Look at the date. Even then.. they had some understanding about them. Maybe, they silently agreed about you Puritans?
"If New England would only be content with the blessings which she imagines she has, we would not disturb her in her happiness." :)
Yea the date was around the time that confederate democrats starting talking about secession. So why should the date be evidence that the vote proves anything?
Your logic here is akin to saying that if the Senate voted that global warming was real then it must prove it? It of course would not.
And are you claiming that I am a New England puritan? I do believe in the Creator but I am not even religious at all.