Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-06-16

HENRY DODGE.
Ellington, w. T. June II, 1888. Z
From the Globe.
EORTHwEsTERN TERRITORY.
+. EDITOR: II, for moment, you
din your attention to the subject of
tn northwest Territory, you will be
fo3ly impressed with the immense
reirces of that region, assigned to it
byte hand of Nature apparently in
cotensation for the less amount of cal
orFhich she has seen proper to APP
prtiate there in the general distribu-
tidhan in more southern chimes. But
if lsconsin has less Of this vivifying
|priiple than countries in a more
so3ern latitude, 50 also has she less
|of'pidemic and bilious disease, to
enEate and PROSTATE the energies of
hebeople. With an atmosphere UNI
ritIed for its salubrity; soil equal
insrtility to any portion Of the West,
with deep mould. her sub
telnean vaults, well stored with rich
and. gushing fountains of the
pJst waters Astounding in every d.
relon throughout her wide borders,
can be more desirable as a
relng placefor man, Tor woman either)
ammo part of the United States can at
|prfnt offer higher inducements for
thlisplay and exertion of an enter
oHng mind than does the broad field
ad presented there in its native love-
Ills, as yet but partially explored,
aIbtill remaining almot unoccupied.
he tide of emigration is now tend
iIhere, and to the Iowa district, on
th west side of the Mississippi river,
MP strongly than any other part of
thFestern country; and it cannot ex-
eel two years time when Wisconsin,
wi her sixty thousand inhabitants,
'vibe knocking at the doors of the
Urn for admission. In anticipation
of Is event, and from the present ne
cesies of the country, the people of
theCerritory west Of the Mississippi
havpetitioned Congress to set them
off I'm Wisconsin, under Terrific
rial rm of government, with the name
ofthsIowa Territory"
Itb greatly to be hoped that Con-
gresyiIl listen favoably to their re-
quest The country which it is pro-
iposedo set of now contains popula-
kion thirty thousand souls, or up
wards being about the same number
hat Go and Indiana respectively had,
It theme of their admission into the
Uniouas States. I: appears to me
very hsonable request, and one to
which tile opposition could be anti
cpatedt 10 aske Territorial Govern
nent, 3least, for this district Of coun-
ty, copining SO considerable popu.
lsion, id covering in extent an ares
emal tdell the New England States
and th&tate of New York superad'
did.
This lquest will appear still more
rasonak when we recur to the fact
tht witt the exception of Wisconsin
al the oAer Territorial Government
ncthwej of the Ohio river were erect
edat time when neither Of them con
taied MOE than about Jfue thousdne
inhbitantS Certainly no one, havin,
a jst regan for the equal rights AMI
privileges oipur common kindred VIII.
inhbit the Vest, could advocate thu
Withholding from that Territory ant
its thirty th&sand Inhabitants thos'
privileges andiartial means + self-gov
eminent which Aave been freely extend
ed, n successful, to the Northwest, tn
Indiana, the Illpois, and the Michigan
Territories, viii their FIVE i,ousan,
Inhabitants eacfat the respectEe peri
ordsof organization.
ItEight be uEed that these people
do now possess all the advantage
which Territdial Government cal
give by their connection with Wscon
sin; and to thoss acquainted WIN tn
country and tho facts. this void b