Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-08


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aaasa 81 RkR R@msEa axsa
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! wFislng IpE hs papers, but ne ipsRpYl
Z 10 axyseas Aslsalg ny views Ia relasicn I
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I | void hssa 8 Ihiink Il ia.aaaag Ah@s aas ai,
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d IL the Ssase we're merely 70 give oe lea
! les credit, thls you'd be aiesriY uneon
seitasisnal, hg sse. / o. ART. ct ahl
! snmsaisRAinas xhe imasaA 10 sAat ID
homer og sh@ State of Iowa, shall nok b
pgeindicsd .hy - State bsecmlag snreH
fox any debt oF liability. II there h an
posss biIiky slAs ne Ssate h 60 pay ~
| aaha or dEsah@sma sha li&bilitys skag 6aaks
must bs ths pxineipsl paEsy, and EaasI
! prepare ths meAns 60 pay ZACH debt a
! discharge sunA liability.
re il were pr0possa thai the StAas
sheRld take sksak In abs roads, this wOsi
be eissxly aaeanssitutisnAl : See ssos 3
Of art. g. And III IL we're psqp0ssd that
the Stats shaald a assnne or pat tie debts
OF aay oR NE railroad eoaapaniss, this
would Ia also znssmstiEAkoaal By shs
asEns aaatiOHs sE H. as e4.s
Il But In nsisheg ogthsse sections, nog in
ANY other part of ths Constitution, Is
there 10 be found anyshing 70 prsSsAs
the saAts leaning 10 any eospos&tion,
monay OF sthsF propzty owned By ths
StSta, IL such bad bean ths intention,
hox easy would Il bare been 10 make see.
3 Of art. 8 read s1aas ThS Ssssa shall
uoa u1aks loan 10 aay soEpof&4isn, Is.
Or 80 aaks 4ass, ! Of sxsr = read thus:
The State shall nat, IN any ulspaeT, make
| gift or loan 20, or In aid Of any indi-
viaaAl, association or corporation, &c.
The ease wiah whi6h amsh languages
might hare been used, and the &hseacs
Of il, show Clearly enough that the con-
stitution did not Intend 70 make any re-
ssTiesion la thai respect. s& 1#
Snppess ths land grant had hsea made
BY Cangrsss 10 Qua sssAa this year, rod
ANY ane sag that the State had not the
power 10 give The lands TO eomp&nias to
aid Ia hniiaing kAe roads, or bad noe the
power 10 sell the iands, and give eg laan
the mensy faE thai pgEpossf 4
There aTe aG1fheient Safeguards In the
constitution 70 prevent the State, or the
from becoming involved with b large uB- |
Necessary dsbtr sssr.2 Of at, allews |
debts to be incurred for certain parpo~ |
ses, and limits she AMOUNT for such pur.
poses to $3.50 600. However, Il does |
Bos say that 40 ether debts are 10 be ia /
eurFed. Sec. 1 allows debts 30 bsineuEr-
Ell to repel invasion, suppress iRSurree- |
ton, or defend the State il war. Here
no limit is made to che amount, nor 10 /
it said that no other debts are to be con /
raetesi. Bat Sec 5 saya; Except the |
debts heTeinbefnre specified in this aEti-
ole, no debt shslg be hereafter contract
ed by or ou behalf Of this stste, unlsss I
such debt shall be authorised by soma /
law for some single work or obieet, 70 /
be distinctly specified therein, and such
Law shall impose aud provide for the col
lectinE of a direct annual tax, sufficient
To pay the interest on such debt, as It
falls due, and also 10 pay and discharge
the principal Of ssach dsht, within twenty
Years from the time Of tha contracting
thereof, bat no sqeh Jaw shall take effect
until at i general election it shall have
been sabsaitssd 70 the people, and shall
have received majority sf all tho votes
cast for and againsk. Is T -ssFv-seU ysso','e "a
apd- AL -ssnuAzSrs iSs applied only to the
speeiss object therein stated, or TO the
paymang af the debt created thereby; aud
such Law shaii bo Published IN At least
one newspaper in each eouRty, IL ona Is
published therein, throughout the State,
for three months preceding the eleetloa
at which Il is submitted to the people"
TkS Law must be for some single work
or fog soms sisqls object. The proposed
object Of the law is 70 aid such of the rail
roads in the State as may be deemed OF
State Importance. 1t is not necessary
that the law should be for some single |
work IL is witAin the constitution IT II |
is for some single object. |
The object must be distinctly speclhed |
namely, TO aid certain railroads OF State
Importance, and 1t should define what !
are saah, ..,
The Iaw musg provide for the collse- |
tiea OF q sufAaieal TAX 80 discharge pFiR- |
sip4l aud interest," within twsnty years /
90 no way viii be left for a debt to ae- |
cumuiate.
The law must be such as viii be ao-
cepgAbIs TO TIE people OF the maJorisy
wsll aeG Re4a fas IL .5 T.. i
Is has been said THAI the constitution
does not mean that any debt shall be
contracted except for some State worxs
II supposs Stale Capitol, State Prison,
State Lunasio Asyaam, State Univestaty,
or soms sueh thfng is meant by the Oh
iectors. We eAHaot get along withoat
plsae for our Legislators 20 meet ; nor
without . place 20 eonfns our criminals
90 thas they may not be at large eon-
nis&ina dspFedasions upon oisizena sad
thsGr property, and may be Eaade 10 feel
the necessity oa restraining themselves
fruan dsing evil nor without plaee for
cur Iunatics 10 prevent theEn frOnn CON
m .ttlng mIsehisf, and to f1efp bring Skauazt
back to their senses nor wishuufa q place
20 sduCats such af oar youngsters a. eAn-
BOT learn enough as our common schools
10 nt them Tor legisiAtors,. iawyerS,
pseaehara, &C.; nor can We get along
without roads on which cur oisa8sas mRy
sraysl, and transport their goods, wares
merchandise, 90. The feet is, we have
| heard os State roads before Rew the
code pwovtdsa for shs essa6ii shmene aud
alteration Of State roads, and not only
| Aressm VI our raiareads Of Ssa&s iEE-
poFtaHcs, baa thsy bare been dsemed sa
/ national importsAoe, and The nAsionai
| govarament fnaae farge grasls Of land 10
help bald thaTa. II the same govern
/ meas bad bad sAs power 70 make, and
1 had rnads, lana IsgAl tender fsF the
p@ynams ef debts, these land grants
| iaighs build shs roads svea In these times
bus sase saezs wac make she roads hmuss
| have soTasahrng 10 est and somekhfng %
wsat, aud tie only legal tender for the
nsoouying Of saoh aEsssaes 10 gold aaa
silycs, asaa the only conventional tender
ID Ro0d hank bills neither Harb0R naogsa
ey nov Raslroaa scrip win do ths job
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