Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1845-03-06
We publish this week, the provlso
settling the boundaries Of Iowa, sub
mi..ed by Dr. Duncan, DEMOCRAT, as

mit.ed by DR. Duncan, DEMOCRAT. as
follows:
Strike out the second section after
The word ",ha.,' in The frs. line, and
insert:
This admission Of The State of Iowa
is upon the express condition that the
said State shall consist Of, and have ju.
risdiction over, the territory included
within the following boundaries, to.wi':
beginning in the middle Of the ST Pc
,ers river, al the JUNCTION of the Wan
tonwon or Blue Earth liver; with the
said river S, Peters running thence dae
east to the boundary line of the Terri
tory of Wisconsin, in the middle of the
Mississippi river; thence down the mid
die of the las, named river with the
boundary line of the Territory of Wis
consin and State Of Illinois 10 the
north. least corner of the State of Mis-
souri,, in said river MissIssippi; thence
weslwardly with the boundary line Of
said State Of Missouri to point due
south from the place of beginning;
thence due north to the place Of begin
ming in said ST Peters river.
Sec. g. BE II farther enacted,
That The said State of Iowa shall have
concurrent jurisdiction on the river
Mississippi, and every other river bor-
dering on the said State Of Iowa, SO far
as the said rivers shall form common
boundary to said State, and any oihe'
State or States now or hereafter 10 be
formed and bounded by the same; such
rivers to be common to both, and that
the said river Mississippi, and The navl-
gable rivers and waters leading into the
same. shall be common highways, and
forever free as well TO the Inhabitants
of said State as to all other citizens of
the United States, withou. any tax. du.
.y. impost, or toll therefor imposed by
the said State of Iowa.
Sec. 4. BE 1t further enacted,
That it is hereby made and declared to
be fundamental condition of the adj
mission of said State of Iowa into the
Union, tina, so much of this act as re-
lates to the said State Of Iowa, shall be
assenled to by convention Of dele
gates. to be elected by the people OF
said State. for the purpose of giving
the assent herein required; and as soon
as such assen. shall be given, the Pre-
sident Of the United States shall an
nounce the same by proclamation; and
lherelrom, and without further pro-
ceedings on The part of Congress, the
admission of the said State of Iowa in
10 the Union, on an equal footing in all
respects whatever, with the original
States, shall be considered as com
Ple,e.
While this was under discussion, the
Hon. Augustus c. Dodge, our ovn
Delegate, offered the following as an
amendment to Mr. Duncan's PROPOSE
ton. which was accepted, viz:
Bounded by the Mississippi on the
east; by parallel of Of latitude passing
through the mouth Of the Mankats or
Blue Earth River on the north; by a
meridian line running squidistant from
the seventeenth and eighteenth degrees
Of longitude, west from Washington,
on the west; and by the northern boun-
Diary of Missouri on the south.
So the interesting triumvirate Of
Free Traders, Sub Treasurers and Tex.
as Scrip Mongers, were "wounded in
the house of their friend" DR. Dun
can gives the first thrust, and the Iowa
Delegate makes disgrace(ul compro-
mise, when he should have washed his
hands of all participation in any move
ment which fixed our western line one
inch east Of the Missouri River. 1t
may be well for the party organs TO
cry "stop thief" and throw the people
on false scent-but the artifice is too
transparent. Abolitonism had nothing
to do with ii. 1t has enough sins of
its own to stand up to without teing
made TO eXpiate VIGOROUSLY, the mi
guilty Of larger corruption. Let the
people look to this. Not content with
setting this trap at Washington, you
are now urged to put your fee. in and
be caugh,-ra,ify the do'ngs of Con.
gress-accept the Constitution which
is to govern the population upon the
turnpike strip up and down the Mis-
sssippi-re elect your Delegate by an
increased majority; and curse the wings
and abolitionisls for cutfinc GO -
finest portion OF yonr Sac. WH., 4.
very men who did il "a, .ll IS .sul
own party ,rencher. aud -ma.s .he
calumet Of perpetual peace with James
X. Polk and the younger branches of
the Texas coalition