Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-08
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% very gar@Rai os tbs insege&E p& The dea
2 peoplA.A n eMA az the same fime Ii ~ yaE
i esFslass ehcmk sestiag forth lbs ppaisina
- thoss who ksvug StsIe aid Ia he'F tfu
, light. Lakely be hss hsea charging TIA
> they desire to override taa Eanssi sikmtIoa b
p PepaiaT Sovereignty. Thai ehargs - nses
!, daahcaest There is probably not Lsw
Q yer 10 the State who would desire the pas
y aage sE aa act which be bslleved 10 b %
= constitutional, every attornsy - aw0F
! 70 sapPort the Constitution og the unite
: asaEaa and pk thia State; 10 charge skak Al
i a1aKuAy AsalFes sp oysFriae TIC eengsita
4 ten d ke charge him with @ilGuiIY hrea kin,
hia sath- an ao believer il poplIar soY
actlng Ia aeesedaase wiLh the eoassitntioi
7 which as aEs swaFn to support. A1hougi
2 II Is not daniad to syeEY citizen to read ans
stady the conatlkukials Ut ID particularly ~
attorneys d duty 10 do 90. He whose haAi
! ness 1t is 10 know what the consultation
> msana, Is more likely To understand 4
thAA be whoae business Ii some hing else
me attorney Gays thai the proposed Stat'
. aid Nenla hn eonstisutioaai, and be shows
how II, Ia bis srguaeat, be Inadvertently
uses geRafAl lapkaASe aa 70 p HAatlg np'
Il directly 10 point, u is nngentis manIys u
! fact q 'is dishonest, to wilfully put false
ealortag on what he says, and 10 say that
be Eaaiss 81 pspagaT Sovereignty TO over
tAFosS the caastltwtioA Gk tAs very tiaaa thaG
ha Is urging the eoassitatioaaIity Of chs
Measure. aa& ar.t -a E8a - ~ -s&
4 Ths Sta ssesloa Of the zth urAlcls Of the
constitutions is the only one which allows
a debt te be c0AtRactaa feg over S280, ,0f1,
except to KAi@a meaRB TO Tepel lng&stoh,
aappreas iAsurFsesicn or defend tia seata
Tia wAEy That section is pretty we'll 6llsd
With restrictions there fs but httlS dagger
thaI RuasE 1.-THE state coald be leadsd wEfh
ah unpTodEzAls eaFa@A. IL otheg sections
I Of that article the Legislature aTp Hnitsd
positively In this they are limItsa ehly by
the wilI as the pseple, TO be asesEtainsd by
s0ts to be ta&sSi after the Legislature
have prepared an act, la accordance with
thaA seetaen, ana expressive OF thslr views
| in the matter eoHesFAiAg @hich tha act IL
/ pa@sAd, rEha people do act EsHsEioS them-
| saiys a#to tbs amaos4Rt Of the aeht, Or az 60
/ the nataEs oe tha WaTax OF ob3sgt foR which
/ tbs dsht IL to Be contracted Vet, tbs aes
| nast esmply with that ssStksn, sha mast be
! suhmittsd 10 the people In ae8oFaaHee With
| it Ia oFder to be valid. There they de not
| trust the Legislature ghey rely on theua-
selves. The act must be satisfactory to
the Lsgisl stare iB ardeF 10 be passed, and
satisfactory 10 the people In eFdeF 10 Be-
eoase law 1t woatd act be valid II IL
eossfiicted with any part Of the constitution.
Nc akt8rRey woad undertake to say that 1t
would. lie anything Should fail fro@ ehs
lips, or eFsH from kAe pen, Of an attorney
susceptible Of anY aneh construction, IL
would be but fair 70 8st it down as an tn-
adEsgtAnee and as not being intended by
him, There Ia no part Of the Constitution
that forbid8 the StREs from baIIai.sg q rail-
road or railroads, Ii she wanted to 6ojt and
had the means or could raise theaa assdsT
sees5 Of article Z. However I pseSanls
no oae will undertake TO say thzA the State
ought TO do il, II IL can be d8ns by iadividu-
ais, companies or corporations. But the
Stats is forbid from becoming BtOekhoId- !
sr in any corporation and from assuming
OK paying the aebt of sRy esrpaEaa teE uEa~ |
lessiacarFed In time OF war for the hessfit |
Of the State. The State Is fOToid from gis~ !
lag or leaning its credit 10 or Ia aid Of any !
corporation. There Is nothing ia the cen |
stitutton foTbidding the State from giving |
or lo2Eing anything else. ! have heard OF /
area dollars Than siRn surety for hin feg !
hffy, aud who would Father borrow tbs airy /
on their own credit and then lend It, than |
30 sign as sarety for the borrower. sueh |
men neither give nog loah their credit $3.50 !
