Indiana and Indianans - a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood (1919) (14751157406)

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Title: Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924 Kemper, General William Harrison, 1839-
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Chicago and New York : The American historical society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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own of Corydon. The choice of Corydon was notmade until after a,long contest. Madison was on hand again, with anoffer of a donation of .$10,000, if given the capital, and the House votedfor iladison, notwithstanding Harrisons former veto; but the Councilwould not consent to it. Charlestown, Lawrenceburg, Clarksville andJefifersonville received some votes, and Corydon was finally accepted asa compromise. The Jennings party now had everything except control of the appoint-ments, and that could be obtained only by admission as a state. Therequest of 1812 for admission had been referred to a committee of whichJennings was chairman, and he had reported favorably, and introduceda resolution that Indiana should be admitted when it had 35,000 popula-tion. Congress, however, decided to wait for the 60,000 inhabitants stip-ulated by the Ordinance of 1787. This political warfare continued onthe same lines after Harrison had ceased to be Governor, for his party = Annals of Cong. 1811-12, p. 1248.
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Jonathan Jennings of Ciiarlestown, Indiana, First State Governor(From a miniature owned In- Mr. Willis Barnes) 290 INDIANA AND INDIANANS still existed, its leaders being the men whom he had put in office. Owingto the mode of party formation, the political controversies were inappearance personal, the assaults of the Harrison party being directed atJennings, and the counter offensive at Harrison. This continued tothe last. In 1816 Jennings introduced a resolution in Congress for aninvestigation of the conduct of Indian affairs in the Territorj, which wasunder the Governor, stating expressly that it was not directed at Gover-nor Posey, but at Gen. Harrison. The only material result of this wasa warm attack on Jennings by the editor of the Western Sun.^ Withthese facts in mind, it is easy to understand the political atmosphere inwhich the state came into being. The legislature of 1814 sent a memorial to Congress asking for admis-sion, which was presented by Jennings on February 1, 1815,