Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-03-19

ter upon your lime and patience, yet he
must, in justice to himself, say, that he has
performed his duties with an energy and
impartiality, and just appreciation Of
right, which in olden times would have inn
moItalized a sovereign, or cannonized a
saint.
As in building corn house, it is neces-
sary to lay the foundation in hard cement,
and put tin pans on the tops of corners to
keep out marauding vermin-such as rats,
gophers and Lizards; so in rearing your
laws, and founding the future government
of great State, it will be necessary to lay
your laws in the hard cement of brains and
moral motives, in order that those human
rats-landsharks, loafers, horse-thieyes, and
politicians-may not crawl over into our
Territory and rob our people.
And now, would d,-having elaborated
your morals,-recommend to you for your
careful consideration Revenue Law. In
carrying the government through all its
labyrinthine windmgs, and diabolically cir
cuitous ramifcations, l have often found
myself cramped and disabled pecuniarily,
by a negation Of funds in the Treasury
At times, even, to such an extent has it
been depleted, that have for days and
days refrained from smoking segars, and
also from the use of all beverages ranging
higher than five cents per glass. I do not
refer to my self-denial egotistically, but sol
emnly and mournfully, sorrowing at the
drinks which 1 found not when l was
athirst. And have no hesitancy in rec
ommending to you that tax be levied of
one mill on each drink taken in the Terri
tory at a public bar. By careful calcula-
tion, based upon my own experience and
observation, and that of the Secretary, l
have ascertained that a tax of this kind
will provide revenue of seven hundred
dollars, six cents, and two mills, per day
including Sundays. This law, too, while
it would give aldermanic proportions to the
territorial purse, and dignity to your Exec
ttive, would also induce Temperance, virtue
and happiness throughout the land. 1t is
therefore earnestly recommended TO your
candid and unbiased deliberations.
And now come to consider the use,
and benefcence of a well regu-
lated system of schools. By a careful pc
rusal of the Police Gazette, 1 have found,
that ten out of every eleven forgeries, which
recently have startled the bulls and bears
of Wall street from their golden slumbers,
were committed by men who could neither
read nor write. | have further ascertained
that horse thieves are seldom able to read
the rewards which are offered for them, and
thus are ignorant Of the esteem and high
estimation in which they are held by the
public l would then recommend q me-
mortal to Gov. Slade, of Vermont, for an
immediate shipment to Nebraska of fifteen
hundred school ma ANS, not under sixteen,
nor over twenty years of age. Such q
measure will not only improve, but by pro-
per culture, greatly Increase the rising gen
Grafton. A memorial to General Govern
ment is also suggested
And now eosre to speak of the dispo-
sal of the public lands. l therefore com
mend TO you the proposition, that you me-
morialize Congress 10 grant each actual set
tier a section of $40 acres, with the ri ght
to occupy and improve the remainder of
the township in which he lives. 1 would
do this from the fact that titles are very in
secure and uncertain. In short, they are
so much so as to remind me of the early
times of my native State, where there
were years and years that titles are so con-
flicting that it was so utterly impossible to
distinguish the most common citizen from
a major, a colonel, or general; time
which l remember with horror, and which
l fear is fast finding prototype in Nebras-
ka. In this connection recommend that
two new land offices be established-one
north and one south of the Platte river;;-
and 1 have, by my suavity of manners,
pleasing address, and official influence, Sc
cured an equal number of lots in every
point of the Territory, it is inmaterial to
me where their location may be made
Though have no doubt that our delegate
ia Congress will endeavor to so arrange
matters as to benefit his friends and punish
his enemies, by the determination of the
locations; and would suggest that those
who vote for his becoming Public Printer,
will undoubtedly be classed under the head
of endearing and priceless friendship.
Leaving the consideration of the Public
Lands, we are forced to observe the want of
q Surveyor General in the Malta System
of our Territory. Our Major, and Briga-
der Generals, and the members of their
staff, are well enough in their places; but,
having become distended with the dignity
of their positions SO as to occupy a great
share of the public domain in their daily
walk, a Surveyor-General, to mark out the
land necessary for their occupation, is an
indispensable necessity. One who would
as soon eat ice after the liquor was frozen
as to imbibe in liquid state, would be
preferred in this section of country.
The Capitol building, during the past
year, has progressed upward at an average
speed of one inch per day, and at a cost of
Ss6,15 per inch, until the appropriation,
made by Congress, has all been generously
disbursed, according to previous arrange
ment, among the citizens of Omaha City
and Council Bluffs. On this happy result,
1 congratulate them, and, also, myself;
feeling confident that have thus merited
their approval and support, and also, that
l have received it, Judging from various to-
kens of respect, such as corner lots and
scrip. +,
And now, Judging from surrounding cir,
cumstances, l am inclined to the belief
that Penitentiary is greatly needed by
most of our citizens, but especially those Of
Bellevue and Florence. l would, there
lore, suggest that memorial to Congress