The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-11

I Adsmlzed road at some point on the Cumberland
road at or near the Western base of LAUREL Iiill
through Pittsburgh and the Arsenal al Mesdville 10
the harbor OF Erie which was referred TO the CON-
mitlee on Roads and Canals,
.# IOWA MILITIA.
The bill TO provide for the payment Of the low
militia, called into service in December, 1889 having
yesterday been reported the House by the Commit
| tee Of the Whole on the state of the Union, was
taken up-the question being ON ITS third reading.
MIR. DANA moved that IL be laid upon the table,
and asked for the yeas and nays, which ordered
and, being taken resuled--yess l07, nays 40. So
the motion prevailed
The remainder of the bills agreed to in committee
yesterday, were read third time and passed.
ADMISSION OF IOWA AND FLORIDA.
The House resolved itself INTO Committee of the
Whole On the state Of the Union (Mr Davis of Indi-
ana IN the Cbar,) and resumed the consideration OF
the bill for the admission OF Iowa and Florida as
States into the Union.
To the second section, an amendment was offered
yesterday, defining the boundaries OF Iowa and Mis-
sour; which Mr.. DUNCAN proposed TO amend BY
an entire substitute, also defining boundaries and
making the assent of Iowa To the same fundau,ena
condition of her admission a State into the Union
These boundaries comprise amount of te ritory
oil about thr y-nlne thousand four hundred miles
larger than that Of Ohio; and enough for twp other
States beside lowa.l
| Mr.. VlNTON addressed the Committee and gave
the legislative history OF the States from beyond
the Ono river. He argued against the policy Of b.
sectng FLORIDA; and opposed the design Of admitting
one portion oil II hereafter, 50 soon as the population
should reach only that OF the county in which his
colleague, Mr.. Duncan) who submitted the amend
ment Resided. IL Florida should be divided and two
States formed OF Its territory, the prepondeIunce of
political power would be in favor Of the Atlantic
States hut the west, II there was inevitably in this
particular to be an Inequality the safer deposi-
tory Tor the reason that she identified with every
other portion OF Ihs Union and It was impossible for
her to live without the etstern northern and south
ern States A me ory of the people of this country
would ultimately dwell the valley of the Mssiss
pli and In their legislation now they should look to
future events. be showed the mpoicy Of making
Too large ihe area OF new States westward and the
justice OF conhnng them to reasonable limits, that
IN process oil time, the representation may be equal to
her leeming millions.
Mr.. BELSER spoke particularly with reference 10
the admission OF Florida, State, into the Union
the people Of which had formed constitution, and
asked, IN memorial, to be admitted according to the
terms OF the treaty Of 1919 with the king Of Spain,
wherein II is guaranteed that this shall be done
| sslently with the Federal Constitution, and the
same terms as the orig nal States admitted into
the Union. He had il objected that Florida had
not sufficient number Of people TO erect itself into
a State but there was nothing in the Constitution
inconsistent with its provisions, to prevent it, She
could be admitted without an amount of population
coming up to the Federal ratio and there was no
ordinance, act of legislation, which could inter-
lere with the provisions ofth treaty. In conclusion
he argued the policy of admitting States into the
Union.
The question was taken on the amendment sub
mitted by Mr.. Duncan, and It decided in the az
fImatlve-ayes 81, noes 36.
An amendment was, however, subsequently, unan-
imnusly substituted in place of the above fixing the
boundaries of Iowa according to Ncolet's map.
| The Committee proceeded TO the section OF the bill
with regard To the boundaries of Florida-and which
provides that as as East Florida shall contain
thirty five thousand inhabitants it may be admitted
as a separate State into the Union
Mr.. HUNT commended that Florida had not &C.
cordIng to the lac census, population sufficiently
arge for admission, and under the circumstances II
would be violation of the Constitution. He wa:
addressing the committee when we left the Capitol.