That's the first sentence. Second sentence: "For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confede

That's the first sentence. Second sentence: "For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery." Third sentence: "...and persistently refused to comply with their express constitutional obligations to us in reference to that property..." (my emphasis) C'mon.