_Resolutions, 1831._
1. _Resolved_, That the Legislature of Massachusetts view with great
interest the efforts made by the American Colonization Society, in
establishing an asylum on the coast of Africa for the free people of
color of the United States; and that, in the opinion of this Legislature,
it is a subject eminently deserving the attention and aid of Congress, so
far as shall be consistent with the powers of Congress, the rights of
the several States of the Union, and the rights of the individuals who
are the objects of those efforts.
2. _Resolved_, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and
they are hereby, requested, in the name of the State of Massachusetts,
to solicit the assistance of the General Government to aid the laudable
designs of that society, in such manner as Congress, in its wisdom, may
deem expedient, and is consistent with the provisions of the Constitution
of the United States.