Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-12-07
DU BUQUE VISITOR.

Mr.. Knapp Sir, / do not ask for
It to be located At Racine, but il such
an amendment should be proposed, ]
shall be ready to vote for it. -
Mr.. Sweet then moved that Racine
should be inserted in the bill.
Mr.. Knapp-ssNo sir, no evading
the question, Milwaukee is the ques-
ton before the council, and upon that
the vote shall be taken"
The question was then taken on Mr..
Foley's amendment, and decided in
the negative. Ayes-Messrs. Foley,
Mcknight, RicCraney, Baird, Knapp,
and Vineyard, Noes--Messrs. Smith,
Teas, Inghram, Terry, Brigham, Sweet,
and Arndt.
Mr.. Vineyard moved, as an amend
ment, that the seat Of government be
located at Piatteville. The motion was
decided in the negative. Messrs. Fo-
ley, Mcknight, McCraney, Baird,
Knapp, and Vineyard voting in the af-
firmation, and Messr. Smith, Teas, In
ghram, Terry, Brigham, Sweet, and
Arndt in the negative.
Mr.. Sweet now called for the origi-
nal amendment offered by Mr.. Teas,
from Des Moines, substituting the town
Of Madison In lieu of Fond du lac, as
proposed in the bill. The question
was decided in favor Of the amend
ment. Messrs. Arndt, Sweet, lngh-
ram, Teas, Terry, Brigham, & Smith,
| 81 voting in the affirmative; & Messrs.
Vineyard, Knapp, Foley, Mcknight,
McCraney, and Baird, (6) in the ne
gative.. So the town Of Madison was
selected by the committee as the per-
:nanent seat of government.
The ed section Of the bill being read,
making Du Buque the temporary seat
ofgovernment, Mr.. Teas said, he would
not disappoint gentlemen, but would
offer an amendment, substituting Bur-
lington for Du Buque. bfr. Knapp
"Sir, the delegation from Des Moines
pretended, when this subject was first
agitated, to be perfectly disinterested
that the object which they had in
view was harmony and pcace-that It
was their most earnest desire, kind
souls! that the members east of the
Mississippi should agree among them
selves, and they would go with them,
that they wanted no part Of the public
money, not they. But what do we
now see? We have fairly before us,
in the kindness, the generosity, the dis
intcrests3ness, of the Des Moincs de-
legation-.thcir reward is the location
ofthe temporary scat Of government at
Burlington! (somc applause in the
Igal|eyy.) Mr.. Knapp said he would
ask gentlemen if,he seatof government
should be once located at Madison, and
suffered to remain theresuntil q diyi-
sion of the territory should take place,
whether it would be ever possible to
remove it!
Mr.. Sweet remarked, that the. gen.
tlcman had objected to Madison, be-
cause there would be no accommoda-
tons there; but If he is satisfied with
this place, he must have received bet
ter accommodations than the balance
of US, and he should prefer Burlington
on that account. At this place, men,
bers had been compelled to sleep be.
tween the same sheets for six success.
i've weeks, (c,ies Of order, order.
Mr.. Knapp said he considered tina,
accommodations were as good at Bel
mont as in Milwaukee or any other
place in the territory. They were bet.
ter here. perhaps, than any where, ex.
cept Green Bay, (cry Of order). The
chair called the gentleman to order.
Mr.. Knapp appealed to the council, he
said, ifthe majority Of the council were
determined to restrict him in this de-
bate, he must submit, but otherwise he
should consider it his privilege to be
heard. The house decided the gentle
man to be out Of order.
| Mr.. Foley remarked, that Burlilig-
ton was in the south east CORNER ofthe
territory. A large portion Of the peo-
pie would BE- put to extreme inconven-
fence in having 70 travel so far. nc
thought thu Arrangement which had
been entered. into might be compared
in its effects to the May apple, the fruit
of which was delicious, the stalk and
leaves medicinal, but the root poison-
GUS. He was Of opinion that the re,
! suit Of this arrangement would provo
disastrous to the country.
Mr.. Teas said he could not comprc-
bend gentlemen cntirely.-They talk
cd much Of bargain and sale. and said
that corruption was anoat. s.Mr. chair
man" said he, "if wc had come to this
placcpureas the angel Gabriel, we could
not have remained long uncorrupted. -