The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-04

surrounded wi h difficulty and cnbrassed IN her
onward nrorrcsS. That isu knt ohsl ncts str
;r7yrcsS, f,tbirg bm. nN aass,'nbe nad or
jcctlonab Sate Constitution, md onfpA5iy i@n-
orant S:atc Leg,s alton
i'he Constitution frowus upon tho introduce
ton of pItal inio her lis, by rhidd'ng ne
Legislature to incorporate any Compaty, no
,r,a,te. how beneficial i,s operations might be
10 the State nor can. STATE itself eInh&rh IN
any Schen. of lntcfnl Improvement All
Banking. ond even thr establishment OF Safe
rankis tfrhhte; by il, and we ar tios Id, IN
MANY parts OF the State. with the most worlhI IS
PAPER Inonev of otnrr Stats, ov, who 1853 e :
We can exercise no control J. was conceived
IN narrow mind-dn, Q. and ilb rality. and was
intended to achieve party victory rather ihln
,irvop The resourc Of the Sac and to TINS
extent, at lcas', it has accomplished lis puf-
pose.
Our iivs are embodied il ccsty CcpE,
which annng it's other defects, has organized
,hc Counties IN manner which is oppressive
on the farming, la5oring and producing classes
Instead of distributing the asairs OF each CouH-
ty as much as may be, to be managed by th'
nerple themselves, through their Township
officers, it almost annihIla,es Township orIan-
zafion, and concentrates all the business Oh 'he
County at the County Seat, where 1t creates
hand of officers, some of whom, as the t"uity
Judges, exerci Sc almost unknown powers ana
Others as the Supervisors OF X ads, powers onth
obnoxious to the people and useless to the
County. Uuder tie system os.abiished by tbs
Cod the tones haze greatly increased; and
for fear the last cent will not be exac'ed, the
citizen is compelled to verify his list by an oath
The County Judge $50 caled) has the pow
| of arbitrarily determining the amount oil tax 70
be levied in each County, and OF enforcing It's
collection In some of the larger Counties, ms
! Court is almost constantly in session, ana the
| County Seat is distressed with laws. The Inn
it's Of short address like this will not permit Us
even TO glance at the r1i..1erous and strong op-
/ jections to this portion OF the Code Inc Peop
| lie themselves have pronounced their Vefo,c'
that some of It's provisions are oppresslVe-the
pow.rs granted to some County officers; ;arb
! trary and despolic, and some OF the offices them
selves, burdensoms and useless tax; and
we have the honor of being elecetd to repscsen
vour interests in the General Assembly, we
shall vote for sucha revision of this p"rt'on
our law, as will make i, more simple, less ex
pensiye, and more in accordance with the Wish
es and wants OF the people.
In adveri:ng to the present Condition OF Sta
affairs, 1t will not d. to pass by the Adnn!sira
ton of the School Fund, apd the nanagemen
of the School Lands. We pay School La
every wear t. the County Collector, ana we art
taxed in the School Districts 10 build Schoo
Houses. In addition TO this taxation, the State
has received in all, near million acres
valuable lands, no small portion of which ha
been sold and vet it is notorious, that out o
the cities or larger places, the settlers have 't
hire and paw teacher the full cost OF wha
little instruction their children receive IN
great grant of the public domain which we haV
received for school purposes, is unpr'dact'V
under its present management, and l@deed !.
very existence is endangered by the great mum
Der Of officials who are employed to max" sal
OF the School I.lnds, and loan out, to ihdiVidu
ais, the proceeds thereof.
we contend further, Fellow Citizens, thf
had iowa been rightly managed and right
governed, she would have obtained from Coz
gress, the past spring, large grant OF lands
aid Of her projected Rniroad. The neighbor!n
States of Missouri and illinois got all they ask
ed for Iowa was an unsuccessful applicant
and why? Turn to the Desmones Valley, an
there, on may see the munillicen{graat d'na 6
for the Improvement af the DesmoInes r'v'
Already half squancercd, and the other hali 10
lowing suit, without any beneficial results To u
, navigation OF the stream, or to any oou
| in the State, except a few ia:orfd official
The sin Of this State policy was arrayel aga'n
us in the Halls of Congress, and nndoub'edi
contributed to our defeat Space forbids our g
: on which we would be pleased To address yo'
But we assert without hesitation, that our you
! State has been badly governed and badly mai
aged, and that it is essential to its prosperi'
u that change, both in It's Legislation I'll
management take place. The re-electio
/ of those by whose votes this new Code bccan
e the law oftha land, or through whose agency Il
. present system, which governs the School land
or the Desmoincs river lands, became the lay
is an endorsement of tn. policy ot the past. "
: present ourselves for your suilrages, as ben
;. advocates of change in ul these measures
and we cortend that, in view OF our pres'i
c grinding County and State taxation, and II
It prcsen. condition of these great grants OF Il
,e public domain, it is time that some change w
made. Our brethren in the south OF the Stat
20 almost without distinction CT party, are dt't~
u mined to bring about this charge They To-
e to the Northern counties to second their eft RI
=. II we have the honor Of seats III the Leg
81 lative branch of the State Government, as :"
- Representatives our voices and votes, ana be
s, enrr.ies, shall oe exerted to bring about Il
$ chance and while we cndcavor iIith'ul'y
a Guard the local interests of the Nortn We W
zpalously promote every measure calculated
y develop the resources, extend the prospeE'
in and nrpmote til. welfare of the VIII 1le State.
r. Your ohcdent servants
rs I'M HARRISON,
- Senatorial Candidate;
y, c. G. HEWITT,
G. w CUMMlNS,