Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-10-19

eqh0gs 81 the Convension.
Iowa Cary. Der. 8, 1874.
The Quantities authorized bv resol,,.
''cn = The Convention yesterday were an
neanecd ihis morning. refer you to the
l~Pers Il this city CT the list, and win
Usay remark, that 50 far as is known their
.rranscnefi has given general satisfaction.
Several Of item held meetings this af err
'.soa afcr the adjournment Of the Csn.en-
taon; ami understand reports firm two
u u'ree may be expected tomorrow. The
Convention ordered the num- er Of .,ana-
ms esnmiticcs 10 be increased by adaiar
csnmitise On tie miliii. system, cum
asafee On amendments 10 the constitution.
and cpsnmiiie- on the schedule.
An e6ort was made to reconsider the
resolution ncgatived yesterday, relative to
larnislsinG each member with = certain
number Of newspapers, but ii proved un-
successful The vote stood yeas %, ma,
a resolution was offered BY Mr.. Sells,
q Mascatine, authorizing the President OF
die Convention TO invite some enc of III.
ministers Of this place to open the delibe-
EAaions Of the Convention every norn;ro
with prayer. The resolution lies over
ell tomorrow.
Thus Car things have gone along remark
aoly smoothly. and the prospect is favor
,aelc T. speedy, and, hope, satisfactory
termination, Of the labors Of The Couyen-
tiua. The discussions which have taken
Place have heen conducted with courtesy
aaa ability, and It Is to b hoped that hoth-
i.g win occur TO change their character.
.s C.
s8l Iowa CRY, Oct. 10, 1874.
Tie committees on the Bill Of Rights,
Otafs heundaries, State debts, severally
sabnitAed reports to the Convention th;.
1aEaing. copies Of which / send you lol
psbaicaiioa. The report Of the commit
- =" Boundaries, am free to say, does
ne meet with my appreciation, maither do
1 believe i will receive the :sanStion If !.
,nsjority Of the Conversion. The bounda-
y proposed On the north is too indefinite,
but liule or nothing being known Of many
d the points called for. By adopting a
parallel Of Latitude, or straight lines, we
'shoald avoid all risks Of being involved at
'ssne future day in controversy Of boun-
dairy, and At the same time conform our ac-
isioa to the policy which il is well known
iCsagress i disposed to act upon in the es-
enlistment Of State lines. = doubt not
bat this will be the view taken ofthe sub
jea BY The Convent;oa. nd consequently
expecs The report to be - smeaded. The
A5 asgree Of north latitude win probably
'he sgreed upon ss the point It which %
ssrike the Mississippi, although ! enter
fain but little hope that Congress win per-
- ~ 70 80 shove the 44th, il, indeed.
shey allow us TO run up % high. Ills net
proposed to follow up this line clear across
I. 70 where Il strikes the Missouri river,
bat aller running half way or something
MORE across, diagonal direction, it is
thought, will be given to the line, 20 that
i may touch the last mentioned river
some two degrees lower down, at or near
~ The policy Of using the phraseology
employed to designate our southern boun-
dry may also be questioned with great
lpropristy. rretained It will force = de-
cision from Congress upon the disputed
question Of boundary with Missouri, and
there are reasons to apprehend that should
such Be the case The decision may possi-
bly b made without that full investiga-
lipa which Is ne ,essary to The establish
menE e our claims, and upon grounds to-
tally disconnected with the true merits o:
the question. Congres having absolute
control over the establishment Of our
Boundary line,, I Gear, should we brile
the question up when VS. come before
that body far admission. that to get rid Of
I'll further diaicui'y ~ the subject, Iowa
will Be sacrificed. - Mictigan was in the
controversy with Ola. cy simply de-
fni,1 our soatiern boundary line ofthe
State Of Misso9si wc would leave the
question precisely where 4 now stands,
and would escape The dasger above alluded
=. Such, il seems r nc, is much die
.safsst policy.
II resolution relative t. opening tie
csnssaaion every ssr&ing with prayer
c.ns Up, and gave rise 10 warm and
IssgtAy discussion. Messrs. Chapman,
81, Lucas, Fletcher. Evans, Lowe, of
1fssnaiae aad Shsl;ilay. supported L, and
lGsssrs Kirkpatrick. Hall, Hooten, Bailey,
HePner. and Qaialoo, opposed i. tbs
itesslrlion wss lot. C.
Iowa CsYT. Der. II. 1874.