Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-07-24

rush 10 the embraces Of "Uncle S,n, :,
and that at tie ensuing sess;oa W.
Hon. Augustus Cesar Dodge wo !, ''e !.
take his place among the august ST.. i.
tors in Congress assembled 70"
The establishment of the r,,.
boundaries vas nothing in his es,;n VI n
ton compared with the Senatorial H. W, NV.
ors TO which he aspres. The ,dd.. -
therefore contains all the argumen, i \ ~ 's,
was offered in Congress in favor ~ y ~ :
reduced ard limited boundaries aw,'s :.
ed By Congress. Ii order to recon.s TX =,
us to these boundaries Mr. Dodge MI - ~,
notwithstanding this allera,on ~
eastern line, following the course nm. M M
Mississippi, is three hundred and ,v.' I'D
tyfive miles in length; our sowh.. !. !.
line. due west from Fort Maliso0
one shundred and sxiy-two miles. I Mn
II II" = wv ''"''''e" anu 'llryaA pos:
','.'es' "'' Ho' ,i'eih one hindred All L
thirty four miles; and within N, 40
boundaries are lorly.four thousand H. ,ss
hundred square miles, or twenty. can. .a,o
millions three hundred and 6f,va, ,bei
thousand acres Of The most fertile il. ron
in the Union. The Stale of low, an,
cordIng 10 the boundaries proposed .,y,
Congress, is larger than the STATES I.
New hampshire. Vermont, Massaess rise ;s,e
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut. NJ, .ion
Jersey and Delaware combined. I,r,. ID i
taan The great states of Pennsylym, IA g
Tennessee, Kentucky, North Caroin In i
Indiana or Ohio; and nearly as lasy.a~
the Empire Stale Of New York" mi,
Citizens of Iowa. only think of In. Did
things. Notwithstanding the mulan sf y
OF your boundaries by Congress. rsily D
will be with those reduced limits men Ca,
ly as large as the Empire State Of NJ uhs
York" What a forcibe arguments Doc
favor Of tie Congressiona. bounlatsl bur
But no, satisfied with this eonsoEY ea,.
consideration, Mt Dodge in hls Elm arg
10 induce us 10 arcept the reduced bo sis,
darles, goes on and ttcpreciatts the va test
tern territory of which Congress wOs Don
deprive us. Its "barrtn and atrh gail
III his estimation, and not worth IN ingl
lug: 1.-The country lyiag immedia.a liy
on the Missouri aver, and Of Viii 10
Congress has deprived Us, is said lO. IN {,
fertile, but large extent Of land, fru pf :
ing the dividing ridge ST the wgs of il
running into The Mississippi ami Nj mer
souri, rivers, called the '.lll. of be /
Prairie" aud which has also beas No;
ciu,ied from rur new State. is .'bua corr
and sterile" How fortunate To- hi mer
this large extent" Of "harren and w enn'
lie land s,cxclud.d" from our TEN! VIII
.ry. The best part Of il Is only 'al1 nln
to be ..lerlile," but "iurge eriM toui
iaad' be pr0nomces posiiiutiy to arg
"barren and sterile" lie then enunr rea
ales the advantages which Iowa vi mer
sill possess. though shorn Of ihis"a. bou
extent of land" which is '.baErea iavo
s.erilel" lie says: >
1.-The State Of Iowa embrace. Efh ered
its boundaries the rivers Des Mons iaVo
Skunk. Iowa, Cedar. Wab1ipnIrn lor
Makokety, Turkey, Upper Iowa q ih
iiukak, all Of which, running llral oh
the State, furnish, together with I'D 'he
innumerab!e lrib"tlres. iacllihe. III
nlvigalion aud manufactures unequdA ioi
by the rivers ofany Sac IN The UnaE,l'e
l. is not necessary lha, | should IN po'
rlnlnd you of the immense mInrzfei
wealth or unequa!rd richness Of f'''
soil of iowa-lhey have become a r t"l
verb and their fame is wide spread. ~
And CONCLUDES with the climax: n f"e
word no State surpasses Iowa in nj ''"s
raj advantages. Don't object to ~
loss Of 5000 square miles. he q su !,
substantially q Large exlenl' Of VI ~
.barren and sterile" Don'i ohlea ''c
being cut off from tie Missouri M nv
Won nave ali these mighty rivers
he might as we'll have added Biga{ "
Eide Snglr Creek, Cheqneset, ~ ~ !
aud Bear Greeks, Honey Run, anab ''
tie Red that courses liz way lhroF y
our town. "
In order 10 reconcile rs 10 hatF N;
the "barren AMI sterile land sexes III,
ed" he says: he
"rhe boundaries adopted By w ro
gress were those suggested By lheS
Mr. Nicolet, u. States Gcolos:t ~
who had accurately and scienui'i an
examined the whoie country lying Nj
tween The Mississippi and Mise III
rivers" W.
This sentence is artfully infroh to
TO create the impression that Mr. NJ Gu
let had "accuralelv and scieniirA "
ascer,ained aud described The ~ in
extent" Of excluded .'barrea is
sterile land" but Mr. Nieollet hn h;
certained no such thing. There's ,e
Large ex,en, of barren and shp al
land there. The Hills Of the Pas :
form but small portion comparala
Of the territory which lies between
Des Moines and the Missouri.
By way Of further reconcllRg
the Congressional boundaries,
Dodge extracts from alr NIcoslap
paragraph in whirh lie absurd ~
is advanced tina. il is necessary !"
rivers to flow in one direction lor J
duce homogenaonsness in poPu'y
an opinion too fanciful and rlds's
to justify the exposure Of It's w Al,
and lis utter inconsistency with y
: periencs. But this only snow
anxiety OF Mr. Dodge 70 furnish Y.
. men,s 10 The people Of Iowa ~ is'sha