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Preamble and resolutions : [That the Constitution of the U.S. is a perpetual bond of union, that Illinois will not recognise the right of secession, and that the Constitution should be amended to banish all slavery agitation; etc.]
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Constitution of the State of Illinois. : November 16, 1818, read and ordered to lie upon the table
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