Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-03-29
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tentediy under The same laws and uaakts,
whilst the uniforms direction of tAs iwsssvs,
together with the simihrity Of slinsse, ssil,
resources. and avenues 10 market, are well
calculated 70 give 10 the inhabitants Of this
State 1 homcgeneity, Of character nd inaev..
est highly condusllve 70 tieir' ven 49,,
both morally and politicaliy.' myl.ie sH.lg
Before you decide the imppstast eaess
tion presented for your consideration o.
the first Monday OF April next, 4 i das
to YOU that | should state BY what in6ssa4
ees the boundsss<s proposed BY he CON-
yention were reduced. This We effected
BY the votes. Of The members Of both. Houses
Of Congress-, from the North, from ths
East, and from ne Vest, irrespective as Ut
party divisions, The amendment - ~.
duce was proposed by Mr.. DancsM,
( Democrat, from. Ohio, and ,fulloMedfhy
Mr.. Vinton, Whig,) who, in : meel lu-
cid and cogent manner, represented the
injiry which the creation df large Ssafes
would infict " political point u ssiew
on the Western Ceuntry. He 6ruibly
exhibited the great wrong done the West
in times past BY Congress, in dividing out
its territory into overgrowh States, there.
by enabling the Atlantic portion or tls
Union toretain the supremacy in the Uni.
ted States Senate. He showed thai il wss
the trne interest Of the people Of the val,
ley Of the Mississippi, that the new States
should be Of reasonable dimensions; and
he appealed to Western members 10 check
that legislation which had hithestsfore de-
priyed the Western country Of its due rep
resenta,ion In the Senate. advert partic-
nlarly 10 the remarks Of MIR. vinton, be-
cause their irresistible force was admitted
BY all, except the delegations from the
South. and had the effect Of procuring tn
adoption Of Duncan's amendment, reducing
the boundaries proposed by the, coasen-
t;sT7r l f9H sii a. a-ta41 II .1liH ~ IMEl3T
II is not improper that should sdviss
VOW that, during ahea whole Of ~ disens~
sion relating to our ,boundarisa, | dssmsd
Il my duty, as your Representative, 70 enr,
deav0f to sustain tl,ose contained IN he
Constellation. baf,bhs 2mssd IsilE sle1e y
The HOUSE of Representatives had, .
few days preceding the discussion refesfsd
to, passed law for the remuneration &C
Texas, BY which Eve new slave States may,
be added to the Union. This fiirhished
an additional reason why my protest in
behalf Of the convention boundaries twas
disregardcd, inssmuch - our fellow citi--
zens from the non-slaveholding States
were DESTROYS, BY moderate divisions Of
the remaining free territoryof ne uuiSn,
togive to the free Statesa eounterhalsseiz
influence. This, reason iss one Of such
power, added to the others to which, !
have alluded, that, forming my opinian
from extensive Inquiry and obsers6li0n, ]
must In Alexander inform you thst, whsa-
ever your decision ON tho frat Menday q
April next may b, va will. net - ~
thereafter, under any CHROMOSOMES, p -
tain one squire mile mose fS'ff our NV e,as
than h contained within ths Bcdntlari6l
adopted BY the act of Cosgsess adminia1
lows into the Uniehs s-oaui 80, .ihaas sd
In haste, and With high regard. you.
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