Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-05-18

POETRY.
F1RsT.MoRNING IN SPRING.

A1icdk HOiu yOuxstsHdlHSs W IiukcIAHS SuSdInS, |
Rise, blossoms from your wintry dreams,
Drear fields, your robes Of verdure take,
Birds, from your trance Of silence wake,
Glad trees, resume your lofty crown,
Shrubs, o'cr the mirror brooks bend down,
Bland zephyrs, whcresoc'er you stray,
The wind doth call you---hastc away!
Thou too, my soul, with gaickene1 force,
Pursue thy brief, thy measured course; K
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SEC. /. Be ii enacted by the Sen
ate ind House Of Representatives. Of
the United States Of .4mcrica in Con-
eress assembled, That from and after
the third day Of July next, the coun-
try included within the following boun-
daries, shall constitute a separate Ter
ritory, for the purpose Of temporary
government, by the name OF Wlscon-
sin; that is to say, Bounded on the
east, by line drawn from the north
east corner of the State of Illinois,
through the middle Of Lake Michigan,
to a point in the middle of said lake, and
opposite the main channel Of Green
Bay to the mouth Of the Menomonie
river; thence through the middle OF
the main channel Of said river, to that
head of the said river nearest to the
Lake of the Desert; thence in direct
line, to the middle Of said lake; thence
through the middle Of the main channel
of the Montreal river, to its mouth;
thence with direct line across Lake
Superior, to where the territorial line
of the United States last touches said
lake northwest; thence on the north,
with the said territorial line, to the
White-earth river; on the west, by
line from the said boundary line fol-
lowing down the middle of the main
channel of Whitc-earth river, to the
Missouri river, and down the middle
Of the main channel Of the Missouri ri
ser to point due west from the north
west corner of the State Of Missouri;
md on the south, from said point, due
eastto the northwest corner ofthe State
of Missouri; and thence with the boun-
daries Of the States Of Missouri and IL
linois, as already fixed by act Of Con-
gross. And after the said third day OF
July next, all power and authority OF
the Government of Michigan in and
over the Territory hereby constituted,
shall cease: PyoUidcd, That nothing
in this act contained shall be construed
TO impair the rights Of person or pro-
perty now appertaining to any Indians
within the said Territory, so long as
such rights shall remain unextinguisil-
ed by treaty between the United States
and such Indians, or to impair the OBJ
legations of any treaty now existing
between the United States and such In
dians, or to impair or anywise to at
feet the authority of the Government
ofthe United States to make any regu-
lations respecting such Indians, their
lands, property, or other rights, by
treaty, or law, or otherwise, which it
would have been competent to the Co
vernmcnt to make if this act had never
been passed: Provided, That nothing
in this act contained shall be construed
to inhabit the Government Of the Uni
ted States from dividing the Territory
hereby established into one or. more
other Territories, in such manner, and
at such times, as Congress shall, in its
discretion, deem convenient and prop
or, or from attaching any portion Of said
Territory to any other State or Terri
tory Of the United States. =
SEC. e. IND be 1t further enacted,
That the Executive power and autho-
rity in and over the said Territory,
shall be vested in Governor, who
shall hold his office for three years, un-
less sooner removed by the President
Of the United States. The Governor
shall reside within the said Territory,
shall be commandcr-in-chief Of the mi
litia thereof, shall perform the duties
and receive the emoluments of super
intendcnt Of Indian affairs, and shall
approve ofall laws passed by the Lee
gislative Assembly before they shall
take a act; he may grant pardons for
Offences gainst the laws Of the said ter.
rlt0rY, and reprievcs for offences a.
1lhSt the laws Of the United States, un-
fil the decision of the President can be
made known thereon; he shall COM
mission all officers who shall be appoin-
; tad 70 Office under the laws Of the said
erritory, and shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed.
SEc. 3. md be it further enacted,
Ihssslaere shall be q Secretary Of the
SAID Eerfitory, who shall reside there
u, and hold his Office for four years,
tnleas sooner removed by the Presi-
dent Of the United States: he shall re-
cord and preserve ali the laws and pro-
ceedingsof the Legislative Assembly
hereinafter constituted !; md all the acts