The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-08

"a the ehair,) on the said order
FOX AID WISCONSIN, RIVERS.
When the committee last rose il had under con.
liberation the bill TO grant certain quantity Of land
% aid 10 the improvement of the Fox and Wiseon-
80 rivers and TO connect the same by canal IN the
Territory Of Wisconsin,; the question being on the
proviso heretofore offered by MIR. MeCLERSAsp 10
/ he second section. ..
M. MccLERNAND rose to offer substitute
Mr.. G, s. HOUSTON rose to suggest to the gen.
temen having charge of this business, to pass by
his BILL and 10 lake up others that were pressing,
add thal ought 10 be passed. The bill under consid
grafton would be resisted, and the time allotted to
| tbs special order be entirely consumed in debate.
Mr. DOUGLASS said he was willing to accede
10 the suggestion of the gentleman and TO take up
die bill defining the boundaries Of the Territory or
Iowa So far himself and the delegate of the Ter
ritory were concerned, he believed there would be
no controversy on that bill.
So the bill ia relation 10 the Fox and Wisconsin
MYERS was laid aside for the present.
The committee took up the bill TO define the boun-
daies Of the State Of Iowa, and to repeal so much
Of the act Of the 81 Of March, 1885, relates to the
/ boundaries Of Iowa.
The bill as originally reported from the Commit
Zee on the Territories is as follows
B. snae,,d 81 he Senate and House Of Rsprsisnspss
81 Ne UHlea simeTtfd teHgTes dfbsOed,
he following be- and they hereby declared to no. the
boundaries Of tho future State Of Iowa Beginning In the
s ~ ID h NJ .a " ins
Mones la the middle Of hs main channel thereof to
point whsrs u IA intssected By the old Indian bou dary
Inc line by John G. sullivan In the year eighteen
hundred and sixteen thence weswardy along said line to
-od northwest corner Of Missouri thence due west to
middle Of the main channel OF hs Missouri nvsT thence
the middle OF the man channel Of the river last
dnsd to the mouth Of the Sioux Calumet river thence
aIsOt As to the middle Of the main channel Of the ST
Peters hVer. where the wstoawsa river according 70 Nj
sotts mApl enters the sane, thence down the middle OF
he cAsaasl Of said the middle OF the main
ef the Mississippi river thence down the middle Of
main channel OF said river to the place OF inning
The committee had subsequently, reported the fol-
owing amendatory bill;
amend the bill by striking all after the ensetng clause
aAd inserting the following:
That the following be- and they are hereby declared 10
the boundaries OF the state Of Iowa In lieu OF those pre-
bed by the second section Of the act Of the third OF
W. he sdaissOn Of The states Of iowa and Forda into the
rRonnto witt Beginning at the mouth Of the Des Moinss
. bs sa or sss hs1Ss following hs
paint where the line Of fertyhree degrees aud thirty min
as' Of north latitude the ,as thence due
rad line OF foIty three degrees and thirty Of
HOnh latitude to the centre OF the Tchsnkssnas Sioux
n'rt according to Ncosts map thence down the middle
down the middle Of the channel Of the Mis-
IOH ryer 10 the northwest Of the State Of Mis-
oan thence eastwsrdy following the northern boundary
Of the STATE Of Missouri point which the same
scu the De Mones river thence by the middle OF the
sac .inI JTfEsr enacted That the Suestien which
has heretofore been The subectmster of controversy and
dpnte between the state OF Missouri and the Territory
Iowa respecting precise location OF the northern boun
diry line Of the State of Missouri shall be- and the
hereby rierred To the snPrene Court Of the United
STATES for adua cation and settlement in accordance with
the act Of The legislature Of Missouri approved March
smyfTe eighteen hundred and foTyGVe, snd the memo
nal OF the Council and House OF Representatives OF the
Territory Of Iowa, approved January seventeen eighteen
hundred and iorysx by which both parties have agreed
10 the commencement and speedy determination Of such
suit may be to procure final decision by the
supreme Cour, Of the United States upon location
the northern boundary Of that State" and the said
psne Court Is hereby invested with all the power au
ony necessary TO the performance Of the duty imposed
BY this section
Sac. .ind L further Enacted That until the next
nius and superintendent shall be made the State of Iowa
shall De entitled 70 two representatives. in the House OF Rep
Sac. Ind htnthsr enacted That much Of the act
q the third Of March eighteen hundred and forty tive
titled IAN act for the admission OF the States Of Iowa
florida into the Unonn relating to the said State Of Iowa
inconsistent with the provisions Of this act, be- and
the same - hereby, repealed
Mr.. JULIUS ROCKWELL moved to amend |
The amendment lin the first secton) by striking out
The words "forty-three degrees and thirty minutes
and inssrting "forty-two degrees"
Mr.. r. sent TO the clerks table a memorial from
he inhabitants Of the northern part OF the Territory
IN favor Of the proposition submitted by him, and
which was read.
Mr.. r. briefly sustained his motion.
Mr.. RATHBUN raised the question of order,
that the bill was not properly within the range of
Territorial business.
Some conversation followed, in which Messrs
RATHBUN, OROMGOOLE, DODGE, and TIB-
BATS participated, but which resulted in no ac-
ION. ''f. .H
So the committee proceeded with the considera-
ton of the bill
Mr.. DOUGLASS opposed the motion of Mr..
ROCKWELL. Phs question of the boundary of Iowa
was not, he said new one. The House had had
much trouble with it last year. At that time he was
NJ shnAA xurkn fall IL
boundaries, and to prescribe those which were
agreed upon by the House. He was now sat-
sized, however, that whatever boundaries might
lie prescribed, those of the last year were the
vsrst that could be devised. They were unnat-
un, inconvenient to to the people, and would
cave the balance Of the Territory in the worst con-
didon for the formation of new States He was
satisfied that the Missouri river ought to be the
western boundary, and that whatever curtail was
made should be made upon the north, with a view
70 enable new State to be formed north of Iowa,
with new boundaries. Accordingly, the Committee
on the Territories had very materially curtaed the
boundaries, from those which had been proposed,
and which had Been prescribed by the delegate from
the Territory in the bill he had introduced. The
committee had cut down the boundary some ten or
fifteen square miles, 20 as to make the northern
boundary 49,. They had cut it down below the
boundary adopted last year by this House; but they
had extended it on the west so to give Iowa its
natural boundary on the west.
Mr. d. referred to the action of the people of Iowa
on the subject, submitting that by the adoption of
the boundaries in the amended bill the controversy
would be ended, and that the people of that Terrific
y could into the Union without further dispute
on that point. t53# .."...
He was aware that meeting had been held in
Dubuque which had suggested the boundary pro-
posed by the gentleman from Massachusetts, [Mr.
RocKwELL. He (Mr. d. desired to say nothing
disrespec,ful to them. He had thousand good
reasons for being friendly towards them. But he
alluded to tho local reasons which the people Of that
county had to go for the extreme Of a boundary,
either large small, not, at all events, to have
1t brought close to them. But he would undertake
to say that the people Of Iowa a mass were OPP
posed to the boundary proposed by the gentleman
from Massachusetts, and they never would, and
never ought to come into the Union with that bound.
ay. He hoped, therefore, that the line prescribed
In the amended bill would be adopted. The State
would not be large 1t would only be $4,000 miles
.quare-5000 less than Illinois, 10, 900 less than
Michigan, and $1,000 or 10000 less than Missouri.
The boundaries natural, and not unreasonable
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