Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-08-20
From the Iowa Capitol Reporter
congressional Proceedings.
GEN. DODGE, OUR DELEGATE.

Sssi
We see by the late proceedings IN Cons
gress, published in the Globe and Nation
al lnieliigencer, that our most excellent
Delegate Gen. Dodge is. as usual, vide
awake to the interests of his constituents,
and doing ali that man could do TO promote
them.
The time has arrived when his worst
|eEemes must be forced to admit. we
think, that never did a Territory have q
better Representative D. Washington than
Iowa has at present y AUGUSTUS y
DoDGE. As>s,.~es.
No, only do his provcrbisl entleman1y
department. his suavity Of manners, and
his practical good sense. command the
respect. and win for him the esteem Of oil
with whom he meets there, but his untir-
ing industry in behalf OF those whom he
represents, has we venture to assert, ney-
er been surpassed by any other Delegate.
General Dodge, as may not be known
to many OF his constituents. has had a Sc
we're attack oil sickness during the present
session of Congress-an attack that con
fined him to his room for several weeks.
and bad we'll nigh carried him TO his
grave-and yet he has accomplished more
Tor the people OF Iowa than was probably
ever before accomplished by Il Delegate
in the Same length Of time.
Let Us advert briefly II; whal lie has
done for rs dusine this session OF Con.
gress.
IN NE .frst place thea. he has procured
the passage Of
THE EXTRA APPROPRIATION OF $l3.421.
10 pay the arrcarages OF the expenses o,
the Legislative Assembly, in which Il
large number OF persons were interested.
and, indeed, the whole people oi the Ter
ritory; for, had Congress refused from
any cause to make the appropriation the
burthen of paying this debt must have
oeen thrown upon the latter.
s unlavorabEe were the chances
thought for obtaining this appropriation,
under the present depletion Of the Treas
urv Of the General Government, that u
majority Of the claimants would probably
nave compromised their claims with a de-
ductioD OF thirty three per cent. had the
offer been made to them; while others
considered the prospect so desperate us
not 10 thing IL 'corM mhiie, apparently, to
7 make an effort to SAGE them
And yet under these most discourag
ing circumstances, Gen. Dodge made a
noble rally in their behalf, and succeeded
in procuring the appropriation referred to!
Ungratelul, indeed, must be the man,
who, having any interest in 1t does not
accord his heartlul thanks to Gen. Dodge
for his efforts.
Secondly, Gen. Dodge has procured an
appropriation of $4,000 for the purpose
OF holding another
Z TREATY WITH THE Sac AND Fox INDIANS.
> with view to an additional purchase
from them.
This is the second appropriation Of the
, kind that he has procured for the same
object; and the failure Of the treaty last
: year, through the means Of the stupid in
!, structions given to the commissioners by
John Bell, the Clay Secretary at War
was doubtless an obstacle in the way oil
his success not the most easy to surmount.
!, Thanks, however, to the persevering
industry, ond we.-merited influence oil
Gen. Dodge, he did sermount it. The
/ appropriation is made, and the treaty will
) be held. Whether purchase will be
/ made from the Indians depends upon 9th.
ers, and not upon him. We earnestly
: hope that their efforts may prove more
successful than was the case last year.
0 tor noother event, as all will admit, would
conduce more to the prosperity Of the
Territory, than the purchase Of an add
tional tract Of country from the Indians
Thirdly, Gen. Dodge has procured the
favorable action Of the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes upon the bill fixing
! THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN IOWA AMI
MISSOURI.
! When this bill was up before the House
of Representatives on the goth ultimo
Mr.. Edwards, a member from Missouri
proposed to amend it so as to make TIKI
boundary line that claimed By Missouri
and spoke at length in support Of his mo
ton.
Whereupon ''Mr. Dodge Of Iowa''--tt
use the language Of the Nationol Intelli
gencer (Whig) from which we quote
. s'Obtained the floor, and addressed the
; committee at great lenghr, mainly in re
!, ply to the arguments OF Mr.. Edwards, il
n support OF the report oil tho commute,
] and the boundary line recommended b,
= them. and IN urgent protest against tn,
!. unjust and unholy claim OF the State o
Missouri
/. In heclose {. his remarks, Mr.. D. pal'
a we'l-merii d complimen, to the chair
man ol the Committee on the rerrinrie
i Nr Pope tor The elaborate investiga ior
n which he had given to this subject, an,
I. Tor having probea II to the bottom. as h,
had done, in the face Of many diiiicul,ie
&c whlchsurrounded it.
II Mr.. D. earnestly appealed to the CON
O mltlee to let the question be ,aken.''
e The proposed amendment Of MIR. Ed
; wards, says the lntelIigencer, was reiee
h ted, and the bill was laid aside s.,o be re
Of ported TO the House" That ii will b
passed into u law there is now little
any doubt; and thus the prospect is YER
lar Tor . speedy settlement Of the ques
! ton Of our southern boundary line, upo
I the principle con,endcd Tor by low
i throughout the controversy.
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