The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-10-03

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(which said boundaries have been y
fled by and Incorporated into the cow ~
tuition Of this State - 4 the forao forest
quotation we have no OBJ ection:itis NV
scription of the boundaries Of the s,a,a ss:
Missouri, as defined in the censtitnf;os J.
that State, with the omission Of tha 81
lowing words which are found in the h. ~ ~
slilution, after the words '.chanpel or ~ y
main fork of the said river Des Mo;n.sss
vi .rhence down and along the midi MAJ, I
of the main channel Of the said rive, ~
Moines. J But to the construction o; H. Il
to it by the Governorof Missouri, ana AM ~
conclusion drawn by him as to the r;ss
of Missouri to construe it to suit hersosSu1
convenience, and to extend her bo,,nd.s'u
into the Territory Of the United S,.,,. !
without the assent d the General Cove
ment, as well as her gratuitous asser;o.'
s'that the Territory of Iowa is now sess /
ing to extend an unwarranted and ,r.'s
thorized jurisdiction | do en,irelu NV I I
une1 uirocaly dissent; and l think ne;,hss
the Governor of Missouri nor any ob ,s.
public funclionary in that State, win co.;
ously assert. that Missouri ever c|a;msJ
| jurisdiction north of the line commonls /
{ known as Sullivan's line until IS37 y.
| that they even attempted to exercise 4
risdiction north of that line until their /.
surreptitious attempt under the Nilsson,
act of the 10th February, 1895, by assess,
ing the property Of citizens ofthe United
States residing north Of said line. and 4 7
which notice was taken in my proeIans. 4
ton Of the 18th July last.
| The act Of ongress Of the 9Th Of Nsreb
1880, and the constitution of the State & B
/ Missouri, adopted in conformity to s,s I
act, both in defining the boundaries ofhs
state declare that the State Of Missos
shall be bounded west "by merida, !
line passing through the middle Of III 5
[ mouth of the Kansas river, where IN h
1 same empties into the Missouri river /
4 thence from the point aforesaid north slop,
4 the said meridian line to the inlersect@
4 Of the parallel of latitude which passs
through the rapids of the river Des MONS
making SAID line to correspond ,ciih ID
Indian boundary line; thence east frnk
the Joint Of intersec,ion last aforesaa
along the said parallel Of latitude to b
f middle of the main channel of the maj
: fork of the said river Des MONIES; ,heDe 81
down and along the middle of the ni,
, channel of the said river Des Moines, "a d
. the mouth of the same, Is here it emptjR, 7
into the Mississippi river; thence devp
I and following the course of the Mississip
pi river in the main channel thereof ioi.
} place of beginning Thus we see tba
: the State of Missouri is bounded west
!. meridian line passing through the mid
! die of the mouth of Kansas river, theme
! north along the said meridian line 10 The
: intersection Of the parallel Of latitude [
| which passes through the rapids Of then J
g yer Des Moines, muiiag said line to esrE
/, respond scift the Indian boundary line
: Enquiry may be made as to the legalmsI
: ming Of the word correspond. If we conI
: suit Mr.. We ster, who is generally all
e mited to be good authority, we fndiismesE
: ming defined as follows, to wit: 80 suiE
: t. S ter; TO agree; to fit; 10 be eongruoEE
e to be ad .pfsd IT," If we give the voa
d correspond either Of the foregoing deaui
], tons, the conclusion must be drawn that
e it was used as qualifying expression
and intended to control the parallel ofaI
= itude that was to form the northern boun
Y Diary of Missouri. The term "passg|
i thro' lie rapMs IF tie rirer Des lHoiw
is indefinite, and without fixed point
: ! he western line being meridian GrI
$ passing through the mouth of Kansas
\ was definitely fixed at that point; and
Q running north with said meridian bsI
! would vary neither east or west, bulEaE
: governed in its extension north by a@I
. respondence with the Indian boundTE
!, line. and an intersection Of the parallels
b latitude passing through the rapids Of ~
e river Des Moines.
The inquiry may here arise as tohE
D locality of the line known at the timIdE
5 the passage Of the act of Congress, n
e the adoption Of the constitution Of k
: State Of Missouri, as the Indian bodsaN
: line. By reference no the history Of bh
e period it appears that in 1916, some ysnE
before the admission of the State Of Mil
! souri,, into the Union. Mr. Sullivan, Endt
the direction Of the Surveyor General u
IS Missouri. Gen. William Rector. ranhF
% line that has been always, since that prE
r cd, known as Sullivan line, or ihesME
lie Indian boundary line. This line comnsrE
Of ced at the mouth Of the Kansas river 'pk
al ran with the meridian line north one harE
10 dred miles, from the mouth Of thai fIGE
!, and from thence east to the river DpE
Of Moines. From some use-probably fE
3, omission to adjust the compass whlsnE
l. ming the line--the line run by MrSunSI
e has been found to strike the Des Nom
g river several miles north of a due eassilRE
he ran from the termination of the loaIaI
a boundary one hundred miles north q MI
e; sas river. The line, however, known
lie Sullivan's line, has ebeen acknowleogs
I'd by the authorities of Missouri ana l,T
le United States as the northern bounoa
he of the State Of Missouri and II she WI
es ernor Of Missouri will then his allenu,'N
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