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The document is published for the first time, completely original and in translation. It has 9 points relating to: the history of this area as part of the Dacian space where the Romanian people and language were formed, then, for over five centuries part of the Principality of Moldova, until 1774 when the territory was occupied, and in 1775 annexed by the Austro-Turkish treaty to the Habsburg Empire. In these 9 points the authors, hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Bukovina, great boyars, cultured people, and members of the Imperial Parliament advocate historical arguments for separating Bukovina from Galicia, obtaining autonomous status to the province, preserving, and developing its national identity.