Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-05-27
From the Albany Arms.
IOWA-THE NEW STATE!

lOWA-THE NEW STATES
The INFLUENCE OF THE West ON THE
on THE AMERICAN UNION. AT the recen,
April election, the people OF the thriving
territory of Iowa have rejected their Constr
tuition, because congress had reduced the
Limits Of their new state. They desire an
immense area % 60, 500 square miles, but
congress assigned a.. 900 square miles as its
extent. The majority against the consiitu-
ton is considered equivalent 10 a rejection
Of tho boundaries.
We may truly add tina, VIC regret this de-
csion. After an able and patriotic discuss
ion, il WAS determined by majority of near
~ 100 in the House Of Representatives,
ern domain should be Of more reasonable
size than here ofore. This was done in or
der TO give The West more power in the
United States Senate. Ii was impressvely
urged that il could neither be good policy
nor wisdom 10 form single states as large as
oil New England, and which would have
only tco senator's, while New England had
tretre Senators. Such glaring inequality in
The distribution Of future power would be
calculated to SOW the seeds Of bitterness and
jealousics-the more dangerous because
when once planted, they are ineradcable.
A state of fory-four thousand square miles
is larger than Indiana and as large as Penn
sylvania or Ohio-and from the soil and po-
st:on Of Iowa. it is likely to be as dstn-
guished for wealth snd population as either
of those great states.
Congress in limiting the boundary Of Iowa
on the Mississippi River TO the mouth Of the
BiuG-Eluh Rver--;stead Of extending il
mp TO the ST. Peters, as the constitution Of
Iowa originally provided, ruled by the strong
desire of leaving Uom for tico states north
of Iowa, of convenient SIZE and of that va
riely Of soil and productions so necessary TO
All independent member of our confederacy.
Should the next congress concede $1,000
square miles to Iowa, but one state can be
formed on the Mississ rpi above. Mr.. Dodge,
The member from Iowa, in an ad less 10 his
constituents, we'll states that though no OPP
posed the curtailment Of tho limits Of Iowa,
yet the current of sentiment in congress was
80 strong in favor of Western states of rea-
sonablo SIZE, that he was deeply convinced
saoald the present boundaries be rejected,
Iowa would not get another acre from con-
gross He also remtrAed that since the
Annexation Of Texas, the desire 10 make |
more free states in the great West was too
controlling to be resisted. That determin-
alton supcmd,lcd to the feeling that this poli-
cy was Justly due To the West will probably |
give permanent direction to the future ac-
ton Of congress on the admission of new |
states mo the Union.
Tho conviction too, is fortunately gaining
ground that the West is the great preserva-
tive power Of our Union. From its vast en-
toni and the centrally Of its position, il will
be The heart of our body polite. Its inter-
csts 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 our country. ant arms stretch,
ing thousands of m les in the one d rec, ion
by mighty rivers, draw il elise to the heart
Of the South, while by the bonds Of canals
and railways il is ind ssolubly united with
the commercial and manufacturing incress
of the North. Its interests will irrcsistibly |
compel TO hold fast both the North and the !
South should they attempt to unfis,en from
their ,noorngs aud break loose from orr con-
federacy. This is the power and the inhu-
ence the true Statesman and Patriot would |
sve To Increase.
Time his shown and it will more clearly
show that the policy Of the West must be
national. 1t is the body Of our county
while the North and the South have too
fCaly banded the word-distInion who
ever heard that word l;sped with favor at
the West. lis heart is true to the Union as
me needle TO The Pole. On our extreme
fruniicrs, enter the cabin Of the hardy settler,
and Il will be found that his heat glows
wiih an jsd)mitabIe and impcrishable love
for the Union. Tho farther no seems to
have spread from the A lantic, the more in.
tense seem his tics for his country 10 have
strengthened.
The memorable words of the Patriot of
the Hermitage, "Tho Union-it must be
preserved" must be the emhodiament ofthe
pol cy of the West. The day is coming
when it VIII be the controlling power in our
government We hail its dawning, for we
1ccl assured that the interests of our wide
spreading con(edciacy can rcpose safely in
IT,, ! ina. and it will then be without fear
TINT orr countlymen can exelaim, "Libarly
and Ua'on, now and forever, one and iusc-
p-rabc.'