Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-03-08
B0umAaries...Gen. DOdge...The
HaWkeye.

BounAaries.--Gen. Dodse...The
HaWkeye.
Our Hawkeye contemporary Of Thurs
day has ssilasher" on the subject Of the
convention, the constitution. boundaries,
Sc. After sleeping Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep Of four months, it has now discov.
cred, after the e,utailment Of our STATE tim.
It's By Congress, that the convention acted
most injudiciously in adopting 50 extensive
. oundary-embracing, - that paper
would have its readers believe, "85, 200
square miles" Our object is not to re-
mark upon the notable discovery, albeit
made at the eleventh hour. but to correct
one or two important inaccuracies in the
statements which accompany it. And first,
in relation to the area embraced within
the boundaries Of the constitution: Il will
be seen from the remarks Of Gen. Dodge
published below, that instead Of 50, OOO
square miles being embraced within such
limits, the real amount, according to the
calculation Of the Typographical Bureau,
is but $4,000. This, leaving of the SOC
odd miles, the Hawkeye admits to be about
the size of the States organized in the
sheathenish days Of Jefferson and Madi-
SOM and as we are authorized. from the
tenor Of the article alluded TO, to infer that
the editor would be willing to 60 to the
limit Of the precedents cited BY him, o.
course, when made acquainted with his
error, we may expect opposition on thi;
ground to cease.
The next and only thing to be noticed
is the assert'cI that Gen. Dodge made 81
disgg.acsful compromise" in relation to tn.
boundary. This statement is untrue
Gen. Dodge made no compromise, dis
graceful or otherwise-and, fortunately
we have the proceedings to prove what WI
say. The remarks Of Gen. Dodge, which
we copy from the Intellieencer, shew tina
he resisted any interference with tn.
boundaries until the very last; and WI
have reason to know that his efforts to pre-
vent any change were Of the most active
and untiring character. The CO" mitte'
on Territories had at one time decided Il
report in favor Of the boundaries as adopt
ed by Congress; but through the per.e
vering and unwearied efforts Of our Del
egate they were induced to change this de
termination, and reported the bill Lacl
without any change.
Gen. Dodge's amendment was adopted
by the House after Duncan's boundarie.
had been carried by vote Of about tire,
to one. And what is the effect Of Thu
amendment? Why, to extend our west
srn boundary some thirty miles far
Their than the House had previously de-
termined it should 60, and to add severa
thousand to the area Of square maes with
ierthmStsdd- to dSntiar dk,.f, ,&kss si ssfly hi
policy to get all he could, and his constitu
ents will award him credit for so acting
1t is the practice universally acted upos
in Legislative bodies, and does not commit
the member offering the amendment in "a.
vor Of the bill or measure; but after per.
fecting it as nearly as possible. he is Their
left free to oppose it. Both Duncan's and
Dodge's amendments were offered and
adopted in committee Of the whole; and
upon the question Of agreeing to the repor,
Of the committee containing his o,rn c1nend.
ment, Gen. D., although he could not vote
spoke in opposition, though without sue
cess.
More than this we have not room to say
1t present, and more does not seem to be
required. The conduct Of our Delegate
on this, as upon all other questions, has
been that Of strict fidelity to the interests
Of his constituents, and can only be made
to appear otherwise by perversion and
Misrepresentation.
The following are the remarks made BY
Gen. Dodge, upon the occasion referred to-:
Mr.. DODGE, the Delegate from Iowa
Territory, said that he rose solemnly, in
The name Of one hundred thousand Western
|reemen, to protest against any such ar.
rangement as that now designated BY the
gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. DuS,Ax.l He
had various reasons for his dissent, and one
was that the gentleman's plan substituted
Q the west an artificial boundary line in
he place Of the features furnished by Ma.
.ure herself He believed that the adon-
ion Of the plan would not only be yerv
contrary to the wishes Of the people Of
Iowa, but would be in itself unwise and
mpolitic. The line proposed by their own
Convention was, in his opinion, the best
hat could be adopted. The amendment
went to assail the Territory on The NORTH.
while the claim Of Missouri sought "a cnf
t short on the south. The bringing for.
ward q such I measure was wholly 1nex.
pected to Mr.. D.
He also had obtained N ..4;,...