Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-17
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] =. concise and readable document, discussing in
j, jststesmanlike manner, such topics, and sueh q
n II, as are proper and likely To come before 4
Legislature At its present session. A clear Vie
Is presented Of our growth and prosperity as
fEtats-of our financial condition, which Is el
tirely sound. Attsntion,is very properly cal
led to the mismanagement Of the State Schot
Fund BY the Superintendent Of Public Instrut
ton. This il the only serious draw back tupo
1 the good management. financial and otherwise
Of our State government, and win feceiv
prompt attention from the present General As
senibly. a tJ,, .!,s.s..s...F. ss,5 " s:i5s',
1 In regard to the other recommendations il
the message, their obvious propriety will strike
4. the mind Of every reader, with the exception
perhaps, OF the recommendation of . Registr,
Law for the cities along the river. AS this, in
Iowa, is new instter, II is quite probable i
difference Of opinion may arise. Although, in
| the abstract, all men acknowledge the inpor.
lance of preserving the purity of the ballot box,
yet many are sensitive in regard to safeg -uards,
which Inconvenience, in the smallest degree,
those legally entitled to exercise the right of
Suffrage. In order that men shall continue to
submit peaceably to the will Of the majority,
IS expressed at the polls, it is important that
none exercise the right Of voting, except in the
manner and form prescribed by the laws Of
this State and Of congress. And Legislation,
having for its object the preservation Of the
purity Of the ballot box, shonld receive the
sanction of all good citizens if directed inteli-
gently to that object. And we hope the As
setnbly, at its present session, will pass some
stringent laws for the prevention Of frauds and
punishment Of double voting, more especially
in the large towns along the river. We care
not whether it be "a registry law, or what its
shape, SO that it answers the end desired, viz:
prevents illegal voting and does not offer Sc
rious imped ediment to- the legal voter at the.
'polls.s1s ,l.5aB q I..,,
Progress OF Iowa.
Every citizen Of iowa Will feel degree of
pleasure, on reading over the late statistics en-
bodied in the Governors message, in contem-s
plating the rapid progress of the State for the
last five years; nor is that progress in the least
suspended, but is going onward with an accel-
Grating growth and prosperity, almost unprece-
dentsd in the history Of States. The Western
States are all rapidly filing up, and a glorious
destiny seems to await them; and Iowa, fore
most in the strife, and swiftest in the race to-
wards prosperity, has a condition as permanent
and enduring, as her course is rapid and glori-
Gus. II ID ..8isstfy .,o'. ~
The neighboring states see and acknowledge
these advantages of their young sister, and see
in her progress only goodly example and a
challenge for their emulation. Come on, is the
language Of our good State, as its star of en-
pire wends its way westward, we will show you
the path to western world not yet discovered,
and to fame not yet attained by any that have
gone before us.
We notice with pride the comments of the
Chicago Press, and others of our contemporaries
in acknowledging the deserved reputation, and
we'll earned greatness of Iowa. 80 fs9aa4