. Iowa, the first free state in the Louisiana purchase : from its discovery to the admission of the state into the Union, 1673-1846. for support. The policy of grantingpreemption rights to actual settlers has grown withthe growth and strengthened with the strength ofthe western country. It is wise and just. Therelation of landlord and tenant should never exist inthis country; it is contrary to the spirit of our freeinstitutions; and surely the representatives of a greatand enlightened people will shield the actual settlerfrom the avaricious grasp of the speculator. To speak only of the Governo
. Iowa, the first free state in the Louisiana purchase : from its discovery to the admission of the state into the Union, 1673-1846. for support. The policy of grantingpreemption rights to actual settlers has grown withthe growth and strengthened with the strength ofthe western country. It is wise and just. Therelation of landlord and tenant should never exist inthis country; it is contrary to the spirit of our freeinstitutions; and surely the representatives of a greatand enlightened people will shield the actual settlerfrom the avaricious grasp of the speculator. To speak only of the Governors referencesto the western part of the Territory, he observedthat the public interest would be greatly pro-moted by the location of two land offices westof the Mississippi, and he recommended amemorial to Congress for the removal of theobstructions to navigation in the MississippiRiver. The annual transportation over these rapidsamounts to several millions of dollars. The greatincrease in the commerce of the upper Mississippiwithin the last two years, the large amount of leadshipped from the lead mines, now sufficient for the. The First Capitol of Wisconsin Territory, at Belmont in the Louisiana Purchase 213 consumption of the United States, and the increasedvalue of the public lands on the shores of the upperMississippi, where towns are building on the mosteligible situations, give the citizens of this Territorystrong claims on their Government. The most exciting question before the As-sembly was the location of the seat of govern-ment. In expectation that the Territory wouldcontinue to extend over both sides of theMississippi for an indefinite period, many an-ticipated that its permanent capital would belocated on the banks of the great river. Cass-ville, on the east side, and Peru and Dubuqueand Bellevue on the west side, put in theirclaims. But as the surprising growth of thecountry west of the Mississippi suggested theprobability of a division of the Territory, acentral s
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