The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1845-02-11

| huduilLeu ROAD al some polnt on the CUMBERLAND
road al or near the Western base of LAUREL Hill,
through Pittsburgh and the Arsenal at Meadvile TO
the harbor of Erie which was referred 10 the Com
mittee on Roads and Canals
IOWA MILITIA.
The bill to provide for the payment of the Iowa
militia, called into service in December, 1889 having
yesterday been reported TO the House by the Commit
Tee of the Whole on the state of the Union, was
| taken up--the question being on It's third reading.
Mi. DANA moved that it be laid upon the table,
and asked for the yeas and nays, which ordered
and, being taken resulted-yeas LOT, nays 49, So
the motion prevailed.
The remainder of the bills agreed to in committee
yesterday, were read third time and passed.
ADMISSION OF IOWA AND FLORIDA
The House resolved itself into Committee of the
WI hole on the state of the Union Mr.. Davis of Ind
ana in the Chair and resumed the consideration OF
the bill for the admission of Iowa and Florida as
States into the Union.
To the second section, amendment was offered
yesterday, defining the boundaries of Iowa and Mis-
sour which Mr.. DUNCAN proposed TO amend by
an entire substitute, also defining boundaries, and
making the assent of Iowa to the undamen al
condition OF her admission as State into the Union
These boundaries comprise amount of territory
OF about thir y-nne thousand four hundred miles
larger than that Of Ohio and enough for twp other
States beside Iowa.
Mr. VlNTON addressed the Committee, and gave
the legislative history of the States from beyond
the OHIO river he argued against the policy of BIZ
sectng Florida; and opposed the design Of admitting
one portion OF 1t hereafter as the population
should reach only that OF the county in which his
colleague, Mr.. Dnncan) who submitted the amend
ment, Resided If Florida should be divided, and two
States formed OF It's territory, the preponderance Of
political power would be in favor of the Atlantic
States; hut the west, if there was inevitably in this
particular, to be an inequality, was the safer deposit
tory for the that she identified with every
other portion of this Union and it impossible for
her to live without the ern northern, and south
States. majority of the people of this country
would ultimately dwell IN the valley of the M sslssp-
pl; and In their legislation now, they should look
future events. He showed the impolcy of making
too large The area of new States westward and the
justice of combining them to reasonable limits, that
10 process OF tme the representation may be equal TO
her eemiDg millions.
Mr. BELSER spoke particularly with reference to
the admission of Florida, State, into the Union
the people of which had formed constitution and
asked, in a memorial to be admitted according to the
terms OF the treaty of 1919 with the king of Spain
wherein it is guaranteed that this shall be done
sistently with the Federal Constitution, and on the
same terms as the orig nal States admitted into
the Union. He had seen it objected that Florida had
not sufficient number of people to erect itself into
State; but there was nothing in the Constitution,
inconsistent with its provisions, to prevent it. She
could be admitted without an amount of population
coming up to the Federal ratio and there was no
ordinance, act of legislation, which could inter-
fere with the provisions ofthe treaty. In conclusion,
he argued the policy Of admitting States into the
Union.
The question was taken the amendment sub
mited by Mr. Duncan, and it was decided in the af-
fifmative-ayes 81, noes 36.
An amendment was, however, subsequently, unan-
m"usly substituted in place of the above, fixing the
boundaries of Iowa according to Nicolet's map
The committee proceeded to the section OF the bill
with regard TO the boundaries of Forida-and which
provides that East Florida shall contain
thirty five thousand inhabitants, it may be ad nitted
as separate State into the Union.
Mr.. HUNT commended that Florida had not, ac-
cording 10 the IaIe census, population sufficiently
arge for admission, and, under the circumstances 1t
would be violation of the Constitution. He was
addressing the committee when we left the Capitol