Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-07-19

and in the end, looking for satisfaction
4 from the State Treasurer; and calculated
TO curse the Democratic party, and op-
press the mass Of the people with exces-
2sive taxes and burdensome State debt.
q 9th. Resolucd, That we will not sus-
$tain any man in the ensuing election
Swho is in favor of this rotten system of
ss,cindling The iaboring class of com
E,nunify.
4 !. II will be seen that these resolutions
refer to the men who issued these ..prom-
/ Uses to pay" and denounce the transac-
gtion in the strongest terms. Then the
gcry Of condemnation comes from Dem
jsocrats as well as from Wings.
y The second reason for this issue is
Ethe decision of the Secretary Of the In.
Eterior. This matter Of the decision we
ehave heretofore sci in its true light be-
gfore the country. But was this one OF
1.-THE reasons for the issue! Jesse Will
sliams, when cornered by George G.
Wright, before large audience at the
sCourt House in this place, acknowled-
eyed that he went to st. Louis TO make
arrangements TO borrow money, and re-
sceiged intelligence of the decision OH his
sreturn to Keokuk. So the Board found
sthe Treasury empty and the Stale $780,
- -
E000 in debt, with all the land in their
Shands and at their disposal, Saving and
{excepling alaoays the $4,000 acres sold
3by the Locofoco Commissioner Of the
SGeneral Land Office. Then this at
Slempi to divide the odium of this meas
Cure with others. is an after thought.
3 l. was pretty generally given out that
Fin the first No. Of the Republic. an ex-
Hplanation of the manner in which the
Board had managed the improvement,
ssince Mr.. Gillaspy has been member
3of it, would be made: with view of al
Elaying the just complaints and murmur-
hings OF portion Of his own party. Y
BIS high time all will admit, that he as a
Smember of the Board should MAKE some
explanations on this subject, The law
fof the State under which they act, re-
8qulres the Board to make monthly state
men,s Of all their operations. Have
zihey done III But 10 Mr.. G.'s exhibit.
file does moi Tell us how much is done
on the canal; but informs us merely, hal
Operations on that portion of the work
are suspended. The canal is then aban-
doned and will soon GO to ruin, and all
I the money expended on that will be to-
J tai loss. Next he tells us that the Board
have been engaged on dams. He thinks
they will by next Spring complete 3;
and by the Spring following (nearly two
years. complete 8 more--making 9 dams
Gall told) in years. So much for prom
ises. Let it be borne in mind that Mr..
G.. shows that no part Of the work is yet
completed. The Board have been al
work 3 years on 6 dams and expended
$4,000, and how much more he does
moi say. $4,000 viii complete o.
dams, and still we are told that they have
been at work on only 8, and not one
completed yet. If it will yet require 2
years to complete these 6 dams anc
$4,000 has just commenced them
can any one tell how many hundreds
of thousands it willtake to finish them.
The exhibit is not what the people
demand. They wan, to know--and the
law makes it the duty of the board TO
! lei them know-how many acres of land
have been sold in all. This will give
them the amount of money receiyed.-
How much has been expended, and how
much has been done on the canal and on
each dam. With this kind of an exhibit
before them. the people could act under
\ standingly in the premises, and approve
nr condemn the Board as their conduct
deserve.
So far as this exhibit goes, il show.
just what has been charged from one enc
! OF the Valley to the olher-that large
portion of the money has been expend
II . y. 4
ed; but little done, and that little is in I
wretched condition, and part abandoned
and the completion of the rest very far
! distant, and a very strong probability il
left in the same hands, that bad viii
grow worse.
Friends Of the Improvement, there il
something too corrupt and rotten in tht
management of this work to be exposed
TO your view. It's high time for you
from one end of the Valley to the othel
Ito arouse up on this subject, and cal
these servants to an account of theil
stewardship. If they cannot render a
good account; if the money is gone ant
there is no work to show for it, yol