Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-11
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY H. 1s4s

Sec. II. The privilege of the debtor to
enjoy the necessary comforts of life ,shal!
be recognised by wholesome laws, exempt
ing reasonable amount of property from
seizure or sale for the payment of any
debt or liability hereafter contracted.
Sec. Is. The right of every man to
worship Almighty God according to the
dictates ofhis own conscience, shall never
be infringed, nor shall any man be CON-
PEELED TO attend, erect or support any
place of worship, or to maintain any min
lister against his consent, nor shall any
control of, Or Interference with the right
of conscience be permitted, or any prefer
ence be given by law to any religious
establishments or modes of worship, nor
shall any money be drawn from the treas
ury for the benefit of religious societies or
theological or religious seminaries.
Sec. 10. No religious test shall ever
be required as qualification for any Of
fee of public trust under the State, and
no person shall be rendered incompetent
to give evidence in any court of law or
equity, in consequence of his opinions on
the subject Of religion.
Sec. 20. The military shall be in
strict subordination to the civil power.
Sec. 81. Writs of error shall never
be prohibited by law.
Sec. %, The blessings of a free govern
ment can only be maintained by a firm
adherence to justice, moderation, tenn
perance, frugality and virtue, and by
lrequen, recurrence to fundamental prin-
ciples.
ARTICLE II.
BOUNDARIES.
Section / 1t is hereby ordained and
declared, that the State of Wisconsin
doth conse Mt and accept of the boundar-
les, prescrlbedjn the act of Congress en-
titled IAN act to enable the people of
Wisconsin Territory to form Constitu-
ton and State Government. and for the
admission of such State into the Union.
approved August sixth, one thousand,
eight hundred and forty-six, to wit: Be-
ginning at the northeast corner of the
State of Illinois, that is to say, at point
in the centre of Lake Michigan, where
the line of forty-two degrees and thirty
minutes Of north latitude crosses the same:
thence, running with the boundary line
Of the State of ichigan, through Lake
Michigan, Green Bay to the mouth of tn
Menominie river thence up the channel
Of said river to the Bruie river; thence |
Up said last mentioned river to Lake /
Brulc thence along the southern shore
of Lake Brulc, in d direct line TO the cen
ter Of the channel, between Middle and
South islands, In the Lake of the Desert |
thence IN a direct line 20 the head waters
Of the Montreal over, "a marked upon the
survey made by Captain Cramm thence
down the main channel of the Montreal
river to the middle of Lake Superior !;
thence through the centre of Lake Supe-
nor, to the mouth Of the ST. Louis river
thence up the main channel CT said river
to the first rapids in the same. above the |
Indian village, according TO Nlcollet's |
mp thence due south to the main branch |
Of the river ST. Croix; thence down the |
aain channel Of said river TO the MissIs- |
sipPi; thence down the centre of the |
main channel of that river to the north |
west corner of tie state Of Illinois; thence |
Hue cast with the northern boundary of |
The state of Illinois, 10 the place of begin |
ming, as established by - An act TO en-
able the people Of the Illinois Territory to
form 4 Constitution and State Govern
ment, and for the admission of such state
into the Union on an equal footing with
the original States" approved April I9, |
ISl8:" Pr0yiIed, however. that the fol- |
lowing alteration of the aforesaid bound |
AIRY be, and hereby is, proposed to the |
Congress Of the United States as the pre-
ference of the State of Wisconsin. and if
the same shall be assentcd and agreed to |
av the Congress of the United States, |
then the same shall be and forever remain |
obligatory on the State of Wisconsin, viz |
Leaving the aforesaid boundary at the
foot of the rapids of the St. Louis river !
thence in a direct line, bearing southwest |
crly to the mouth of Iskodcwaba or Rum
river, where the same emptles into the
Mississippi river; thence down the main
channel Of the said Mississippi river, as
prescribed in the aforesaid boundary.
Sec. ,. The propositions contained IN
the act OF Congress, are hereby accepted,
ratified and confirmed, and shall remain
Irrcvocahlc without the consent of the u
nited States; and Ii Is hereby ordained
that this state shall never interfere with
the primary disposal of the soil within the
same by the United States, nor with any
regulations Congress may find necessary
for securing the title in such soil TO bone
hde purchasers thereof; and no tax shall
be imposed on land, the property of the L