Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-03-08
Ratification Of the Constitutions.
Conditions Of Congress, &c.

COOO1tlOuS Oh CO08EeSSs &c.
Washington papers received since our
last publication advise US that We were la
boring under an erroneous impression in
supposing and stating that the amendment
Of DR.. Duncan to the bill admitting Iowa
into the Union, upon which We based our
remarks Of last week, had finally passed
in the shape it was first introduced. II
did pass the comm tee Of the uhole in that
shape by an overwhelming rote, but was
subsequently modified in two important
particulars, as follows: Instead of calling
for the boundaries as given in the frss..
section Of Duncan's amendment, Tie lines
were so changed, on r..oticn OF Gen. DopeE,
as to read "''ouaded by the Mississippi on
the ess;; by parallel Of latitude passing
through the mouth Of the Makato or Blue
Earth River on the north; by meridian
line running .equi-distant from the seven
tteenth and eighteenth degrees Of 10 81
tude, west from Washington, on the west;
and BY the northern boundary Of Missouri
on the sorth;" and in this shape was sent
to the Senate. The effect Of this modifi-
cation is to ADD TO oua LIMITS, by includ.
ing within the State scope of country
about 80 miles wide for the whole length,
of our western boundary, which, under the
operation Of the amendment as published
in orr last, would have been left west OIL
our line.
The 4th section Of the amendment, pre-
scribing the manner in which the condi-
tons Of Congress are to be assented to by
the people Of Iowa, was also changed, and
as passed reads as follows:
SEC. I. lind be It further enacted, That
it is made and declared to be fundamen-
tai condition Of the admission of said State
this act = relates to the said State Of Iowa
shall be assented to by a majority Of the
qualified electors at their township cleo
tons. in the manner and at the time pre-
scribed in the 9th section Of the 18th arti-
Gle article Of the constitution adopted at
Iowa City on the first day Of Nov. 1874,
or by the Legislature Of the said State;
and as soon as such assent shall be given
the President of the u. s. shall announce
the same by proclamation; and therefrom,
and without further proceedings, on the
part Of Congress, the admission Of the said
State Of Iowa into the Union on an equal
footing in oil respects whatever with the
original States shall be considered q COM
plete.
A difference Of opinion seems to exist AZ
to the effect the ratification Of the cons.itu-
ton would have under the above section
upon the amendments Of Congress-so.ne
maintaining, that inasmuch ss Che act Of
Congress does not supercede The clause in
the constitution which requires the vote
to be taken for the constitution a. amended,
the ratification. Of the one would be the
ratification Of both; while others view it
40 leaving the questions disconnected, and
think that afser the people have voted to
accept the constitution it will then be COM
Petent for the Legislature to reject tho
conditions. That the question is some
what involved in obscurity al who will
take the trouble 10 examine the armand
ment, tho constitution, and the law pro-
v'ding for tho holding Of the convention,
will be forced to admit; and anxious, a.
we are, not to mislead the public in any
thing connected with this important su,-
ject, we shall abstain from expressing an
opinion until further advised Of the fate Of
ofthe bill in the Senate.
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