The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28

We only know that the Convention re-
fused to give its assent to the surrender
of the territory claimed by Ohio and
that committee of three delegates was
appointed to visit Washington and en-
deavor to persuade Congress to yield
the point at issue; and another COM
mittee of five was appointed to draft
an address to the people of Michigan,
expressive of the views of the Conven.
ton.
Next comes the exercise of "Squatter
Sovereignty" The act of Congress
which required the assent of the people
OF Michigan to her reconstructed bound
aries on the south did not name any
power or authority known among the
people of the State by which COnven-
tion Of delegates could be called TO-
gether for acting on the question. There
fore those parties who were dissatisfied
with the Ann Arbor Convention held in
September started n movement to re-
verse its position They caused clec-
tlons to be held on December 9th aud
9th, IN all the counties excepting Mon
roe and Macomb, and these elections
were conducted under the ordinary
forms. The opponents IF submission to
the claims Of Ohio took no part in this
election, and declared the whole affair to
be disgracciul and illegal. But a Con
yeutjou was elected, which assembled at
Ann Ar6or On December 18th, 1896.
It was composed of - delegates, viz:
from Wayne - Washtouaw Is OAK.
land -, Leravoo s. 81, Joseph {, kal-
amazoo :, Kent > AliceaD =, Lapcer =,
Saeuaw :, Bemien l, Van Buren /,
Branch = Jackson . liillsdalc >, Cal
houn =, St. Cia.r :. General John K.
Williams Of Detroit was chosen Prcsj-
dent; kintzig Pritchctte and J. f..
Field, Secretaries.
No record of tue doing. of this Con.
veution IS to be found preserved official.
ly in Michigan but the Executive Doc.
uments Of the 9TH Congress contain
the result arrived at with the names Of
the Delegates. They voted that "al-
though OF the opinion that the Congress
Of the United States had no right to re-
quirc the surrender Of territory to the
jurisdiction Of Ohio which lawfully be.
longed to Michigan, yet as the inter-
ests and prosperity Of he State would
be greatly advanced by her immediate
admission into the Union, they gave as
sent to the condition required by the act
of Congress. 1t should be stated here
that the Northern Peninsula, which had
never previously been con idcred to be-
long to Michigan, was by this act of
Congress thrown within our boundaries,
avowedly as an offset to the strip taken
away on the southern border. At that
time the Upper Peninsula was regarded
as a far-oif, 'howling wilderness
Among the members of this third
Constitutional Convention still living
are 9. |. Walker Of Detroit, John j.
Adam Of Tecumsh, aud Abiel Silver,
now a resident of Western New York.
It is much regretted that the records
OF these two important and exciting
Conventions are lost, and that the his.
tory Of the Toledo War, which qaya rise
to 70 much military ardor and such yio-
lent po,itice. agitation, should be fast
fading out Of the minds If the survivors.
50 tha5 it viii never bc adcq1atelvwrit-
zen.
There w,.a no, debate in Congress
upon the question Of adm.,tiua M.ai
gtu as u state Of the Union, the prime.
pa. opposition coming rom the Wrie
party, which condemned the .rreeu..
proceedings OF the tairj Convention.
bu' op Jauuary 2jta, Isl, qn act was
passed, declaring Michigan to be one OF
taa pitod atates of America, admitted
iu.o the Union on an c9ual footing with
the original States in I'll respects what.
ever, under her Constitution adopted in
1898
The Inconvenience Of the Consttu.
tion Of 1893 led TO q demand for its re.
vision by joint resolution OF the Leg.
islaturo, approved March l., 1919.
The people were required to vote for or
against Convention to revise the Con.
stitution at the general election in No.
vember, 1919; and the votes cast were
yeas 81, 1913, nays 1895. The method
Of giving notice of this popular vote
was to publish the resolution in the
State paper for three months in success
sion next previous to tho election.
BY an net approved March 9th, 1850,
the election of delegates was to take
place ON the first Monday Of May fol-
owing. The number Of delegates was
100, arportioncd: To Allcgau County
1, larry I Beuicu ., Branch ,, Cal.
houa ;, Cass ,, Chippewa, clc. /, Cir
ton, etc. Eatou >, Genesae 3, Hills.
dale 4, Tngham ., lonia, etc =, Jackson
3, Kalamazoo 8, Kent. Ottawa, etc. 3,
Lapeer >, Lenawee 7 Livingston 1, Ma.
comb (, Mackinac !, Monroe /, Oak.
land 9, Saginaw, etc. l, Shiawassee l,
St. Clair, etc. 8, st. Joseph 3, Van Bur.
en- !, Washtenaw 8, Wayne 10.
This fourth Constitutional Conven.
ton assembled at Lansing, june ID,
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