The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-01-30

CT a gemGnts IN relation to that mu-
nificcnt grant, now in danger Of being
frittered away without any useful result
The report above referred 10 also indi-
Gates that the Dcs Moines Navigation
aud Railroad Company have not only for
feitcd their charter by a failure to com
ply with the requirements Of the statute,
but that they have engaged in practices
calculated to deceive and defraud, upon
a large scale, innocent aud unsuspectiug
persons, both at home and abroad. IF
this be true, it may bc thought a matter
of sufficient public importance to justify
you in directing the Attorney General
to institute proceedings to vacato the char
ter of the Company, and thus prevent it
from perpetratlng any further wrongs
under the authority Of the laws of this
State.
The report Of the Commissioners viii
furnish you the specific information thCt
may be necessary as the basis for any ao~
tion on the subject that may be deemed
Lesiroablc.
BY act Of Congress admitting Iowa in
to the Union, provide March Sd. lS4j,
ii Is declared "tLat Eve pr cent. Of the
net proceeds Of sales Of all public lands
lying within said State, after deducting
all the expenses in:idcnt 10 the same,
shall be appropriated for making public
roads and canals within said State, as th2
Legislature may direct" The act of
admission was accepted by the State on
18th Of January, 1877, with the provis-
ion that 'thc General Assembly shall
have the right, in accordance with the
second section Of the 10Th article Of the
Constitution Of Iowa, to appropriate the
five per cent. Of the net proceed, of sales
Of all public lands lying within the State,
which having been or shall be scld by
Congress from and after the admission of
said State, after deducting all expenses
incident to the same, to the support of
the common schools.
At the time this contract was made
between the State and the United States
for it can be regarded in no other
light than a contract-thc United States
disposed Of the public lands in no other
way than by bar" Ji2e sales for money.
This obligation Of the Federal Govern
mcnt was based upon the obligation on
the part Of the State that lands belong
ing u the United States should not be
taxed, and that the land Of non-rcSidcnts
shoul not be taxed higher than those of
residents.
The State had every reason to bclicv"
tl@t tic same policy would be continued.
Since that time, however, the policy has
/ been changed, aud immense quantities Of
land have been entered " ,ointary ...1 ... =
warrants, issued to soldiers Of the United
States army The law authorizing them
to be issued, provides that these warrants
shall be received in payment for lands,
The Government, therefore, receives
/ consideration fer the land thus entered,
in the discharge Of its obligations upon
the warrants 1t is exceedingly unjust
for the government to destroy the fund
which it holds in trust for the State, for
the purpose Of rcwndiug those who have
rendered it scryit> Between private
persons, the same state of facts would JUS
tify recovery in court Of law. It seems
to me the same principle should prevail
between the two governments. The miI-
itarv land warrants located In this State
up to the 5oth June, 1896, covered 10,
Wy, ,092 80 acres. he per een.age due
to the state thereon Is S6>z,"So.-o. L
have no means OF knowIn& the number
ot acres located Ia the 1Seai year ending
32tA OF june, 1884, put Judge that the
a@-r@%at" per centage no" due to the
state approaches very near 2l,VOO,U0o.
r@c'mmGnd that CONGRESS be again
mr""r'ai'z,d o" 'h's SUBJECT and that
>0iL he "aIh"El@cd 10 oe instituted against