Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1857-08-26

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ass been asaaaaad By from hse 70 taal
shuussssd votes. Ths Eocation Of the
Oaplaai ii Dea Asoiaea, becured 10 she
Dsa Moinss valley, ii least Ave Thousand
soses for the consultation. We are glad
shs uapisal question Il sestled, but think !:
IL bad besn sastled n sAs voice q saia
people, throagh thsir representatives in
HtAe General Asssmbly, hefore the adpp-
tisn az the new coasss sstnEion; but fns
aaOpsion az that Instrument settles the.
Capital question, and Axes i perrnaa-.
nensly III Des Moines pits. While We
we're opposed to putting into the eonssita-
ton masters which wera purely subjects
Of lsgiaiatien, we are grasihed IN the re-
suit 40 far as the lO0ation Of the GaPisaa
Il ooncssnsa. n a A3 5ssE aa :. .ss'
Ii lS42, when thsre was not wtite.
iuhabitant within one hundred miles Of
what Is now Dss Moinss city, wo visited
that point--in fact, we explored the
whole north wssetrn portion Of vhaf i
nsw shs State Of Iowa; and We thea pre-
aiotsd, that tha potnt wheEe Dea Aoin&
city is uow located, would be the future
Capital Of Iowa, Rids Burlington Hawk
Bye, ls4S. We labored for thsloeation
Of ths Capital at Fers Des Noinss 10
I9As Z, and ls50-sls as.R member Of the
stats Legislature, bat without success.
The whole country, from twenty rsiles
west OF Fort nss Aoines toihe Missouri
river, was represented By HasmAsEs Of
the Legislatures 10 he one boundisss
prairie, covered with swRmps and lakes;
q country only &c for the habisa4iOn Of
the beaver, otter, wild goose and swan.
Yids speeches Of Mesgrs. Paryin, Folsom
and other members Of the Legislature.
Thea We say, IN the fact Of our pGedio-
ton being made true, and being ratified
in the adoption al The neW constitutions
We ara gratiasd, although We souAd not
50 far forget principle as to vote for thai
instgument merely to prove to the world
that in one instance, at least, we have
bsen pyoven TO be prophet. We do not,
however, claim 10 be q pEophs' or son
Of q pFophet get, wO viii vCntaFs
another prediction, and that is, that
Couacil Bluffs will be the largest city
On tha Missouri abaye St. Louis and
thas it win not Eeqnirs Rsw sonstitp-
ton 70 make ID such. Our neighbors at
Florence, who, at the present time, seem
to be wonderfully concerned aboIt tile
prosperity of Council Bluffs, may resi-
sasy upon the subject thepeop.s of sAis
city understand their own interests. We
would not, however, be 50 ungcnteei Is
to sraat with unkiadaess the gentleman
who has so kindly invited our business
men to locate at FiorsnCe we appTseS-
ate his motives in extending the invita-
tiup, and would say to him, that Council
BluEs has already fuzpishea Florence
with all the business men she has, and
as fsst as the business 'oE Florence will
justify her in doing 20, she win send
othars there. Sc don't make yourselves
uneasy abous the mattsrs we arc watch
ing you, and when we think yoa need
more business mea, we VIII send thcm
toYou as we hare been doing heretofore,