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Constitutions, Boundaries, sc.


In one Of the leading articles of the
Hawkeye Of Thursday last we find the
following remarks, which we cannot let
pass without word Of comment:


"But say the trainers, Of the Constitu-
tion-and they still cling to their darling
1t was not on account Of any defects in
the instrument itself. but it was on account
of the alteration in the Boundary made by
Congress. We. say this not true We
declare further that the question Of boun-
Diary was not and could not be the question.
That question could not hare been submitted
to the people schen they ,cere called upon to
vote for aud against tie Constitution. The
people had before them the Constitution as
a whole-as it came from the hands Of the
Conventions it had been published by
authority Of law for their perlsol. They
could know no other, lavfully, under the
circumstances Wego further and say il
a majority had voted in favor Of the instru-
ment, 1T WOULD NOT HAVE COMMITTED
|rHEA-ualess they had chosen to Be commit
ted-to the neo boundary. The Constitu-
ton as adopted by them, and as it came
from the Convention, would then have been
submitted to Congress, with proper ex-
plantations" Sc.


To some Of the positions here assumed
we must withhold our assent; but in the
mainland especially in the declaration
that ratifying the constitution "wouLD NOT
HAVE COMMITTED THEM (the friends of that
instrument TO THE NEW BOUNDARIES IN
LESS THEY HAD CHOSEN TO BE COMMIT
rED"-we coincide entirely in opinion
with our contemporary. We assumed this
position, it is well known to the public, from
the time We came into certain intelligence
Of the action Of Congress, and maintained
it up to the period at which the constitu-
ton was rejected. We are now, when
we can have ne motive for making the
statement, more satisfied Of the correctness
Of our course than we ever were before, il
that be possible, and honestly think the
friends Of admission pursued most suici-
dal course in permitting the constitution
to be voted down merely that thereby they
might manifest their disapprobation Of the
boundaries prescribed by Congress.


We are glad that our neighbor views
this subjest in the same light that we do,
for it is not often we agree upon political
questions; but we should have been still
better pleased had he promulgated the
opinions now advanced previous to the
final decision Of the people upon the con-
stitution. The doctrine then maintained
by the Hawkeye was the very reverse Of
that now advanced, viz: that to ratify the
constitution ,Oas to accept the boundaries
the public was cautioned against voting un-
der any other impression-and opposition
TO the boundaries was made the rallying
cry for rejecting the constitution; and the
success which attended the EDITORS efforts
to send this impression as he
now acknowledges It to be-abroad, is
seen in the result OF the vote.


We agree with our contemporary that
the people are almost bewildered with the
dust which has been thrown in their eyes
on this subject, and in this state of bewil-