MIGHIGAN.--aFEEgIAI.

5TATE OF MicmGAN-iN CONVENTION,
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finn .4fbor. Sept. 27, 1S36

 Whereas the Congress of the United States by an act entitled An act to establish inc northern boundary o the Sate o Ohio, and to provide for the admission o the State o Michigan into the Union upon the con dtions therein expressed" approved June Is, 1886, did and declare "That the Constitution and State Government which the People of Michigan have form cd for themselves be, and the Is hereby, accept ed ratified, and confirmed and that the said State of Michigan shall be, and is hereby declared to be- one o the United States of America, and Is hereby admit tied into the Unlon uponan equal footing with the or- gnal States h all respects Whatsoeyer;p thereby ac- knowedglng our Constuion as republican, and in ac- cordance With the Constitution of the United States, and the ordinance of l7S7:

 And whereas Congress have also in the said act n- serted ProVlso proposing radical alteration of our southern and southeastern boundary secured us by inc articles ot compact contained in the aforesaid ordn- ance o 17s7 and which, if aeeeded to by the Peonle of Michigan would deprive Us Of all jurisdiction over Inc waters oi Lake Erie, and gfafutously bestow on oho the exclusive jurisdiction on the waters of the sad lake, from the Pennsyyana line 10 the mouth of the Detroit nyera gf, the extent of which (we be- leYel neither Congress nor the State of Ohio fully comprehended and haze required tie People of this State to give their assent to the aforesaid change of boundaries by convention of delegates to be by them elected:

 And whereas the legislature of this State, without any authority derived from Constitution, by an act entitled An act to provide for the election of delegates to Convention" refer particularly to said act of Con- gress and seem 10 adopt as the basis of their action and to acknowledge the power therein assumed by Congress:

 And whereas, this Convention, taking into consider alton the just rights of Michigan as respects her south ern and southeastern boundary, and also her Consu on' embracing that part of our territory claimed by oho and believing that the assent required by the said provso cannot be given by us, without palpabe vo- iatIon of our Constitution, (which provides inc only way Tn winch It can be amended, and over which this convention have no contro) without sacrifice of our rights and interests, and without committing an act of self-degradaton: Therefore,

 Resoired, That this Convention cannot give their assent to the proposition contained in said provsion but the same is hereby reiected.- Inl.