Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-03-29
BURLINGTON, IOWA: SATURDAY, MARCH 90 1916.

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from, twelve or fourteen States to Eve at
the most Staaes atted for empires have
been formed there, and with prospective
population Of not less than fifty millions, II
DAN newer have bit ten votes IN the Sem
atepf NE United States. r7o. 5ff g.lygH
There Mr.. CO.. IscsAsolL said, "But
they have . representation in this House,
according to their population."1 iai'i''f :
i Mr.. VtNroN resumed, sir, what laws
can this House pass without the consent Of
the SenAe? which,, for reasons there is
not now time to state, must always Be the
controlling body in the legislative depart
fnent Of the government. The act Of ] 1874
provided, that State should b. formed
east IF line )drawnfrom the mouth Of the
Great Kanawha river, due north to Lake
Erie, crossing the Mnskingum river at or
near the present town Of GAINESVILLE, ma
king two States ofsthe present State Of
Ohio, each Of which would, at the present
time, contain population equal 70 that Of
Massachusetts, North Caralina, or Ken
lucky, and capable, when fully peopled, Of
sustaining from four To- FIVE millions each.
Under this new arrangement, the greet
difficulty llasi heen to make FIVE States
large enough to use up the territory, witA-
out violating all the natural relations Of the
country. For this end, the limits Of ILL
nois, when-regard Is had to'the Fertility Of
her soil, were enlarged to an unreasonable
extent. Nature marked ont State within
the peninsula Of Michigan, but the same
necessity forced her boundaries across
Lake Michigan, and assigned her terri
tory almost large enough for q State be-
tween that lake and Lake Superior--44thus
dividing the State Of Michigan in a. man-
ner the most ilcanvenient anc unnatural
imaginable operating her into two great
divisions, between which, for near one
half Of the year, the communication is al
mort impossible. And at last, q territory
remains which, under, this arrangement,
can only be formed into one State. contain-
ing, BY estimation, eighty-ive thousand
square miles, stretching from North to
South, over six and half degrees .oflati-
tude, and bounded on the Mississippi river
a. full thousand miles. As an cquitablr
compensation to the Western country foe
this fragrant injustice, Pwould make Sc
ries of small States on the opposite bank
Of that river. The United States is form
ed by nature into two great divisions--the
Atlantic and the Western country, The
latter embracing the Mississippi and all its
tributaries the former ell Of the Atlantic
slope north and east Of the waters of that
river. In forming the western division
into States, this Atlantic policy has not
been confined to the country beyond the
Ohio river--States, with great extent Of
territory, have been formed on, both sides
Of the Mississippi, from its mouth up.7-
Some Of them, and especially Missouri,
being Of unreasonable dimensions. And
now the bill under consideration proposes
to carve out another empire from what re-
mains Of the Western country, to be form.
ed into the State Of Iowa, giving to il an
extent Of territory which, with its known
fertility, is capable, when fully peopled, d
Sustaining not less than fifteen millions d
human beings; while It the same st;me, in
conformity TO the old policy, | see the bill
has . provision that, when either East or
West Florida shall contain ! population Of
thirty-five thousand inhabitants, It may Be
divided into two States. That is to say,
when either division Of Florida vshall COM
tain population about equal to one-third
part Of the county in Ohio represented by
my colleague, who offered the pending
amendment, it ID 10 come into the Union,
with two votes in the Senate of the United
States. II Florida were ready to-day for
admission on this basis, it would give to
one man there AZ much power in the Sem
ate Of tie United sixties as il possessed ~
forty men in Ohio--.for Ohio has more than
foEtyi times thirty five thousead ginhshi-
tants. ~ .,.ta. mass .bfa..H ..tipl,sS:tar
Now, Mr.. Chairman, in all sober earnest
ness, Iappealt to Western gentlemen to say,
hthey win givetheir consent 70 this injusl
lice; and - gentlemen from other sections
Of the Union, il they will lendtheir COUNTIES
nance "a, IT, am for, voting inthe amends
ment ofmy colleague, to reduce the boun.
dafies VI Iowa, and then, If Florida IS Z
be divided, 1 would bisst lows aesshala
Onsshalfl Of Iowa will always contain twict
as much population Is theswhole Of Flor
ida. But I said, sir, that this policy, thu!
early begun, has not been confined to tia
\ portion Of the Westlying between the Obi,
and the MisssJsippi but has beenssaeadil,
pursued in respect to the whole of aha
/ great division, Of the United, States, ant
carried into execution TOO, at . time whel
The West had not the means IF making q,
efIectual stand sgainst it,in dis or the eth
er branch Of Congress. Let " SEE how
the account stands il point Of numbers be
], tween the East and the West. Ny col
league says, there is country enough nortl
\ Of Iowa for one State, and wet Of IL 70
1 another, before yon reach the great deser
I on this side the Rocky mountains; am
\ Wisconsin, with her huge propositions, vii
come ia also, making, with Iowa, four les
!, States II that quarter. Counting Lotiisi
ana. ana an tlie, States north Of Il, on bot
sides.0f the MhsissiPpiy and ALI west |
Ohio, that State inclusive, and we have, !
! all. eleven Ststes-the four new State
4 .dddded, win dive to the w estefn division
l Wis sside''tAs Rocky Mcantains, filtee
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