Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-06-09
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askAmaasosnih Counly assembled u tha
0sunsia Chamber II COUNSEL BluEs, =
saaasday, Jans Sta, 1855, fer the par-
pose u appointing Delegates to the
ssaEs and gsngressio nal Uoav cations, 10
Is hald "a tbs 24sh and slsh inst.
G3n mesiom, ]. 3. JoHxsoa was called
ID she Chair, and q. ". 0AHrnsrxa Gao
ssu sesFssagy
Hon. s. u. RsnDLs bsing called ons
brieay stated ahe obisss o. the messing. |
On metioa Of a. n, pAGmxa. : Cen
a.aftae ia eve wsrs appoinsed By the
Cksss e draa resolutions. hsssrs. 4.
ID. PAIxsm, w. 4. JAMxz, A. J. VIZ
laAma. a. z. LaRamEa and !. d. Txsx wsss
appSfntsd saia Commiseee.
Asksx ahsrt ahasnses the oomnEtses,
sbrongh skasr ChairmaR, reported she
foElawine peaamhls amd sssolationa;
anARM waEacv.
WarasA 4hs pollslcsl power ef this
SgasA has hsen Welded Tor four years
pass W sha oppensnts Of Democracy,
un3eF different names and organizations
ultimately uaeEgsd By ssfaaiona into
pareiy Sectional Or Aholitlon party, as
sutninx ID itself che name Of aRenabli.
can 20 apd whareas, tbs financial affairs
81 the Stale have, during that time,
besn managed with such reckless profit
I gaey, extraYaganSe and fraud, IS 10 in
crease the expenses OF the govsrnmHnt
four fold, To drain the Treasury Of eye
ny dollar OF the peoples money, aad
augment thu State Indebtedness from
nero tribe, undar previous Democratic
administration, until now ID is counted
/ by hundreds Of thousands, with eTeTy
prospect Of soon amounting 10 millions
Of doliaEs and whereas, she taxes ina
posed upon as, as . people, are beyond
all reason and grieyoua TO be borne,
with no prospect Of their reduction an-
der a continaAaee Of the same power,
but certainty of their increase With
each succeeding year therefore, our In
teEsat and duty alike demand Of ua 80 in-
quira into tbs eRigin and cause Of such
evils, both present and prospective, for
the purpose Of applying tina proper REM
edy and securing an honeat and econ
omical administration of government
FOR the future.
RGsoIued, That our opponents, in ap-
Epsaiing 70 sesssEiah bigotry and preia-
dice Of birth, have bean aetuatsd By no
other motive but to profit politically, for
/ the basest partisan purposes while they
have famed the flames of sectional dis
| cord, And manufactured hideous CHEST
in the shape Of Sc Bleeding Kansas" to
| divert public attention from their aets as
home, while piundsring the Treasury
and enriehing themselves at the peoples
expense.
| 2. Resolved, That the gross frauds
upon the State, psrpstrated by the con-
nivanee and through the agency Of ''Rs-
publican" State officers, ia the payment
of double prices FOR printing, and even
at such prices paying for the same work
twice oyer--in employing a corps Of
party fGvOritss throughout the State, at
an enormous expense, under the pFstext
OF investigating the affairs Of County
i School Fund Commissionars-in the IN
constitutional payment Of constructive
mileage to Members Of the General AS
sembiy, and the voting themselves 800
each as per diem pay for 6 session Of
only fourteen days-and the inRumsga-
| bic sums Of money, large and small, Law
ished upon political fayorites, under va
rious pretsxts, for no valuable consider
ation 20 the State, but as q Fswsrd fer
partizan services, show clearly that ava
rice and public plumber are toe ruling
passions Of Black Republican State Of
fcials and Law makers, "and that the
! public welfare calls loudly for their ex-
| puiuon from power, as tho only means
Of protecting the rights OF the people,
and saving the State from bankruptcy
and ruin.
3. Resolved, That the proceeds Of the
University lands and Of the sol, 600 acre
grant for School purposes, have been
squandered in sueh q manner as 70 give
! oause for eSrisaa &vpn&haszMioas. fhn&
unIess sns-POiSey Is speedily changed, by
/ placing the government in more honest
and more eompstent hands, there will be
no fund lefE adequate to the endowment
Of such State University, or such Nor
nal Schools as we're contemplated By
the grant Of ssTepty-two sa0@i ons, and
by the act AppropriatiRg the SOC, 900 acres
/ for public education.
| 4. Resotusd, That we regard the an
| preparation Of hundreds Of thousands al
dollars fog the erection Of Lanak;c Asv.
Ium, ~ reckless, wasteEal and corruna
squandering Of tbs pnblie money!
gross outrage and awindle upon tha
| people OF Iowa, for enEiehing partizaa
favoEitea, and building up the town Of
5. RsSoEved, That the people Of thu
Missouri Slope have realized iittle from
our State government, save us burthsus
IL heritage o. debt and taxation, while
our interests have been totally nezlest-
ted-tha sunoyanee Of tax CATERERS AMI !
Eithing men, with the elamor of sympa- /
thy fer she negro and freedom to Kan |
sass shouted BY the army Of Tax Eaters, |
to drown our complaints and stils the
public call for reform.
0. RsSolged, That We demand, and !
through the ballot-box viii procure. q |
thorough investigation Of The recent /
loan Of 500 900, whereby the credit Of
this State was moEtgaged 10 stock-job- |
bers for the paper promises Of certain /.
irresponsible banking houses thar we
demand TO know the uses to which the
proceeds are applied, and why it is, that
with & revenue ef $laaee zoe : year, il
sill becomes necessary for our govern
ment to be continually borrowing money
and involving ths State more deeply in
debt at each session Of The General As
semhly.
7. RssoIOed, That for the above OBJ
Jectsy we pledge our united and indiyid-
ual efforts az che approaching election.
and as each succeeding election until the
work is fally accomplished, to regene-
rate and raf0rm our State government,
by the expulsion Of Black Republican
ism, and the Reinstatement Of Demo-
cratic ascendancy Ia our legislative coun.
ellis, in the executive and administrative
departments, and in the judicial tribu-
nails 70 guard our constitutional rights
thus TO secure 80 honest, jadieious and
economical administration Of public az
fairs, to check the tide Of proEigacy and
corruption, stop the leaks In the Treas
ury, cancel the public debt, and rodace
the barthsn Of taxation. r
8. Rssoieed, That for this purpose,
We call upon all honest men who have a.
interest IN the commonwealth, with !
proper regard for theiE own aud their
ehildEen's welfare, 10 turn their attain.
ten from Kansas anarchy and Kansas
20, their own domestic inter-
ests, and unite with as In The great work
Of reform. We invoke them to Be ~
longer delnded with thu false cant 81
fanaticisn and hypossisisaI freedom
shrieking, while she shackles IL bo1dsee ,
: ea hnln. fn~wna -anA $500 - !