The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-12-25
q. s.DANrELs, EDITOR,


No Extra Session.
As VIC have expected, Gov Lowe has
refused to cal! an extra session of the
Legislature. Broken down Democratic
dcmagogues will now have to try some
other plan to kill off the Republican par
ty, aud Railroad men will have to rely
upon other means than State aid to build
their roads We should like much to
see Iowa covered with net work of
Railroads, but we should dislike, to see
the whole State covered with heavy
mortgage, in the shape Of State debt.
We believe that the natural resources of
Iowa are such that she does not need to
run in debt in order to induce men to
settle within her limits. We give below
the letter Of Gov. Lowe, in which he
gives his reasons for refusing to call an
extra session.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, DEs MONIES,
Iowa, Dec. IA, 1858.
In view of the unsettled state Of the
public mind in regard to the proposed
call of an Extra Session Of the General
Assembly, | deem i, proper to make
public the conclusion at which | have
arrived. Many petitions, remonstrances,
aud letters, for and against the call, have
been received by me, and the proceed
ings of the late Convention at Iowa City
have also been laid before me. The re
spcct which [ entertain for the gentle
men whose views have been thus com.
municated, impel me also to state briefly
the reasons which have Influenced my ac-
ton.
The Constitution confcrs on ne the
power, ION extraordinary occasions" to
convene the General Assembly by procla-
nation.
The call has been demanded mainly on
the ground of the necessity of further
legislation in aid Of our railroad enter
.prises, and for the enactment of relief
laws. | appreciate thoroughly the i'm
portance tn cur State Of the completion
of her system of internal improvements
4 large portion Of her territory having
no access to market at any season, the
interior having 80 reliable route of trans
por,ation, and the West Icing deprived
of navigation portion OF the year.
these causes undoubtedly operate TO re-
tsrd immigration, to dcpress the value
of lands, to diminish both the quantity
and value of agricultural products, aud
to discourage the establishment Of manu-
factories throughout the State. But ac-
knowiedging the Importance of these
considerations, the Practical question
presented to me is, whether the legiSla-
ton demanded in aid of these works is a
question o! such Immediate Importance
az to require special convention Of the
General Assembly twelve mouths in ad
vance of its regular session
BY making this call should decide
that this was an extraordinary OCCASION
within the meaning of the Constitution
/ cannot so regard it, The occasion
does not arise upon any sudden or IN
for eseen emergency; it shows new in
terast IN the questions, but no new con
dition of affsirs since the late session of
the General Assembly. | do not consii-
er it an extraordinary occasion in the
constitutional sense.
| am further Influenced to this concln
sion by the fact that at the time of the
election OF this General 4, senblv. the
demand now made f5r legislation was
not before the people. Their represen-
tatioa of the popular will canno. be
fairly predicted OF them, on a question
Of such importane, --inauguratlng or
rejecting new State policy Of great
magnitude, except upon an election
after the agitation of the question before
the people Without this, there is dan
ger Of hasty legislation. The Extra,
Session would also require a considerable
expenditure of public money at a time
when the state of the Treasury, owing to
the large amount of revenue in arrear,
does not justisy it, except ia case of
ammlnent importance. Believing AZ |
have the best authority to believe, that
the General Assembly is not prepared to
act in accordance with the prayers Of the
petitioners, this expenditure would ba at
the hazard of that economy in the admin
istration of public affairs which it is II Y
duty to observe. Being also satisfied BY
very numerous communications from all
parts Of the State that "A decided MAORI
ty of the people are averse to the Extra
Session, and are not prepared to ap-
prove the proposed legislation, aud that
the General Assembly would aot regard
it as their duty to act in the direction
proposed, [ have resolved not to convene
the General Assembly in anticipation of
their regular Session
RALPH L. LOWE, Coy.