Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-11-25


jurisdiction over any disputed Terri
tory.
| We, therefore, pray that Congress
will appoint Commissioners, who's
duty it shall be to run the line between
the State Of Missouri and the Terri
tory Of Wisconsin according 10 th,
spirit and intention Of the act definin,
the boundary lines Of the State Of Mis-
souri,, and to adopt such other measure
IS in their wisdom they may deem
proper.
MEMORIAL PRAYING A DIVISION Oh
THE TERRITORY.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Rep
resentates Of the United States, in Congress as
sembled:
The Memorial of a general Conven
ton of Delegates, from the respec
tive counties in the Territory o.
Wisconsin, west Of the Mississipp
river, convened at the capitol in Bur.
lington, in said Territory, Nov. 5th
1887,
RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS:
That the citizens Of that part Of the
Territory west Of the Mississippi riv-
er, taking into consideration their -e-
mote and isolated position, and the
vast extent of country included with
in the limits of the present Territory,
and the utter impracticability of the
same being governed as an entire
whole, by the wisest and best admin
istration Of our municipal affairs. in
such manner as to fully secure indi-
yidual right and the right Of property,
as well as to maintain domestic tran
guilty, and the good order Of society,
have by their respective representa-
tives, convened in general convention
as aforesaid, for the purpose of avail
ing themselves of their right Of petit
ton as free citizens, by representing
their situation and wishes to your hon
orable body, and asking for the organ
ization Of separate Territoril Gov
eminent over that part of the Terrific
ry west Of the Mississippi river.
Without, in the least, designing to
question the official conduct Of those
in whose hands the fate Of our infant
Territory has been confided, and in
whose patriotism and wisdom we have
the utmost confidence, your memori-
alists cannot refrain from the frank ex-
preston of their belief that, taking
into consideration the geographical ex-
tent Of her country, in connection with
the probable population Of Western
Wisconsin, perhaps no Territory Of
the United States has been SO much
neglected by the parent government,
SO lily protected in the political and
individual rights Of her citizens.
Western Wisconsin came into the
possession Of one government in June
1923. Settlement were made, and
crops grown, during the same season;
and even then, ct that early day. was
the impulse given to the mighty throng
Of emigration that has subsequently,
filed our lovely and desirable country
with people, intelligence, wealth, and
enterprise. From that period until
the present, being little over four
wears, what has been tho Territory Of
Western wisconsin? Literally and
practically, alarge portion Of the time
without 4 government. With pop
ulation Of thousands, she has remained
ungeverned, and has been quietly left
BY the parent government to take care
ofherself, withou! the privilege on the
one hand to provide government Of
her own, and without any existing au-
thority on the other to govern her.
From June 1888 until June 1884, q
period Of one year, there was not even
the shadow Of government or law, in
all Western Wisconsin. In June 1884,
Congress attached her % the then ex-
isting Territory Of Michigan, sfwhich
Territory che nominally continued j
part, until July 1885, = period Of little
more than two years. During the
whole Of this time, the whole country
west, sufficient Of itself for q respecta-
BILE State, was included in two coun.
ties, Du Buque and Dies NIsines. IN
each Of these two counties there were
holden, during the term Of two years
two terms Of county court, 6 qourl
OF inferior ajurisdiction,) as the only
sources Of judicial relief up to tho pss.
sage of tho act Of Congress creatin1
the Territory Of Wisconsin. Tia
|ast tcok s6soe o. Me- 81 day 81 July
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