, 1840-11-28
BOWLING-GREEN MO. SATURDAY,, NOVEMBER %, l84o

NAA N''' uSottNl
the admission OF iowa into the Union ex
cePt upon a FIJI and perfect regard for the
integrity OF our territory and the rightful ex
tent OF our constitutional domain. | feel nc
hesitation in believing that such a declara,
ton of our rights, and of the reasons or
which We base them, will effectuallv emove
the doubt, if any exist, as to the justice o.
our title, and will postpone the ratification
of the boundary line of Iowa to the proper
and final adjustment of our own.
In the mean time ! would also suggest thai
the title of this State be maintained to the
fullest extent To the ground claimed by Iowa
and which was at your last session declared
a part of the State of Missouri by an acI
founded upon the examination and report o
skilful surveyors. Independent of the mutu.
al relations Of protection and support exist
ing between this government and its citizens
residing in the territory thus brought into
dispute, this State should not recede except
upon the strongest evidence of error from
the position in which it has been placed by IA
clear examination of its rights; by the plain
letter OF its constitution and voice of its leg.
~islature declared after an exhibition Of the
most satisfactory testimony.
The splendid editice which has been pre-
pared Tor your reception commands the at
tentIon and admiration of every beholder:
not aStranger visits our seat Of government,
either from the caste o from the west, from the
north or from the south, but whose attention
Is forcIbly arrested BY It's grand and magnifi-
cent exterior, by the business of lis proper
ton, the convenience of IFS internal arrange
fnnntS tho .lur.hIlIt- ,E tho ,n,toral tho
beautiful and chaste style of its architecture
and the very complete and superior work
manshiP OF the whole structure. Placed up.
on the summit Of a promontory that COIN
mandS Il mos. extended view oil our noble
liver, the Capitol of Missouri stands %unrival.
led in the West, Il proud monument of the
taste and liberality Of her citizens. The
architect who designed the building and ST.
perIntended its construction and the gentle
GIen who 81 faithfully executed the work de-
serve TINT credit which an enlightened COM
Inunlty will ever accord 10 merit. skill and in
dustry. 1t will require an additional appro-
prIation 10 fully complete the building and
enclose the ground. The Commissioners
will in due time submit their report showing
among other things the amount already ex-
Nh4S hAN III cNiSltti- illd "
III progress FOX the complexion Of the work,
10 which permit me to refer YOU. cannot
close this subject without urging upon you
the necessity al providing for the appoint
ment of some sober and discreet person as
a guard, whose duty it should be at all times
To keep 4 strict watch over the building to
prevent injury To The same either from acct
dent or negligence. The small expence al
tending this matter can well be Justified
by tie -'"at value of the huIldiug aud the
salery Of ii'pthIrc archicv"s.
SIM Your -, -".>Io, tn DIVERSITY of
tins SIT: has been lnci:el, aud The ueceSsI-
rv buildings are now IN Il rapid state al pro-
2resS. Under the provisions al a law pas
Scd by the last General Assembly the town
OF Columbia in The county of Boone was Sc
as the permanent site al this instiru-
The public spirit that Irducrd its citi-
Gems to bid so literally for the privilege of its
within the borders of their county
forms the strongest assurance that there It's
welfare will be carefully consulted, and It's
interest warmly cherished.
Ii has long been Il matter Of reproach To our
State. that. with the liberal donation of Con-
yresS. and the accumulated fund for the sup
port of q seminary Of learning. no provision
was ever made for the education among our
of our youth in the higher branches
Of science, and that for the proper acquisition
Of this knowledge our citizens were indebted
to foreign Institutions. Ii forms a subject OF
congratulation that this reproach can no lon
ger rest upon us, but can he met by the fact
that our energies have been excited in the
cause Of advanced education, and that our
zeal in its behalf has been manifested by our
to concentrate intelligence a.
us. 1t is 4 strong evidence OF the i'm
proved condition and increasing importance
Of our State, that we have had the honor to
rear the first institution Of this character on
this side of the mighty father of waters.
In consequence of its recent organization
the incomplete condition Of the buildings,
the University has not as yet gone into OPP
1t is believed that during the next
year it will be open for the admission OF pu-
pills. Great inconvenience has been ex-
perienced in consequence of the frequent
absence ofmany of the curators, at important
meetings of their board, which has been part
ly occasioned by the distance Of their resi-
dences from the site of the institution.