The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-06-26

Ksssausua eaA she Des nsiass nails
read.
Tho committee Of tAs Ksokuk, Fort De-
Moines and Minnesota Railroad Ccnpaay,
appointed - confer withshe citizens OF kso-
sauqaa 10 rslasson to the Immediate extern
sion Of the railroad 10 or near that plass, -
turned yesterday, and report that they were
most kindly received and Hospitality enter
tanned. Their Keosauqua friends met them
q, Pennington at the end Of the present rail-
road travel and conveyed them thence to Ke-
osauqua.
They had q large and sathusiastis meeting
OF the citisens Of Ksosauqua and The sur
sounding country, which Was addressed BY
Msssrs. Leighton, Perry, Hiatt, Timberman,
Eaton and Roberta, forming the delegation
from Keokuk, whose appeals were res ponded
to in the most amicable spirit BY Messrs.
Manning, Caldwell, Baldwin and other gen
tlemsp. A committee Of the oitisens con
sisting Of Aiessrs, Manning, Caldwell, Games,
Bonney and Baldwin, Was appointed, TO re-
oeive the proposition Of tho Railroad Com
pany, and act in behalf Of the citizens.
The Railroad Company, BY their commit
tee, ask tho people Of Keosauqua and vicin.
ity TO raise ID the shape Of subscriptions
and donations the sum Of seventy i've thous-
and dollars, on condition that the company
shall locate their line within ono fourth Of .
mile Of the northern boundary Of the limits
Of the city and with the understanding that
the road is to BE- pushed forward with dis.
patch, and opened to that point 1t the CARL.
est period practicable.
Tho people are 90 thoroughly impressed
with the importance OF the early completion
Of the road, and Of tho vital interest to them
Of securing its advantages to their city, that
thcre can scarcely be . doubt Of their success
in raising the requisite sum.
The adoption Of this rouae, although it
lengthens the main line somewhat, will have
this advantage--that At least three miles Of
il will constitute part Of the Keokuk and
Nebraska Railroad, work in which the peo-
pie Of Keokuk have desp interest, and
which viii be strengthened BY this arrange
mont. We arc happy to learn, also, that tho
citizens Of Bsntonsport have come up to the
work in liberal spirit. They have donated
depot grounds, &c., and agree to raise ten
thousand dollars Of available means to ena-
bic the Company to prosecute their road up
To valley.
We have always hoped and believed that
when the proper time came, our frisnds up
the valley would take hold like men, and do
their part towards building the great railroad
Of our State.
=. c. Hall On the Censsisssisn.
We clip from the Gassfts the conclusion
Of Judge Hsll's third letter 10 favor Of the
new Constitution. Al the Judge 10 one Of
the most prominent Democrats Of the State,
and aided in making the new Constitution,
his arguments in it, favor will be received
with favor BY his political friends, We pre-
sumo. He says Of Corporations
ssThe only material alteration Of this article
consists in the qualified admission Of banking.
The total prohibition Of Banking is removed,
and the question 10 left open for the people
10 decide upon by their votes. The question
10 put directly to the people; and they de-
eide it in their sovereign capacity--in the
same capacity that they make the Constitu-
lion. Its given 10 . majority OF tho peo-
pie to say whether they viii or will not have
Banks.
81 think it will be hard for Democrat or
to quarrel with this feature in
The Consultation, for it has its basis in tho
principle Of self government
and the right Of the majority 20 decide what
,hall be the laws to govern.
s'If majority Of the people arc in favor
II inaugcrating system of Banking,
know OF no power on earth that could de-
prive them Of such nm exercise OF their SOW
sreign will; on the other hand, il . majori-
y of the people are opposed to such institu-
lions, know of no power that could right
fully thrust them upon them.
"The Constitution - amended takes en-
Eirely neutral ground il does not undertake
10 decide upon the propriety or improperly
of Banking, but it turns the whole matter
over TO the popular will-to the Law Of the
1t 10 placed upon most radical. -
we'll ~ primary Democratic ground. The
people decide the question for themselves
without the interposition Of Representatives.
Who can stand up and aay this 10 wrong /?
Who can say this 10 not Democratic?
"When tho question 10 propoundsd to the
people through the Legislature and : system
Of Banking proposed, then the friends and
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