The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-15

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10 70 ssobies ~ iaansaes Of ~ four Land
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bly, and thresgh shas Gsssssa Assembly submit
70 the peop,e ~ qsesesen - cseasaag State
indshedDso - 10 sxssss Of ten millions Of
dollase; swe nilboas ses the bsneht Of each Ct
ne $500 saned. with the aid Of the
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s'o'ase' sss q shs Oascage pesss which has
eees already ssosidissd, It 10 thought that this
%ss nay p carried through.
We nave no lean Of being considered hos
we % internal improvements where our past
course = knevn. But even q the risk Of being
% eoeaoefee, eatser at home or abroad, We
eess dsc'ass . sneompsomlslng HOSTILITY 70
shs project
Wshavs not the spAes now At our command
to enable 10 to state even bsisdy 1.-THE OF the
reasons sor cur opposition, bus We will aiiude
70 some o. the most psoninent.
lst The project Scientifically unconstitutional.
Inc ~ seesson OF the 7th article Of the Con-
sototsea declares that "the credit Of the State
shall not, " any manner, be given or loaned to,
or 10 aid Of. any individaai, association, or cor
posatioa and the State shall never assume, or
become responsible for the debts or the liabili-
ass 81 any individual, association or corporation
unless incurred In time Of war for the benefit
Of the STATE" And the I'd section Of the 9Th
article declares that ''the State shall not be-
coms stock-holder 10 any corporation, nor
shall II assume or pay the debt or liability Of
any corporation, unless Incurred in time Of war
for the benefit Of the State
How could language be more specific and pos.
hives What % the use Of written Constitu-
ton II its construction 10 to be stretched to
cover the demands Of the railroad interests of
the State? Il it possible that any intelligent
gentleman can suppose that the honorable aud
honest judges off Supreme Court can be in>
duoed By the eloquencs or sophistry Of the law
ysrs to decide that these constitutional pro.
visions are Of no value whatever!
ID. The proposition is unjust in ITSELF Why
shoold the Dubuque and Pacific Road With its
l,soo. 900 acres Of land be . recipient of State
bounty when the lcGregor Road without any
land receives no favor At all? Why should
the Lyons Road, without a mile compile
ted. with 100000 acres of land already re-
ceived from the State, become q beneficiary
OF the State to still greater hurch NJ; 10
the exclusion Of the Clinton Road, that has
been honestly st work and has already COM
plefed and Is now running some forty miles
OF Roadf Why in every instance select Roads |
as the recipients Of public bounty that have |
already enjoyed the liberal benelactions of the |
State, to the exclusion Of Roads that have
been struggling along with nothing to sustain
them but private enterprise Why should
the State discriminate in favor of those she
has already enriched! 10 it just that she
should do sos
Sd. The project cannot be carried through the
General Assembly and would be most over
whelmingly defeated before tls people. No
set Of combinations can be made to give
it success. Members may be bought, news
papers may be bought, towns and villages may
agriculturalists will not do it, and ought not
to do it. The only effect therefore Of the
agitation Of the subject would be to create To-
cal dissensions and to entail upon the State the
expense Of an extra session Of the General As.
sembly.
We are told that Missouri is an example
worthy of our imitation in this particular. We
think il 10 not. The question of indebtedness was
never submitted to the people Of that State,
elss the result might have been different
But let it bs borne in mind that the State of
Missouri is obliged to this day to provide for
the interest accruing upon her State bonds,
not dollar of it being paid by either of the
Railroad Companies, though one of them al
ready stretches nearly across tue State
The vote in Minnesota, q few weeks ago.
was carried by the spectators in village lots. {
Minnesota 10 made up Of towns and villages,