The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-06-24
IOWA LAND BILL.

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4nrtns ia thu, the Iowa Land Bill has bee
Had on the table wi,hoatsa prospect Of
,gain being taken up. Al the same tim
We are informed lha, tho Missouri Ian
Bill has received the signature OF Pfesidel
Fillmore and become n law. The formt
all has been before Congress in SON
shape for many years; the latter, We b
litesc, is comparatively new thing. VII
then should the one be passed aud the o,l
81 rejected?
The representation from Iowa is in pa'
composed of old members, men who hav
had session after session 10 pave the wa
Tor the passage Of this bill. Then why wa
the Missouri bill passed aud that Of low
Irsiectej9
For twenty- -four years Missouri has bcel
Represented BY Locolocos until the presen
session. aud this session full justice ha
been done ia gFan,ing her liberal poT'loi
| j. the public domain. Strange coincidence
Iisn'i il, thai jus, so soon as she comes TO b
Represented BY Wings her Railroad bill.
should TO passed, Then what an old see
The editor Of the Mo. Republican must bs
10 prophecy so correctly. Immediately al
ter the election of The Wing delegation e
Congress, be ssid, s.Tha, now something
would be done for Missouri-thal her Rail
road bills would pass, elc."
Senator Geyer aud Mr.. j. 6. Miller
made speeches in Congress that were said
To receive great attention. Well, Sena-
tors Dodge and Jones also made speeches,
bu they were not effective, although on
.ho same subject, appropriation OF public
lands for purposes OF internal improve
nents. Skeptics never make good preach
ess because people regard them in the light
+ hypocries. They preach doctrines tha,
they themselves repudiate; bu, good men
make proselytes because they are know Q
Id be sincere.
Dodge, Jones, Hem and Clark a long
ifm, but not much name nor bottom 10 il
ARE attached 10, and are The representa-
| tiyes Of, a party, one Of The principles Of
which is opposition 10 system Of internal
improvements. How then can they stand
up before Congress and plead for measure
It war with settled general principle Of
their party? VIII they not 81 once be
ieemcd selfish aud members of Congress
turn deaf ear 10 their apparently hypo-I
critic pEetensions? The history Of the
past aud Of the Missouri bill just enacted,
plainly evidence thai such is the fact.
The Wing members of Congress from
Missouri worked indeiaiigabIy to accom-
piish the passage Of their bill. They
reused The Locofoco delegation from their
Stale into action; they appealed 10 Wings
rom other States to come and help them,
md what was the result? On. the final
psssage cf The bill tho vote stood thus
Yeas, 50 Wings and 81 Locofocos; Nays,
u Wings and 90 I.ocofocoz.
In view then Of the past and Of what has
heen done in Missouri, and al the same
lime giving our members Of Congress some
credit for consistency, we believe that
aothing ever can be done TO secure to Iowa
al appropriation of public lands for inter
nal improvements, until we are represent
ed in Congress by Wings, and il was main
y from The fsct d our representation being
Loco.ocos that our bill failed to pass at this
session. II the candid Of the Locoioco par
~ vii! examine this subjec, and refec,
that the Object Of party is TO benefit our
couatry, our State and ourselves, and nui
,inPly 10 place certain aspirsBis in Office,
we feel assured that men will be sent 10
Congress who can consistently advocate
measures Of public utility.