Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-08-13
State Officers, &c.

IN, governor CLARKE will issue his Proc.
lama!Ion required by the Constitution,
for the election of a Governor, two Rep
resenta,ives to Congress, Auditor. Treas
urer and Secretary of State and members
Of the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives. This county will be entitled to
two Senators and four Representatives;
Henry county, one Senator and three |
Representatives; Lee Comfy, two Sena-
tors and five Representatives; Van Buren,,
two Senators and four Representatives;
Jefferson, one Senator and three Repre-
sen,a,ives; Louisa and Washington, one
Senator jointly and one Representative
each; and the other counties i'll the same
proportion.
The Convention that framed the Con-
s,itu.ion, should have made simple
provision and avoided the dilemma in
which we shall now be placed. This
could have been done in the Schedule
As it is, there will be Territorial and a
State Legislature in session at Iowa City
at the same time. The State Represen.
ta,ives. under the Constitution are requir-
ed to NEE, within four months after the
adoption Of the Constitution. The Ter
ri,orial Legislature, if the menbers find
tina. an appropriation has been made for
their per diem and mileage will meet
about the same time and will 81, out their
seventy FIVE days or emil they use up the
appropriation. There may be considerable
difficulty to ascertain who will be entitled
to the Halls in the Capitol, and if the
affair is conducted good naturedy as we
hope i, may be, there will be no end to
the fun iha, may be Witnessed at Iowa
City, the coming winter.
The question is frequently asked. what
means have we to carry on state Gov
eminent! None Uhateuer. Iowa will be
like the young man, leaving good home.
where he had no care and where all his
wants were amply provided for. He
takes il into his head to marry. and SCI,
up for himself. The girl. like himself
has nothing. although she is none the
worse for that. His father gives him
nothing bu. farm, without stock or i'm
plements of any kind. He has nothing
of his own, and the very first thing he
has TO do, by way Of house keeping is to
mortgage his farm. We shall be obliged
virtually to do this, by resorling to direct
taxation TO carry on the new state govern.
msG.. Well, be it so. There is one
thing the people should insist upon. The
legislature should never be permitted to
appropriate the proceeds of the School
lands to anything but their legitimate
purpose. The Legislators of Illinois Dor.
rowed the school fund, to pay themselves
and the debts they contracted. The con-
sequence is tina, the people have 10 pay
this School Fund. interest and all, ont oi
their own pockets, by taxation. The
School lands should no. be sold, except
in very extreme cases, bu, be rented for a
term Of years at reasonable rate. and
their value should be appraised at lsas
every ten years. In this way the School
fund will accumulate in value as the pop.
ulaton increases.
We think the new State Legislature
need sit but few days at their first SEES
sion. Jus. long enough to set the wheels
of State a-going, by The election of two
U. S. Senators, the Supreme Judges, pro-
viding for the election of County Officers
and such other duties as seem absolutely
necessary. To make the burdens as igh
as possible. we think that this matter
should be fully understood. One fortnight
will enable the Legislature TO do all the
necessary business. In the meantime
Congress will ratify eur proceedings, ap
prove our Constitution, and all things
we hope will 60 on swimmingly. W.
can thus slide from a Territory into I
State, without much difficulty. Let the
people insis, upon economy in all our ex
pendi,ures, and with judicious husband
ing of all our resources, we may We
throw up our caps proudly for the State
of Iowa.
The Standing Army.
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