CONSTITUTION OF IOWA.
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Mr.. DOUG oil Iowa, presented inc-
moridl from the people o.. thai Territory,
Sc tirg forth i Cons;ilnii n adopte By them
and pay ing admission into the Urion as a
State. He moved its reference ID The Com
mit,ee ON Territories.


Mr.. VINTON thought il ought to go 70
the Judiciary Committee, whose pro, ince
i, would be 10 judge whether the propose !
onsti,ution Tor The Stale as, IN the lam
g,,sgc oil the Constitutes Of the United
States, Republican" "A similar petition
had, he understood, received that di. e-.i IN
in the other end ofil e G. pitol.


Mr.. DODG bell. ved The usual course
in such cases had been u refer such memo
ria.s 10 the Committee on the crriiories.
lie knew that this course had been pursued
vixen Florida pc,i.ioned 10 be recei. ed i,lo
the Union, and he belle. Ell the same thing
had Leen done with the pc;i.ions Of Micli-
gan and Arkansas; he was quite confident
i had with the petition from Florida. The
Committee ON The Territories was as COM
petent. he presumed, 10 judge whether the
C..n>,itu icn for Iowa was republican as
tie Con mi,,ee on the Judiciary. The in
str,menl could not be once read o,e er bnt
], must lie perceived that il was genuinely
republican.


Mr.. A. v. BROWN pressed his hope
that the motion u The Delegate .or Iowa
would prevail. The republicanism Of the
proposed Constitution was more question
81 lact than Of law.


Mr.. BLACK, Of Georgia, would call the
attention of The House to tie S7th and 05lh
rules OF order, which severally prescribed
the duties Of the Committee On the Judici-
ary and that on the Territories. He pre-
s,,med nothing more wonM lie needed than,
simply to read these rules; he hoped, as a
matter oi' rule, 10 say nothi,,g Of precedent,
The ,nemori.l would be sent to the Com
,nitiee Oh tie Territories.


Mr.W NTANORTHexprcssedhi>ho hope
that this memorial would take The c,'nrsc
which haa ways heretofore been pursued
IN like cases. The gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. VlSroS had q III. TO them the pre-
ce,!ent oi The Sen.t.; but lie s'sonlsl have
remembered there was a great difference
between the opinions Of thai body and Of
this House on ih,s 40 well as IN many other
subjects. Ismight, perhaps, be not gener-
sllv ,nnderslcod that the object of the Sem
aie's reference II The application ol Iowa
was partly te,delAy The reception oF that
Territory as long - possible, because the
moment abe was admitted il is well known