The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-23

ituIViNC state WILMA ~ 1880
!, parallel, md situated remote irem eiihs'
ocean. between the Two m'gh'iesi river
lupon tho continent, we earnestly invoke
tho action of tho national authorities 10 IT.
IbehaIf, aud point them 70 our magnliicehi
Inuhlic domain, as The legitimate source
I whence to obtain the me ans Q! constructing
lit.
8. Resolved, That our Senators and Rep
Iresentalives ii the Congress OF the Uniteu
Estates, be requested by this convention
learncs,ly aud unremittingly 10 urge upon
lhe attention OF their respective bodies al
Tho ensuing session the just claims and eN
lpectations Of The people 81 Iowa, for a lib
Icral grant Of The public lands IN aid oil th4
reconstruction ofthe projected rail ronds from
Dubuque to kcolsuh, and from Davenport
TO Council Bluffs, upon routes which shat
lie found to be most practicable, and mos'
lconducive TO The interests Of The people o.
The interior Of the state.
4. Resolved. That the annasins energy
with which the people q tho east arc push
ling forward their various lines Of improve
meat. towards The Mississippi river oPpo-
size Dubuque aud Davenport, affords Us
reliable guarantee, tina, within very short
period, the citizens OF iDwn, will have un
interrupted Railway communication, al az
! seasons Of The year. with Baltimore and
sshinnton, ria indianapolis and Wheel.
ling. with Philadelphia ria Cleveland and
! Pn,sbursh, with New York, ria Erie and
! Daakirk. with Boston, ria Batlalo aud Al.
fbany, and with almos, every other part oil
the republic. upon numberless lateral roads !;
| and thai the various works which are being
rapidly extended towards rs by these rival
cities, for the purpose Of securing our trade,
will not oniv afford US every desirable
means Of transit aud traffic, but will vastly
Judgment, by increased facilities, the tide
of emigration from every part OF the east
Ito the fertile plains 81 Iowa.
). Resolved, Therefore, that the people
Of The interior O! Iowa, hive right to an
Ilicipale the speedy pFolonsation oil the q ).
boye named railroads into aud across The
state, and to expect from Congress, as the
owner of many millions ofunoccupied acres
within our borders, that liberal degree o!
aid IN the premises which has been extend
| cd to other western staies for internal i'm
pFoscment purposes.
g. Resolved. That an experience four
teen years, covering period Of war as
NelI as pence has dem frustrated that the
surplus revenue Of 1886 among the then
existing States, was simply equivalent Il
4 era,ui;y To the States receiving the same
-lhs, these states have ever since been.
aud s,ii are using untold millions OF this
Ifund for educational aud internal improve
nent purposes, without ans apparent pros
poet ola disappointment thereof, whereby
iowa would be enabled 10 Obtain her share
OF the common ireasnre--tlut, in addition
wo have Ia complain If unjust discrifn'na-
tians to oar prejudice, in the matter Of the
recent land donaiions to our older sister
States, aud that. With these various consd
lersiiens, properly urged bf car represen-
ttatyes upan the attention ol Congress, We
are unwilling 70 believe that our present
application can encounter denial or delay
Resolved further, as more specific dec
tlarafion Of the views and wishes Of the
people Of this State, Thai the memorial
which il herewith prose- ied, be signed IL
manuscript by The President Of this con
yen,ion, and transmitted with the printed
proceedings thereof aud accompanying doc
nmen,s, 20 our delegation ia Congress, viii
n request TINT lhe same mav tie presented
Ia the Senate and House of Represent
lives IT the United States.
MEMORIAL
The people Of the Slate of Iowa, BY their
regularly appointed delegates assembled u
convention II Iowa CITY, on the 18th day
I 9r October, 1881, represent 10 the Con
gress IF the United States that two eZten
sise railways have been projected, md SAT
Iicicnlly surveyed 10 establish the practl
tclhili;y aud economy Of their construction
which arc designed to traverse said State
: in different directions, and 10 cross eaci
other at righ, angles; thu, said railways
are extremely important 10 the welfare d
the inhabitants and Indispensable 10 prop
er development ol the immense natural re
sources OF the State; and that one Of sail
railways will extend from Dubuque, .ht
heart Of our mineral region, to ke1kuk. q
the head Of uninterrupted Steam navigation
Eotthe Mississippi river, and the other from
Davenport, at the most eligible, if not III
only practicable, point for bridging sal,
river. and al the western terminus of tn
Chicago and K )ck Island railway, via For
Des Moines, to the Council Buff there
= by forming an important section, upon
> direct line, Of the contemplated railwa'
= from New York and BJs,yn 10 the Pact Fl
. Ocean
They further represent that the pccuni
ary means Of Iowa are Inadequate to tn
eEspeedy construction Of said railways; tha
their routes will extend through aud adja
cent 10, many hundred thousand acres I
" government land, which by their construc
ton will be rendered available to the geI
erai treasury and become the happy ahod
Of an enterprising population, but which
u without such Improvements, must confirm
a a valueless waste for long series Of year
9 or forever; and that said railways would, i
addition, be of immense direct benefit I
Bthe general government, rs media for til
!, certain, speedy, and cheap transporta,io
!. Of her troops, munitions, property, mail
aud dispatches to and from her oxtendc
frontier posts and settlements
They farther represent that in view {
The manifold national and State nieres,