The principle such a nan acts 90 is tsts' /
Il sign as surety, it is not my business
to provide for "a payment, and may as
called on for the money whsa | am hos 1
ready to pay 1t !; IL borrow the money my
self, thsn knew that have 10 pay is, assa !
viii make the heees saTy preparations for |
L. Just 90 with the State her credit is |
not to be given or loNned; If she wants to ava I
any person or thing. ami has not the ne
cs8sarY funds let her aubmik the qassti0u |
to the people, and IL they consent, the ast
which giyea the means or raising the money
provides tax for Its payH1ents ahd 40 eoaa
holder can essae and say 20 the state
" Here oar name 20 thia paper, and yoa'Fe
raised no money 10 meet il. 81 The StAts
will stand fair and square h8r credit an
taFu4shed.
The proposition for state aid is this, thss
tbs State viii raise the BSney 0a her oFFa
credit under ssctioa 5, and under tue same
section win imross the lax which is 10 re-
pgy IL and having raised the money. WIN
IaRd it % sufficient security TO tf1s Fattff'Sa
companies 10 aid Ia building sash reads 40
are az general public utility. Fnsrs 10 ng
need to amend the constitution Il ls broad
enough for the purpose. The idea that the
railroad companies win get the money and
thea repudiate their bonds besauss the
State raised the money uneonslltaaonai4y
( 10 prsposteFous. The only party 70 sePa-
| diate is the State, and even she eoald he&
/ Fepudiats her bonds without rendering oaek
/ whatever she received for them the Sd
prens Court OF the United States woaad
1 Be sure to bold her 10 thta. And 1t le sx~
/ psegsd that every State bond would orlag
/ at least one hundred eefgts on the dot&Fs
when sold By the State.
The heavy tar on the people IL hsa& ssF
10 them 10 frfghtsn them from takeing hoad
Of this Eusa sure. This fs mere scare
crow, for thts addftfuu4i value wfaaeA #aas4
be given to property and pTeduee BY TIE
bofidi~g Of Ehe railroads, wouid far more
thaa e6npen8ate the people For the addi-
tiouAl tax, even though the State SHOULD Ros
receive q dollar from the Taiirosd eompa-
nfes suppoas farmer has twenty acres
In wheat, amd raises but Rsssu bushels 10
the acre, every Ave cents eashei more
that he can get for bis wheat afnoants 70
SiB; and suppose he has hfty asrea In e1Fn
aud raises 40 bushels 10 the acre, every
cent hushel more amounts 10 80, hs
esn well afford 10 be taxed q little % oe-
tain these extras. The present population
Of the State 10 about Isl, 600, SIX per cent
an Bsn million dollars fB bat %o99, ,O00s-s'
This would not be quite one dollar head
hot aappose that the tax wouid be thai
Ea;seh ard as they are on an average Eve
members IN each family, the average taH
on each bead of 4 family would be but 80
= That II the amount Of additional saK wflice
each head Of samfIy, HI moderate ciTeufl.
/ stances. would have u pay. Tne rief
: svoald oa course have 10 pay Tor more, ailS
thsy could well afford TO, and this woult
: make an for the smaller anaoant that wouf'
: be raid bY tiEoss whe have bat little cr u
nrsneYty ThEa calculation IL based Oh hI
: sYsssaf popuiasioa OF she Stats the pr
rata fcg svely surceasivs years intsFez
2 ysuss1d Be Iess, hecaums papaiatlon woaI
Increase and By the siafs the pTtnciple be
. came dus the pspnlasieu Of the state WI
have increased 10 ten nilIlIoas, Masking u
= kax Tor stsu principal asaFsge bet one doisa
. head. III will hays so doahls 0nly one
7 gvsry avs Ye&rn b do Ehis hAFssBgoss W
have dunbsed cnes sTpsy khTae pears. Bs
ii Ii nuE Fair 90 rrassaais tEag khls tax WI
> renaire 10 be eoggsetsd. Tne raiiToad ecsE
panlss win esrtakniy bs abas - pay sonal
thia@, assd whatevez they pNy VIII 60
e Discharge The debt, and If IkssY fail 20 pa
3 thrtg roads will be soId Tor asoney te
applied b paying tsae State b0nas and sei
p pens.
ns Ta att wara n0saihls 10 raise the money {
1.-The credit os fsglivfduals, Of oF companil
81 c0gpoyasioms, &c least at anything LII
ua reasonable figures, I 'Wgala BE- among y
last Id ASavoeafa State AID But asnee 4