Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1845-01-31

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review Of this instrument, we shall oIiehy Nv
tee few Of its provisinns which we consider
OBJECTIONABLE, wi.hou. going into long and Ia
bored examination before doing ,hIs' ho"es'
er, VIC beg the indulgence of the reader ior a
gain alluding to ourself in the matter. we
nave been credibly Informed that inslnualions
have been thrown out that our opposition 10
the Constitution has grown out Of thirst tor
Office under it, with good salary. If we had
no higher motive, we should despise oursei'
end we here declare that we have never, tor
moment entertained an idea of being candi'
date or applican, for any Office under the State
Government.
Sec. 80. Art. 4, declares that ono lottery
shall be authorized by this State, nor shall Inc
sale of lottery tickets be allowed
We admit tha. the sale Of lottery tickets has
wrou CHIT much evil in the country by destroy
ing the fortunes of men, bringing poverty and
want to the once af1luent, and that the leglsla-
ture should not be vested with power to au-
thorlze the establishment OF lotiers, but we
--.~.,.~..~.., -, -. '.o ioo's'o-
,ure, or any other power, the right or power,
justly, to proven. the sale Of lottery tickets in
the State. It is true that the right may be as
sumed and successfully exercised, but where,
in the name Of all that is just, can :eglsla-
ture find its authority for afiixing penalty to
an &C. in any one whereby the rights Of no
other person are invaded. 1t matters not to
one individual in what manner arother spends
his money, whether he give it to the chnrch.
or whether he inves. il in lottery tickets, if in
so doing he :njures no one except himself
With far greater degree of proprety might
the constitution prohibit the erection OF tent
or an encampment Of MiIerites in the Terri.
tory, and yet who would approve such pro-
vision
"The Legislative Assembly shall have pow
CT to repeal all acts of Incorporation by them
grantec."-Sec. 4, All. 9. e..
Although we have ever been an advocate OF
tie principles and measures of the Democrat
c party, encouraging, by our efforts, the la
bcrs of our political friends in reforming their
banking and other interpretations, yet we can
no, give our assent to proposition for carry
ing it to an extent amounting to total prohi'
bition. Grant to the Legislature an unre-
slrcted power of repeal, and an end is at once
put to all public enterprise. Had the Cons'l-
tuition of Kentucky contained aprovision like
this, instead Of good steam boa. canal round
the falls of the Chic at Louisville, by which
boats now pass with bu. little delay, barrier
to navigation. requiring, in low water, re-
shipment of all freights conveyed on that riv-
or, would now oxie. 1. 10 hardly
10 say that no capitalist, however fattering inc
prospect for a profitable investment. would
hazard his wealth in an enterprise so doub!iui
in its termination. We migat go on, citing
similar cases Of valuable Improvements by
private corporations, and point to the decaylng
wrecks of State Improvements to show the
utility Of improvements by private incor-
pora,ions, but we deem i. unnecessary. Had
the Constitution provided for their repeal Ter
violations Of their charters, or afforded a rem
edy for injuries by unwayanted repeats, we
should have found no fault; butt go into the
Union under Constitution tolerating incorpo'
ra,ions, with the privilege of repeating their
charters, Internationally, should reckless
+ -, .----- - III On. even should thousands,
or millions of dollars have been expended, and
the work nearly completed, to the ruiz of the
enterprizing projectors. we canno: consent.
",Every member Of the General Assembly
shall have the liberty to dissent from or pro.
test against any act or resolution which he
may think injurious to the public or an indi-
vidual, and have the reasons for his dissent
entered on the journal" -Sec. IL, Art. 4.
Suppose that member of John @. Adams
disposition should be elected, he might keep
the house in a continual broil, and with his
multiplied and voluminous protests, swell the
journal 10 such an extent that the cost of its
publication wonld be doubled, and its pages
disgrace to the Territory. Why not permit
his protest to be read, that others too might
judge whether it merited place in the Jour.
nal, that it might be rejected, if improper -
Contrast his privileges with those extended 10
corporate bodies, and see how consistent-,he
one to harrass the Legislature. increasing its
eXpenses-the other to be robbed by il at i,s
pleasure.
We shall continue our quotations from it,
purging it with broken doses.
Who'll ANSWER ?--lf, while $4,000 paid
to our Governor, annually, $5,4OO TO our !
Judges, $1,000 TO the Secretary, $3.50 (exclu. |
sive of perqoisites. in all say S2,OOO,) to the |
District Attorney, $4,000 in like manner to |
the Marshal, who pays all the expenses of our
courts from the Treasury Of The United States. |
Sl6'ooo Tor the expenses of the Legislative
Assembly. and liberal appropriations for the
opening OF roads and the erection Of bridges,