The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-10-17

il u high time fqf this vexed question to
b4sstded. II i D. proved q ~ satiS-
| transparsnt md simixed fra.d. eorlise -
+ Z higk SOURCE, Has besn designs1 to prev6lt
III transference Of tho Capital 6xtures fros
Iowa City to this point during the coming
winter. Was not the Capital located Il De
Moines By legislative snacsment? and has
mot this law been recognised By the Consti-
tution7 Where then il the Capital Of Iowa2
Just - clearly in China or India q ct Iowa
City.
i WAS obviously the duty Of his Excellsn.
cy, Governor Grimes, to see TINT the net Of
| the legislature was carried ont Immediately
he did not do, and the reason which he as
signs for the non. ful6llmsnt Of his duty il
the circumstances that the Legislature did not
vote an express appropriation to carry out
the law. This We conceive % be an effo-
neous position for any man TO assume and
occupied By one 20 high IN authority . our
Executive, il Is simply extraordinary. The
only legitimate position to be taken ID that
the act Of the Legislature carried with it, Of
necessity, the responsibility upon the part Of
the State to defray oil necessary expenses.
Gov. Grimes is the agent Of the State. By
virtue of his Office, the duty directly devolv-
ed upon him to see that the law was execut-
ed. But our citizens are able and willingto
meet these expenses. w. A. Scott prohers
to defray them, the Western Stage Company
offer their services to transport the Capital
fixtures free Of cost, and there is a general
willingness upon the part Of our people to
see the act Of the Legislature carried out at
their expense. The people of Polk county,
Of Central Iowa, of the entire State itself,
have been outraged by this high handed at
tempt to contrayene their expressed will in
relation to this subject. Our Represents.
tives in the General Assembly fixed the Cap
ital at Des Moines-their action in the pre-
misses was confirmed in the most unequiv ocal
manner by the adoption of the Constitution;
and now in the face Of the Legislature, and
in defiance Of the will of the people as ex-
pressed through the General Assembly and
through the Constitution, we are told that
some of our high functionaries are deter
mined to retain the next Legislature at Iowa
City. Why is this done? Is it to sIbserve
the political interests and crafty the selfish
ness of wire-working politicians !? We be-
lieve this to be the case; but we think that
it will be much more difficult to COW Oke the
coming Assembly at Iowa City in contraven-
ton Of the law, than it would be to open the
Missouri river, or extend the jurisdiction of
Iowa into Kansas.
The plain statement of the case is this:-
There is but one point in Iowa at which the
Legislature can lawfully convene, and that
point is Des Moines. Unless the legislature
is convoked at this place, as specified in
statuary and Constitutional law, q villainous
and objectionable swindle will have been
committed against the people of Iowa; and
those men who figure in this usurpation Of
right that belong to US, will bear the whole
weight of public indignation. We will not
tamely submit when we see our clearcst
rights taken from us, and we will have the
cooperation of formidable number in the
expression of q proper resentment. In writ
ing thus, We represent the feelings of all
Central and Western Iowa, and indeed a
vast majority of the citizens Of the State
Des Moines Citizen. a.a@s