Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-09

rogue. that Fusion has elevated from
deserved obscurity, TO the exalted 20
s,ion Of Chief Magistrate OF our Stale.
In the Message, ignorance 'Ies with
fapaticism. and it is difficult to asccr-
tain which is entitled to precedence.
In one portion Of the Message, Coy
Grimes says, that 1.-THE Constitution
wisely pro, ilcs that the State shall not
in any manner create a debt exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars. And IN
smother portion Of this same singular /
document, he admits, that the state J,
indebted in the sum Of Sl26,OO9,6i, (
and that in July 1856, he borrowed
$4,000 of that sum.-Now II tins ]
modern Scion knew that the lndebt-
cdness of the State could not constitu-
,onaly exceed the sum OF Sloo,ooo,
he was clearly guilty OF a wiliul and
1lOSS tlDlItIOU vi tUdt i'tNaih'iiSH. VIZ"
hr Increased that Indebtedness to sl2s,-
GOO, bv borrowing OF the Snperlhten-
den, Of Public Instruction the sum OF
10000 in july last lie knew then,
what he knows and admits now, that
the Indebtedness Of the State would
then exceed the constitutional limits,
in the sum of $4,000, and vet he did
no, hesitate t. PIT his hand and otii-
cial seal to the bonds of indebtedness.
created in violation Of law. His great
anxiety WAS to get possession oi that
$4,000 before election. and the result
in this State may possibly be ,raccahle
h. that unconstitutional act.
The wicked and malicious course
pursued hy the Governor against the
Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
because he refused to aid the Govern
or in this unlawful scheme, is familiar
10 all who have read the attack, OF the
par,izan presses upon !'r. Ea.i>, done
merely TO divert public attention from
the conLuc, and cuipablity Of the TOY
crnOr.
His evaporation al the obstacles
placed in his way by DIR. Ead>, to pre-
vent his getting into his possession AL
the School Money, knew no bounds,
and his hirclngs have invented the
most shameful reports against others,
20 blind the eyes oi community I" ms
unlawful conduct.
Our readers will remember that last
Summer We exposed another fragrant
act of usurpation of,his model GoNrrn
or Without any appropriation from
the Legislature or other legal athori-
", the Governor caused To be erected
u building costing sl,70o, IN which t.
store the standard weights and meas
ures, aud paid for i, on, of the State
Treasury, without amy more authority
than the most humble citizen. Ia his
Message he confirms all We then said
upon the subject. 1t was an act which
any despot might have committed, but
Coy. Grimes had no right to perform.
The amount of 700 is small. but the
pow er did not exist to do the act, any
more than though the building should
have cost ST. 100000. Ii he has the
right to erect a State building, and pay
for il out OF the State Treasury, for
such purpose, then he has the righ,
TO construct State Capitol, or pri-
,ate palace for his own use.
No moneys can be paid out without
the proper appropriations are duly
made hy the Legislature. The Gov
ernor is not supreme, he is but an in
s,rument OF the people, and, if in his
ignorance he assumes power and per-
forms acts, in violation Of law, there Is
way Of bringing him to a Just accoun-
liability.
But the browning act of stupidity Is
the last clause Of the message, relating
Ia Kansas. Already had the stupid
letter Of Gov. Grimes to President
Pierce, brought upon Iowa the jeers
and wit OF all men OF information in
the Union, and ii was supposed, that
before the Governor sent in his Mes
sage this Winter, he would inform him
selfa little upon his constitutional pow.
ers. and duties rs Governor of the State
His vanity has prevented his receiving
any counsel from his friends upon thi.
subject
He reiterstes, in his Message, thu
same doctrines of the right of the ex
ecutive Of Iowa, to protect, by armed
invasion, former citizens Of Iowa, nov
citizens of Kansas. Was it not thai
this ignorance brought disgrace upon
the State, we should feel more like
laughing at it, than taking it seri'
ously. But when we consider it the
assumption Of power, which can only
be exercised by the Federal Govern.
= ment, and like many other of the Re.