Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-07
THE IOWA VOTER.


The Proposed View state.
There are, perhaps. no very over
abelning reasons for the formation
ssfa new State, a. proposed By the
.mie convention at Jackson, Tenn;
hut there are sufficient 10 make the
people of the various section. inter
s--lesl very enthusiastic over tine prop
osiiion, aud there being little serious
election, 50 far as can i,e learned, IL
~ould rot be surprising II the move
isens s=sre successful. IL cannot DC
denied that there are natural eounda-
rics % the proposed new State which
SAVIOR the union OF the various coun-
.is-s within certain limits for this
purpose. Upon all sides save the
south the country indicated for the
new Commonwealth Is bounded Ay
important rivers; On the west by
ire Tennessee. on the north by the
FsAio, and on the east BY the Mi.sis-
.ippi.
The State OF Mississippi IL about
twice the length, from north 10
south, THAT IL Is wide, from east to
west. and few counties of the north
cart oil the State would not injure its
-ymaseiry, or, for that matter, 7eri-
asIy decrease liz Importance. III
4,ng be doubted, however, whether
ne States to be ensmalled will con-
seat, Tor the counties proposing TO
sier the new State are in wealth
and population OF much importance.
fae seven counties Of Kentucky have
population of 10000, the nineteen
s,uuiies OF Tennessee about 80, $40,
..id tire eighteen counties of Missis-
~ipld about $4,000, making total
population OF $50, 600. Much Of the
territory IL very fine, embracing up
land aud valley Of great fertility, il
tter-ected with numerous streams,
ssld well supplied with railways. 1t
- rather a singular fnct, too, that
tere il ia the territory bounded in
lie above natural manner, u more
Generally educated class than in the
,a,uniry surrounding it. la the sec
f.5n indicated, according To the last
CELSIUS, from tweBty-obe TO thirty
ine per cent. only were iiliterate;
ahiie Immediately east OF the Ten.
sssnee River, extending around the
-,ctiDn ms pped out for IA new state,
guin the interior Of Mississippi to
-niral Kentucky, Is belt OF darker
AZ III which the proportion Of Hit
tracy is from forty 10 sixty per cent.
The district IL also fully up to the
t,ersge in wealth. The eastern por-
toms Of Kentucky and Tennesse are
ympsratively poor, the possessions
!. the inhabitants amounting to less
"iisn 800 per capita but In the
western portions Of these States, and
a part OF the proposed acquisition
"in Missippi, the wealth averages
if1n $500 to $50 per head OF the pop
citation, which Is much more than
saa rule In the Southern States. 1t
" he inferred, therefore, that there
~ be- some difficulty in obtaining
" consent Of the various State Leg
atures to this diuisiOn. Under the
Constitution T. No new State shall be
asined or erected within the juris-
II. ton Of any other State, nor any
'tate be formed by the junction Of
10 or more States, or parts OF States
.,hout the consent of the Legisla.
ires Of the States concerne, as we'll
: Of Congress" In the formation
- the new State Of West Virginia
rs difficulty was practically over
.nle by the fact that certain coun.
=. having maintained thei fealty
he Union, formed Legislature
s.4icl was recognized AZ the legal
,--emhly Of the State, and the con-
M Of that portion in rebellion was
.d required. The attendance on the
,ai,"convention Mt jackson was most
>, isIactDry to the movers in the
i'eine; and they separated, aftor
'liig the preliminary work, with
! ag,llne expectations OF success. -
.s.ier- Oce1tn.