The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-01-27
From the Correspondence of the Davenport Gazette.
Synopsis of the Governors Message.
DEMo.NE, Jan. IL.

After the usual congratulations, he cautions
the Legislature rs to their first acts under the
new Constitution; he recommends complete
Reg is.rat;on Law of all the votes in the State,
and a revision of the Revenue Laws. BY which
the covnties instead Of the official bonds of the
County Treasures, will be holden to the State,
there being $62 4ol ga in hopeless arrears from
this source. lie advises a return to township
assessors, instead of county assessors, with bien-
NAL or triennial assessments saving of expense,
and Il stimulus to inn rovements, and means
OF Injecting money, credits and personal prop
erty to their proportion of taxaton whicl, is not
now the Csc. He suggests that the census of
1859 b: under the direction of the census board
instead of the county assessors. He comnends
a banking law to secure the public welfare, and
not to promote the Interests of capitalists or Of
ST, ckhoders.
The comfy School Fund Commissioners, al
50. he thinks SHOULD be unGcc the supervision of
the Board of Education. The Agent appointed
by The Goyclnor to investigate their accounts,
| and those of DIR. Eads, late Superintendent of
Instruction. will repor; n dtieiemcy of about
forty thousand dollars, for which recourse is
only to be had t. the official bonds of ] r. Eads.
He recommends again the report Of Mcrsls
Horace Mann ard Amos Dean before the last
Assembly, and a rate system of taxes, and not
| the PER c1pita tare on the scholars Also an
L w.,
now the University editice at Iowa CITY,.
In refer. ing 10 the reports of the Trustees of
the University, and Of HE Asvlums, he sng-
gests the discon:nGa,ice of the Blind ASYLUM,
as the pupils are so few. On the luuatic Asy-
lum at Mount Pleasant, Sl3s, ) SCI have been
expended already, and further estimates are
contained in the report of tie Trustees, in order
to further its com, letan.
military organic l'iun is recomm ondcd.
The amo,nt in the Treasury for 1856, was
1912 1898. Expenditures S22s, s26, %, lcay.
the county Treasurer, S6l,40l "a. Due on as
sessment of 1857, SilS, 709,5). Auditors es-
innate Of taxes for 1858 $500,COl. For 1859,
So1o,OO0. Total reso, rces 10 1861 Sl,5 1884,
Us. Warrants outstanding. $l5J,003, Sc
Total EXPENSES as above, S67S, 4l6,4'. Leav-
ing probable excess of resources, 1891 ,37S,l7.
As these estimates are on the basis of the
present rate of taxation which may not he avail
able, hence the Governor recommends a loan,
at FER cent, to the amount allowed by the
Constitution.
The Des Moines River Improvement Compa-
ny, in the Governors opinion, have forfeited
their charter and should be proceeded against
by the Atty General, under the direction Of
the General Assembly.
On the subject of the five per cent, find from
the sale of public lands, Governor Grimes ex-
plicitly recommends action by suit in The Court
of Claims, on the ground OF Land Warrant
entries to the amount of $40 800, 69l 80 rp to
June 30th, 1856, thus deriving the State of
percentage thereon, in the sum of $3.50 $50, 90,
according to the adopting act at the admission
of Iowa.
The executive effo is to rerrcss the Indian
Incursions into our territory, both with til, de-
paitmcnl at Washington, and at the scene of
Ink pa dutah's DEF relations are given in de-
tail.
The expenses of the penitcntiary have been
1921 .e5; the value of convict labor, $2,s97,-
3, and the cost of constructing additional
cells. estimated at $l,545. No appropriation
was made last year, by some oversight, and
double appropriation is now required
The remainder of the message is an extended
review ct the Fred Scott decision Of Supreme
Court of the United States. and of the conli-
ton OF Kansas. have only time TO give the
conclusions to which Governor Grimes comes,
which do in his own words
81 trust, (says he) that as the representatives
OF the freedom loving citizens of Iowa, you
will explicitly declare that you will not consent
that this State shall become an integral part of
great slave republic, by asserting to the alb
ho'rcnt doctrines contained in the DEED Scott
decision. let the consequences Of dissent be
what they may"
"Ihe history OF slavery propagandism in
Kansas, and the completely of the Federal Gov.
eminent Herewith. The ATTEMPT to overthrow
the clearest rights of lf-government for the
purpose of extending the institution of Slave
ry, and the efforts to destroy the rights of the
States by political decisions of the Supeme
Court, should admon!sh the freemen of Iowa,
hat their political right are in danger The
Liberties of the pco;le can only be preserved by
maintaining the integrity of state governments
against the corrup'ing influence of Federal
Patronage and force'