The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-29

son, n Mcclure, Of Washington, J 2 Carleton
If Johnson, ID o Finch, of Linn, Durham o
jones, WIN II Merritt, of Dubuque, II Price o.
Scott, S r Negus Of Crd,r, A Webber, O
Iowa, Saelcday, of Jasper, A f ID Bos
qurt, OF Marion, w Rodhead, OF Polk, F
Wheeling, of Pottawatta ne.
On motion, the convention adjourned till
clock, P. NJ.
Two o CLocK,p. ".
The convention assembled pursuant to ad
ionrnment.
FL T Reid, of Lee, from the committee ap
pointed TO report the MINES of officers for the
convention &c, made the following report:
Your committee beg leave to report the names
of the followin. persons as officers OF this con
ventian--
FIR prcsiacut-Ex Gov. ROB. LUCAS, O
Johnson
For Eice President. Gen ARTHUR BalDcmAy
of Lee, WILLIAM II M'ERRlrr, of Dubuque
DANIEL RIDER, Of Jefferson, A E DuRDocH
BoseuEr of Marion.
Secretaries--W Penn Clarke, Of Johnson
Thomas Tostevu, of Henry.
Your committee report the rules OF the last
session of the House Of Representatives and
Jefftrson's Manuel for the government of the
conventon and recommend that the several
counties represented in this convention be en-
titled 10 cast the following number of votes
Lee, 81; Henry, ] l. Jefferson, Ia; Washington
Z; Johnson, 7: Linn 8; Jones, a; Dubuque, II
Scott, 8; Cedar g. Iowa, 2; Jasper, 2; Marion, 6
Polk, Z; Pottawattamie,5
Which report was unanimously adopted.
Ga motion of LIE Grand B"ington, ofJohnson
Resolved, That committee of one delegate
from each county represented, be appointed to
prepare resolutions, a memorial, &c, for the
consideration of the convention
Whereupon the following committee was ap
pointed: Messrs Claggett, of Lee, Slyter, Of
Henry, Goodrel, of jefferson, Nc Clure, OF
Washington, Byington, of Johnson, Finch, o.
Linn. Durham, Of Johnson, Cook, Of Scott
Macy, of Cedar, Slocum, of Iowa, Hull, o
Polk, Bosquet, of Marion, Shelleday, of Jasper
Merritt, of Dubuque, Miller, of Pottawat
tame
During the absence of the committee, the
convention was addressed by Mcssrs Fulton and
Price, Of Scott, Bonhain, Of Johnson, and Reid
of Lee.
Mr. Byinqtop. from the committee on resolu
tons, reported the following resolutions, &c
which were unanimously adopted, to wit:
Resolved That this convention will re affirm
the resolutions of the State railroad convention
Of December last, which said resolutions follow
numbered from to 6 inclusive, to Wit:
Resolved, That the interior of Iowa, is pecu-
larly susceptible to improvement by Rail Roads
and her position and the interest Of her people
demand such improvements; that their construc
ton would not only accelerate her onward pro
rress in enterprise aud refinement, but woulo
promote the sale OF vast quantities of the public
domain within her b, rdcrs, which are now com
paratively useless; and that IN view OF this con-
sequent enhancement in the value ofsuch lands
a &c .h %
would furnish to the government in transporting
her troops and munitions To and from her Xtpn
sive line Of frontier settlements, we hold it t.
be just and polite that Congress should make
10 our state liberal grant of lands in ait
Of The construction Of the rail ROADS hereinafter
mcnt ne
Re oil yed, Tint the contemplated railroad
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, upon the
parallel of Lake Erie, the South bend of Lake
Michigan, Council Bluffs and the South Pass
is, in our opinion, much more entitled to the
immediate and favorable considerations of Con
GEES, thln the several nter-oceanic route.
through distan. foreign countries which SO un
Justly monopolize the patronage and attention 0
our government; and citizens of produc
tive state which is intersectcd by the parallel
and situated remote from either Ocean, between
the two mghtiest rivers upon the continent, W.
thorties in its behalf, and point them to ou
magnificent public domain, as the legitimat,
source whence to obtainthc means of construct
ing it.
Resolved, That our Senator'S and Reprcsen
tatives in Congress of the United States be n
quested by this convention, earnestly and unre
mittngly to urge upon the attention of their re
spcctivc bodies at the ensuing session, the jus
claims and expectations of the people of Iowa
for liberal grant of the public lands in aid o
the construction of the projected railroads from
Dubuque to keokuk, and from Davenport t.
Council Bluffs, upon routes which shall be fount
to be most acticable, and most conclusive tc
The interests of the people of the interior of the
Late.
Resolved, That the unhaging energy will
which the people of the cast are pushing for
ward their various lines of improvement, to-
wards the Mississippi river opposite Dubuque
and Davenport, affords Us reliable guarantee
that within very short period, the citizens o.
Iowa, will have uninterrupted Railway commu
nication, at all seasons of the year, with Balt
more and Washington, via Indianapolis ant
Wheeling, with Philadelphia via. Cleveland ant
Pittsburgh, with New orx, via Erie and Dun
kirk, with Bottom, via. Buffalo and Albany
and with almost every other part of the repub
lie, upon numberless lateral roads; and that the
various works which are being rapidly extend
ed towards us by these rival cities, for the pur
pose Of securing trade, will not only afford
us every desirable means of transit and traffic
but viii vastly augment, BY increased facilities
the tide of emigration from every part of the
east to the fertile plains of Iowa.
Res. lvcd, Therefore, that the people of the
interior of Iowa, have right to anticipate the
speedy proongation of the above named rail
roads into and across the State and to cyneci
from Congress, as the owner of many millions
of unoccuped acres, within our borders, thai
liberal degree of aid in the premises which has
been extended to other western states for inter
nal improvement purposes.
Resolved. That an experience of fourteen
years, covering period of war as well as peace
has demonstrated that the surplus revenue, Of
1886 among the then existing States, was simply
equivalent to Il gratuity to the States receiving
the same-that those states have ever since been
and still ave using untold millions of this fund
for educational and internal Improvement purpo-
ses, without any apparent prospect of a rs-ap-
portiohmcnt thereof, whereby Iowa would be
enabled to obtain her share of the common treas
u-e--that, in addition, we have to complain O.
ualust determinations to cur prejudice, in the
matter of the recent land donations to our older
sister States, and that, with these various con-
slderatlons, properly urged by our representa-
tivcs upon the attention of Congress, we arc
unwilling to believe that our present application
can encounter denial or delay.
Resolved further, as a more specific declara
ration of the views and wishes of the people of
this State, That the memorial which is herewith
presented, be signed in manuscript by the Pres
ident of this Convention, and transmitted with
the printed proceedings thereof and accompany
ing doe uments, to our delegation in Congress,