The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-12
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1889.
BORDER. AFFAIRS.

be found in another column. He conld
do no less, under the circumstances, than
Issue this document, urged on as he was
by the meeting in Clarke county, the Mis-
souri, Republican and the Laws of the
State over which he presides. All this
however, does not prove Missouri to be
in the right; neither will it at all intimi-
date the citizens of Van Buren, county, or
cause them tamely to acquiesce in the re-
Equirements of this proclamation.- The
! People of Iowa have decidedly the van
tage ground in this controversy. A mere
naked law of the State of Missouri, in
which is contained clause setting forth
the boundaries in different light from
what they have been viewed by Commits
sioners expressly appointed to investi-
gate the matter, will not weigh a feather
i'll the present crisis. tits opposed to the
opinion of Gov. Clarke, Gov. Dodge,
Lieut.. Lee and others, whose testimony
has been received at Washington, and on
the ground Of which Congress has iaczud-
cd The strip Of lind co'siended for by lbs
souri, IN the Burlington Land District.
Our neighbors may search the river
Des Moines as much as they please; they
will find nothing worthy Of the name OF
..Rapids'' near the point they claim
They will find by consulting those who
have lived the longest on the Upper Mis-
sissippi. that the.'sDes Moines Rapids
are the only rapids in dispute, and tina;
this phrase has always been used to de-
signate the rapids few miles above the
mouth of the Des Moines, on the Missis-
sippi river. The phrase 'Des Moines
Rapids is used in the same sense to
show that the Lower Rapids are meant
as the Crock Island Rapids indicate that
the Upper Rapids are meant. We now
have before us Congressional document,
containing map of the lower rapids,
which map is entitled the 'sDes Moines
Rapids
It would have been wiser for Missouri
to have waited little longer, and re-
strained her chivalric propensi.ies, until
Congress had decided in regard to the
merits Of the case. If thorough inves-
tigation does take place, we shall not be
surprised to learn that the line of latitude
marked down in the Proclamation of Gov.
Boggs, has been made to meet small
ripple in the Des Moines river, and that
Missouri is not entitled to the use of quite
SO much boundary as Iowa has been will,
ing heretofore to allow her.
! PosT Routes IN Iowa. We learn
that the prospects of Iowa for Mail facili-
ties are likely to be very meagre by the
fiat of the Post Master General. We
have been informed by gentleman who
has recently received a communication
from the P. M. General that he will not
allow but eight dollars mile for carry
ing the mail, and if no responsible person
is willing to take the contracts at that
price, iowa must do without mail facil-
ties. One gentleman has already offered
to take several routes at nine dollars; this
lis one dollar less than is allowed the Hi
snois contractors;-and yet the P. NJ. G..
refuses to accept these bids although the
price of feed, and every thing else per-
tanning to housekeeping is higher here
than in Illinois. 1t strikes us as a new
and understandable business for the P. NJ.
=. to take the responsibility of debating
to contractors what they should take. We
thought Proposals were issued in good
faith by the Department to take the zo,c-
est responsible bid whatever that might
he, without any farther discretion on it's
part. Iowa seems to be any thing but
favorite child at Head Quarters. A few
more such acts Of oppression will not be
exercised by the Government officers, be-
fore this child will be heartily weaned
from its attachment to s.the powers that
be-
We understand that in consequence Of
the above arrangement, about twenty five
routes that were to have gone into opera
ton on the first July, last, will have to be
'relinquished. This will be bad busi
ness for the Hawk-eyes, especially dur
ing the session Of the Legislature, when
the want Of mail facilities is most seri-
onsly felt. For her population, Iowa has
had fewer favors of this kind conferred
upon her than any other section of the
country.
We learn that the engineers and hands
n l. I.