Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-04-04

Mr. ]. @. ADAMS on the Boundary ques-i
ion, now so warmly contested between O.
no and Michigan, will give our readers an
dea Of the true ground Of dispute.
SIN, the origin of this question goes back
10 tho ordnance for the Government of the
Territory of the United States, northwest
Of the river Ohio; that ordinance which 10
The foundation of these States; Of these
lAsse States which have them twsoty-nins
members in this House, and Of theoe two
Territories which may, and, l hope, will
have more than twenty-nine members to
them upon this same floor. At
this time cannot 60 into the subject in all
its details the debate has been Protracted;
she House 10 impatient for the question, 4
all wish before il shall be defnitivsly Ia
ken. il that the House may understand all
that is involved IN it. | refer, therefore,
solely to that which contains the essence 81
the question; that is to say, the 5th article
of the fundamental articles. which were es-
tablshed by the Congress which framed
Territory northwest of the river Ohio-and
which is in the following words:
at il hereby ordained and declared by
the authority aforesaid, That the following
articles shall be considered as articles Of
compact between the original States, and
the People and States in the said Territory,
and forever remain unalterable, unless by
common consent"
Here, continued Mr.. A., is the Consti
tuition Of the Northwestern Territory; a
compact made between the original thirteen
iiS&n4cs Of THE Union, and the Pcope and
the States, which were to be formedin con-
sequence ofthis ordinance. WeIl.sir, one
of these articles is as follows: it Is rather
long, but am afraid shall be obliged to
read it, in order to put every msnber Of
this House in possession of the real qucs-
ton which is to be decided, and to shew
that in that question the faith ofthis nation
is Involved:
"Article 5. There shall be formed in the
said Territory, not less than three nor more
than five States; and the boundary of the
States, as soon a. Virginia shal alter her
act of session, and consent to the same,
shall become fixed & established as follows,
to wit: The western State IN the said
Territory, shall be bounded y the Mis-
sissippi, the Ohio, and Wabas) rivers; d.
rect hne drawn from the WABASH and Port
ISt- Vincent's due north to he territorial
lime between the United Staes and Cana
Ida; and by the sad teritoril line to the
Lake the woods and Mississippi. The
middle State shall be bounded by the SAID
direct line, the Wabash from Port St. Vim
cents to the Ohio; by the OHIO, by a di
rect line, drawndue north fpm the mouth
of the Great Mimi, to the said territorial
line, and by thesaid territorial line. The
1.-The eastern Safe shall b. bounded by the
last mentionetdirect line, the Ohio, Penn
|sylvana, and he said territorial line. Pro
lridcd houere, and it is frther understood
and declared That the boundaries of these
three States hall be subject so far to be
ALTERED, that, if Congress shall hereafter
find it expedent, they Aall have authority
to form one q two Stats in that part of the
9eaid Territor which lio north Of an cas-:
Hand west lin drawn though the scutherly
.lbend or ex.eme Of Late Michigan
"