a better understanding Of
the relations which the United States bear t
the Federal government; establishing justice
insuring domestic tranquility" aud doing sucl
other things not Inconsistent with the spirit anl
genius Of the present form Of government g.
may be deemed necessary TO promote the gen
eTal welfare and secure the blessings Of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity." And be it fur
Their
Resol1ed, That the Governor be requested Il
forward copies Of the foregoing resolution Il
the President of the United States, TO the presi
dent Of the Senate Of the United States, to th
speaker Of the house Of representatives Of III
United States. aud to each Of the Governors G
the several States claiming to be IN the Union.