Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-04-14
IOWA TEiklsIToRy

T, ''s 10 INC Neport Of the Committee
on iefI''oles, accompanying the bill for the d.
visin OF tha Territory and ESTABLISHING the Gov.
etnmsht OF Iowa, made in the House, February G.
Mr.. DRoNaN, from the Committee on tho Ter
rltorles, made the following
REP ORT:
Inc Committee on the Territories, who, by reso.
iut'on OF lie 18th December last, were instructed
10 iiqnle INTO the eSpediency of establishing
soparaa Territorial Government for that soc.
ton OF III present Territory of Wisconsin, which
lies west The Mississippi river and north ofthe
state OF Nissouri,' and to whom were referred
sundry memorials and petitions on tina, subject,
respectfully report:
That ihy have had the said subject under
cons1derMdn; and that, from the memorials
OF the Legislative Assembly and the Terrific.
rial convention, and from the petitions of
sundry citizens as well as from the rcpresen
taions, of tie delegate from that Territory, and
others from Other sources, they have become
satisfied that tn present Territory Of Wiscon
SIN is atogelhefloo large and unwieldy for the
perfect and protpt administration of Justice,
or for the convenient administration of the ci-
vii governmenthereoi that there are now a.
bout $4,000 inlhhitants in tina, Territory, and
that somewhat more than half Of them reside
on the west sid OF the Mississippi river; that
the popu!alionpf said Territory, aud par,icu.
larly on the west side of the river, is very ra-
pidly increasing. more rapidly perhaps than
any other part II the valley of the Mississip.
pI and that. fot the rapid Development, Of the
resources OF TIP country, as we'll as to afford
all reasonable advantages of a civil government,
and prompt administration of the laws 10 those
persons livingIbn the west Of the Mississippi
-
rate Territorial Government should be es,ab-
lished, to comprise that part of Wisconsin
now lying west Of the river. Your committee
are satisfied that the judges Of the Territory,
as it now is, aud also the Governor, district
attorney. and marshal, arc entirely unable to
perform their respective duties in all parts of
the Territory; and that the administration of
justice, beth civil and criminal, is seriously
retarded. and, in,many instances, rendered i'm.
practicable. from the causes above mentioned.
The country Is settled in detached portions, or
squads, with large intervening tracts of uncu.
,ivated and unsettled lands; that, consequent
ly, the means Of communication are not easy
or ireqneny that many of the settlements arc
very far removed from the present seat Of Go
vernmeni.f and are entirely unable 10 hold fire.
quent and direct accommodation with that place,
which, FIR the present, is fixed at Burlington,
on the Mississippi. but by law Of last session,
is 10 he removed TO the vicinity Of the Four
Lakes, near the centre of eastern Wisconsin,,
as soon as the public buildings, now in course
OF err~;;n q. that place, are completed. And
whep Wa. event does take place, your commit
tee imagine that the necessity Of separate
Territorial Government west Of the river will
he muchincrcascd, and tina, the just claims of
the citizens OF lha, region Of country t. the
protection of The Government. the advaniaues
Of civil government, and the prompt adtniuis-
traiion Of the laws, cannot be satisfied in any
other way than by the creation of separate
Territorial Government. Your committee have
not. in the consideration of this subject, been
nnmndlu the fact that, by the ordinance of
July l3. 1887, SO much Of the present Terri
tory of Wisconsin, as lies east Of the Missis
sippi river mus, necessarily fern one State,
whenever the population of that portion OF il
is sufficient to en,itlc the inhabitants thereof
10 a separate State Government, (Which time
they believe is not far dissani,) and that in a.
DOPING The Mississippi as boundary between
the two Territories. they adopt no, only ma
tural boundary, but one which must necessa-
rily exist by the ordinance aforesaid, between
any future State TO be formed out Of said Ter
rtory and the remainder thereof
For these reasons, as well as others which
might be given, your committee have come to
the conclusion that il is expedient TO establish
a separate Territorial Government over so
much Of the present Territory Of Wisconsin as
les ives, of the Mississippi river and for that
purpose they beg leave to introduce a bill.