The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-05-30
IOWA--THE NEW STATES--THE IN
FLUENCE OF THE WEST. ON THE
AMERICAN UNION.

IOWA--THE NEW STATES--THE IN
FLUENCE OF THE WEST ON THE
\. AMERICAN UNION.
AT recent April election, the people of
the thriving territory of Iowa have rejected
their Constitution, because Congress had
reduced The limits of their new state. They
desire an immense area of 6O,5O0 square
miles, but Congress assigned $4,000 square
miles as its extent. The majority against
the constitution is considered equivalent to
a rejection of the boundaries.
We may truly add that we regret this de.
cision. After an able and patriotic discus
sion, it was determined by majority of near
ly 100 in the House of Representatives, that
The states hereafter formed in the western
domain should be of more reasonable size
than heretofore. This was in order TO give
the West more power in the United States
Senate. 1t was impressively urged that il
could neither be good policy nor wisdom 10
form single states as large as all New Eng.
land, and which would have only two Sena.
tors, while New England had tyeipe senators.
Such glaring inequality in the distribution
of future power would be calculated TO sow
the seeds of bitterness and jealousy--tbe
more dangerous because when once planted.
they are ineradicable.
A state of forty-four thousand square miles
is larger than Indiana, and as large as Pen.
nsylvania or Ohio--and f'om the soil and
position of Iowa, it is as likely to be dis.
tingushed for wealth and population as either
of these great states.
Congress in limiting the boundary of lows
on the Mississippi River TO the mouth of the
Blue Earth River--nstead of extending IL
np 10 the St. Peters, as the constitution of
Iowa originally provided, was ruled by the
strong desire of having room for tpo states
north of Iowa, of convenient size and of that
variety of soil and productions so necessary
to an independent member of our confs.
deracy.
Should the next Congress concede eO.5O0
square miles to Iowa, but one state can ba
formed on the Mississippi above. Mv.
Dodge, the member from Iowa, in an address
to his constituents, well stated that thouph
he opposed the curIailment of the limits of
Iowa, yet the current sentiment in CONGRESS
was so strong in favor of western states of
reasonable size, that he was deeply con-
vinced should the present boundaries be re-
iected, Iowa would moi get another acre from
Congress. He also remarked that since the
annexation of Texas, the desire TO mako
more free states in the great West was too
controlling TO be resisted. That determine
iion superadded 10 the feeling that this policy
was justly due to the West will probably.
give permanent direction 10 the future
action of Congress in The admission of new
states into the Union.
The conviction too, is fortunately gaining
ground that the West is the great pressrvs.
tive power of our Union. From its vast ex-
tent and the cen'rllity of its position, if will
be the heart of our body polite. Its inter-
ests are so intimately blended with both the
North and the South, that The Union is more
essential TO its prosperity than to any other
section of the country. lis giant arms
stretching thousands of miles in one drec.
ton by mighty rivers, draw it close TO the
heart of the South, while by the bonds of
canals and railways it is ndissolubly united
with the commercial and manufacturing i'm
terests of the north. Its interests will irro.
sisibly compel il to hold fast both the North
and South, should they attempt to unfasten
from their moorngs and break loose from
our confederacy. This is the power and
The influence the true Statesman and Patrio,
would strive to increase.
Time has shown and will more clearly
show, that the policy of the West must be ma.
tonal. 1t is the body of our country
While the North and the South have ton
freely banded the word-disunion--wb
ever heard that word lisped with favor at the
West. Its heart is true to the Union as the
needle TO the pole. On our extreme from.
iers, enter the cabin, of the hardy settlers
and it will be found that his heart glows with
an indomitabe and imperishable love for the
Union. The fayher he seems to have spread
from the Atlantic, the more intense seem
his ties 10 his country to have strengthened,
The memorable words of the Patriot of
the Hermitage, "The Union-it must be-
preserved" must be the embodiment of the
policy of the West. The day is coming
when it will be the controlling power in our
government We hail its dawning, for we
feel assured that the interests of our wide
spreading confederacy can repose safe in it's
arms, and it will then be without fear that
our countrymen can exclaim-"Lberty and
Union, now, and forever, one and insepara-
le."-Argus
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