1. _Resolved_, That in obedience to correct principle, and that Republican Institutions may not suffer, the naval forces of the United States should be withdrawn from the coasts of San Domingo during the pendency of negotiations for the acquisition of any part of that island. 2. _Resolved_, That every sentiment of justice is disturbed by the employment of foreign force in the maintenance of a ruler engaged in selling his country, and this moral repugnance is increased when it is known that the attempted sale is in violation of the Constitution of the country to be sold; that, therefore, the employment of our Navy to maintain Baez in usurped power while attempting to sell his country to the United States, in open violation of the Dominican Constitution, is morally wrong, and any transaction founded upon it must be null and void. 3. _Resolved_, That since the Equality of All Nations, without regard to population, size, or power, is an axiom of International Law, as the Equality of All Men is an axiom of our Declaration of Independence, nothing can be done to a small or weak nation that would not be done to a large or powerful nation, or that we would not allow to be done to ourselves; and therefore any treatment of the Republic of Hayti by the Navy of the United States inconsistent with this principle is an infraction of International Law in one of its great safeguards, and should be disavowed by the Government of the United States. 4. _Resolved_, That since certain naval officers of the United States, commanding large war-ships, including the monitor Dictator and the frigate Severn, with powerful armaments, acting under instructions from the Executive, and without the authority of an Act of Congress, have entered one or more ports of the Republic of Hayti, a friendly nation, and under the menace of open and instant war have coerced and restrained that republic in its sovereignty and independence under International Law,--therefore, in justice to the Republic of Hayti, also in recognition of its equal rights in the Family of Nations, and in deference to the fundamental principles of our institutions, these hostile acts should be disavowed by the Government of the United States.