Resolved, That we cannot discover any reason based upon good sense or common justice for the continuance of a practice which has long ceased to disgrace democratic New York, Washington, St. Louis, Harrisburg and other cities, whose pledges of fidelity to the principles of freedom and civil liberty have not been so frequent as have been those of our own city.
（議決通過）我們找不到任何基於理智或共同正義(common justice)的理由，延續此種早已不復污辱民主精神昂揚的紐約、華盛頓、聖路易、哈里斯堡及其他城市的慣例；這些地方並不像我們的城市那樣，需要再三宣誓忠實履行自由權利和公民自由原則。