. Iowa, the first free state in the Louisiana purchase : from its discovery to the admission of the state into the Union, 1673-1846. an enterprising citizen of thetown, and member of the House. He hadgiven assurance to the Assembly at its firstsession that he would provide a suitable build-ing for the next session. It stood on FrontStreet, facing the Mississippi, between Colum-bia and Court streets, and was occupied bythe Assembly until destroyed by fire on a coldnight, December 13, 1837. Accommodationswere afterwards provided in small buildingsthat stood on the southeast and northwestcorners
. Iowa, the first free state in the Louisiana purchase : from its discovery to the admission of the state into the Union, 1673-1846. an enterprising citizen of thetown, and member of the House. He hadgiven assurance to the Assembly at its firstsession that he would provide a suitable build-ing for the next session. It stood on FrontStreet, facing the Mississippi, between Colum-bia and Court streets, and was occupied bythe Assembly until destroyed by fire on a coldnight, December 13, 1837. Accommodationswere afterwards provided in small buildingsthat stood on the southeast and northwestcorners of Main and Columbia streets, oppositethe present court house of Des Moines B. Inghram was President of the Coun-cil ; he had been a member of the VirginiaLegislature; Isaac Leffler was Speaker of theHouse; both were of Demoine County. Thiswas the first meeting of a legislative body inwhat is now Iowa. In his message the Gover-nor again enforced his views in favor of theright of preemption by settlers on the publiclands: The occupants of the public lands have emi-grated to this Territory under the belief that the. John C. Calhoun in the Louisiana Purchase 225 same privileges would be extended to them that had been to others. They are the pioneers of the West, who are rapidly extending the settlements; they are distinguished for their industry, enterprise, and attachment to the republican institutions of this country, and every consideration of justice and humanity calls for their protection. The lot of the settlers has been one of hardship, privation, and toil, exposed to the dangers of savage warfare, and the diseases incident to the settlement of a new country. They have built towns, now the seats of civilization and refinement, where Indian wigwams stood smoking four years ago. They have explored and opened the most valuable lead mines that have been discovered in the United States. Land was the immediate gift of God to man, and was designed for cultivation and
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