Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-03-29

TON, IOWA SATURDAY, MA
.slican States, which shall become members
'of the Federal Union, ard have The same
.arighfs Of sovereignty, ffeeassn, ana inde-
"pendence, a. the oihsr States; that each
estate which shsll bsse fsrmed, ihali con
.stain asuitable extent ofterritors, not less
'sthin one hundred, ~ mere than, one
sshundred and ilty MILF square, OF q near
ssthsfeto = circaihstanoeEW0l sdnit."
vDt. Lava U.s., pagill76.a a4saAta2 WHY
1 Influenced by this resolution The, COM
monwealth Of Virgins. On The Goth Of Oe-
tober, 1888, passed N oct, ceding to he
United States her claim to the Territory be-
yond the Ohio river, On various trusts ana
conditions. the 6rsts q iwhishl is in these
y ofds;; bin " sniqq:li. wi sirulasa9H
Upon eoadition that IT, territory 20 cedsa
shall be laid out and formed into States contain
ing . suitable extent Of territory, not less than
one hundred, nor more than one hundred and fifty
miles square, or ~ near thereto Is circumstances
will admit; sad that the States SO formed sEail
be distinct republican States, and admitted mem
bers of the Federal Union, having the same rights
Of sovereignty, freedom, and Independence, q
the other States. See vol Lava u s., page
473.
On the 23d Of April next after this act
Of cession BY Virginia, Congress proceeded
to make provision for tie execution Of the
before mentioned condition in respect to
new States. By an ordinance Of that date,
the country was laid out into States of a
rectangular form,s lying between certain
parallels Of latitude and certain meridians
Of longitude. The ordinance declared that,
from and after the sale Of any part'of the
territory within. any one Of States therein
marked out, that ordinance should thence
forth be irreyocable, but BY the joint con-
sent Of the United States in Congress as.
sembled, and Of the particular State within
which such alteration might be proposed to
be made. And here, Mr. Chairman, let
me remark. that the country beyond the
Ohio river, when. laid out into States Of
not more than one hundred and Fifty miles
square, according to the condition Of the
Virginia act Of cession, would contain from
twelve to fourteen States. In addition to
these, it was expected new State would
be formed in that part Of the then western
Virginia, which constitutes the present
State Of Kentucky, and that the then west
err. North Carolina, and now State of Ten
nessee, would also be formed into one or
more States. ~ =
The necessary effect Of these arrange
merts, if carried out, wsuld have been ul-
timately to give to the country beyond the
mountains, majority Of States in the Con-
federacy, even if no accession Of territory
had been acquired beyond the original Inn
its Of the United States, as fixed BY the
treaty efpeace with Greet Britain in 1853.
- 4tt& attse& - ~ = qfii s.o4na
In the year 1887, eConvention assem-
bled that framed the Constitution Of the
United States; Virginia had not then Civ
EN- her consent to the alteration Of her act
of coesion, proposed BY the before mention
ed resolutions Of Congress ofl786. The
state Of things, on this subject, therefore,
still remained such a has been already
described. This Convention met IN May
of that year, and willis It was still en-.
gaged in the work Of forming . Constitu-
ton, Congress, which was also in session,
ON the 18th OF July. passed the celebrated
ordinance. commonly called, stThe ordi.
nance of 1887, "for the government Of the
territory northwest Of the Ohio river. In
this ordinance, certain articles, and amaae
them that prohibiting slavery in, the terri
tory, were introduced md declared to be
articles Of compact bslween the United
States and the people sf the Territory,
that they should form the basis Of all States
and governments that might be, thereafter,
established in the same, and irreyocable,
except BY The common icenssnt &C the Uni
ted States and the people Of Territory
The 9Th Of these articles pfovidssso 'shat
the territory shall BE- formed into not les,
than three, nor mese than Eve States; but
as the Virginia act Of cession stood in tlls
way of this article, it ives provided, that j,
should not take effect till Virginia gave hel
assent to It. The rest Of the oTdinsnc.
went into effect from the date Of its pas;
sage. This ordinance also repealed TN
act Of 1884. providing for the division .
the territory into Slater, thus leaving thsl
subject to stand. on the basis Of the act 9
cession. In the convention that formst
the Constitution Of the United States, In,
prospect Of the balance Of power ultimate
iy passing from the East to the West, wal
subject repeatedly mentioned ia the Dc
bates Of that body. A they had no mean
Of compelling Virginia to give her assen
to the alteration Of her act Of cession, pro
posed, BY the resolution Of 1786, and III
ordinance Of l7S7. other means 81 retain
ing and securing atlantic ascendshc.
were spoken Of. There were those il
the convention who were opposed to civ
ing the New States equal p0wefs with tn
old; and in that way secure the govefn
ment Of the country to the old members !
i the coniederacy. The more saencicus por
! ton Of the convention, however, foresaw
that il new States were introduced int
The Union, they must be placed On 1 I'D
iag of equality, in allissspscts, with II
Other States; that he new Estates swoul
never rest easy til they were piston II.
footing; that they would carry their poin
sooner or leter, and eyen by ipFes i by n
other means, and that good policy diotAte
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