Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-04-05

The Fate of TIE Minnesota and Wisconsin
Land Bills speaks in voice OF almost entire
encouragement to our citizens who heve in
dulged hope of receiving during the present
Session. their tardily granted but richly meri-
ted proportion of the Federal Bounty.
A correspondent OF the Miners Erpress pre-
sents graphic picture Of the fearful ordeal
through which the Minnesota and Wisconsin
Bills were compelled to pass. before the fnal
and prostratlng stroke. which consigned rot
r 4Aeirs alone but the just demands and treasur.
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vof ptsslts passage, D,aii sppears6ee. that Is
warmest friends could have expected; asking
very moderate grant aud thwarted and distor-
ted by no exterior nfu ences. was nevertheless
laid low by the introduction of an amendment,
providing that the proceeds of sales of reserved
sections of the grant shoud be divided among
the old States. As was natural, this willy
stroke of the enemy drove The friends of the
Bill to the wall where nevertheless they fought
with an energy and zeal, and dsinterested en-
thusiasm, worthy Of the cause and of the
States. whose champions enacted their duties
so manfully there.
Messrs JONES, DODGE and DOUGLAS, lefs the
Senate and used their utmost endeavors by
personal appeals upon the floor Of The House,
to crush the unjust spirit which seems TO wiela
so powerful an influence on the hopes and des-
TIMES of the West.
Messrs Cook and HEM. discovered widely
as the shores Of ocean, in principles Of general
governmental policy, nevertheless stood nobly
together in support Of a measure. the basis OF
which has been fonnd by the experience Of 9th
be a wise and judicious system.
Upon the passage of the above mentioned
amendment says the correspondent of the Ex
PRESS:
At this point, tie friends of land grants
made a desperate struggle to recover what
they had lost or maintain, ,at least, their ground
against motion to recons slider the vote adop-
a., ;ug the fatal amendment, and to lay the mo-
,;on to reconsider Oh the table, which would
have had the effect to clinch the ac ion Of the
Hon.e beyond their power to alter H.
Rut 4. a'vailed nothing. The next day being
,ba third I'd last set apart for Territorial bus
;niness. The b i'll was laid on the table-yeas
I2O. navs 6s; the obnoxious amendment for
cinp,many over TO the opposition who had before
During the time this fierce and angry con-
test lasted, on the 9lh pool RI CE, the dele.
gate IRON Minnesota, with the blood oozing
from his lungs, and death staring MN IN the
face in consequence of the Rupture o: oieed
vessel frop excitement, though, unao'e to take
any part In the struggle, refuse q 20 remove
from the Hall, aud thought thai us Paie'
anxious face, would have done much 10 SUD
due the inexorable opposition-but the lstorin
continued to rage around him utterly unh'i'a'
full OF his critical condition, though he is
general favori,e.
On the 1lth the Wisconsin Bill followed and
we are in daily expectation of hearing the sim.
liar fate Of our own. The Bill Itself is an ir-
iudicious one; the Legislative memorial upon
which it is based, was the wonk of the oppo
nents of the well known "Ramshorn project
and of men who probably never INDUCED the
faintest anticipation that favorable Federal &C
ton would pass upon it. If then We lose this
donation, let US throw the blame where it is
erited;-upon that branch Of. the Legislature,
prominent in which was the present Whig
candidate for Governor, which hesitated not to
sacrifice al, State and U,-for the accom-
plishment Of petty and personal ends.