Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-03-29
Address Of Hon. A. G. Dodge,
tlila TO HIS ,CONSTITUENTStini HI

li FEILow- CirsxEKs: The bill for the I'd.
mission Of Iowa and Florida into tho Union
has, become a law. Florida IS. now the
f,cnty-seuenth State Of the Union. Her
admission is complete. So far as Congfes.
sionsl action IL concerned, Iowa is sov.
ereign State. Itre,nains, however, foryou,
on the first Monday Of April next, to cons
sunmate her sovereignty, and say whether
she shall take her place as the t,ranfy-eigM
member Of the National Confederacy.i HGi
And but for the alterations made BY Com
gress, in the boundaries proposed BY the
convention which framed the Constitution,
l should not have deemed it necessary to
briefly address you. sa--slis'9 !.
I'll In the act Of our admission, the northern
boundary Of Missouri is made our southern
line. This leaves our border dispute. with
Missouri as heretofore-Congr esteem
ing the Supreme Court u the United States
the proper tribunal to decide that scontro.
yersy. The western and northern lines
adopted by the convention have also been
changed Ly Congress, and the boundaries
contained IN the Constitution are reduced.
Notwithstanding this alteration, our east.
ern line, following the course Of the Mis-
sissippi, il three, bundled and twenty five
miles in length, our southern lire, due
west from Fort Madison, is one hundred
and eixty-two miles; our western Is two
hundred and thirty.five miles, our NORTH
ern, one hundred and thirty-lour miles; and
within these boundaries are contained forty.
four thousand three, hundred square miles,
ortwenty seven millions three Hundred and
iiftyatwo Thousand acres 6f the most fertile
land in the Union. The State Of Iowa, &C.
cording to the boundaries proposed by Con.
gress,is larger thanthe States Of New Hamp.
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Is
land, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Della
ware, combined, larger than the great
States Of Pennsylvania, Tennessse, KEN.
lucky, North Carolina, Indiana, OF Ohio,
and nearly as large as the Empire State Of
New York. The country lying immediate.
N Oh the Missouri river, and Of which
Congress- have deprived us, Is said to ibe
fertile; but q l&r8e exteit of land, forming
the dividing ridge &c ths, waters running
into the Mississippi and Missouri, rivrfs,
called the "Iiills Of the Prairie, and which
has also been excluded from bur new State,
is barren aata saesiIs. , The Stale Stsfows
embEaces wAhiA. its boundaries the rivers
Des Mgipes, Skunk, Iowa. Cedar, Wabizi.
lpinikaii, Makokety, Turkey, Upper Iowa,
and Hokak, all a which, running tlirough
the Stste, Rlrnish, together with their u.
Vulnerable tributaries, facilities for naviga-
ton and sManaiacesir suhS4ualFediby The
rivers o. any State in The Union. IN !.
not necessary that | SHOULD here reninc
A you OF the immense mineral wealth or un-
eqhaiied richness of soif az fowa-the,
have become 4 Nproverb, and their fame Il
fwalespfead.o In a words mol Ststsasarpas
SEES Iowa in natural advantages. d lsfas-s,a
The boundaries adopted by Co,rres
were those. suggested By lie, late Mr. M
|collet, UnitedStstes Geologic, ara II Cha
accurately snd scientifically Examined III
Iwhole cvu'itry1lyihg lsfwses, TIM Missis
sippi and Missouri rivera. IN eoasyexio
with the boundaries of 1--WE new States, 4
BE formed south sd north Of he Missouri
mfr. n. says: aAccordinE w this Division
the 6tate ofJowa sisoslid be bo,lnded by hi
Misaissinri on the esstyHy passllei sflal
itnde passing, through The mouth IN N
Mankato or Blue Earth river, ~ . ctrtai
merida line running betwesn The sets,
, IteenAh' and eighteenth dskfeeg of Ton .t
lShAh wesA md " ths n4itkeni tboHisl. Y
J Of. ,Missolati, this sys,sha IltEhsda =,
! TO the State depot on the st. re.er,s r;v.