Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-09-08

Reep Dc Oef0Te che People
That IN ls47 the people Of lows adopted
> Ccsssissiion 10 which the amount Of
SAs1S 1sdebsedness II any one tiss could
not exceed olOO,0eo. Us6ss that Cos
bti,usisn and DsmsG sas;s ssIs y sslssS,
ths seats ssspsrel apdl y - time ~
Der isSeSa sdssss q Di 165. 60. Tasss
we've iight-1ssssD sstS Loo, and ssssy
blessing which good govsssoept could
secure vas enjoyed BY the people Of lows.
We wsss rish ed prosperous IN rsssur-
ces--is esdis and In happiness.
No sooner bad the Republicans obtain.
Cd control Of the government thaa they
trsmpled under their feettbs Constitutional
restriction VI 100000, and increased the
stsss Debt v >7oo,Ooo. YiDdisg thas The
old Constitutios WAS not sufficiently
liberal 70 give full operation TO their pro.
jcctsd system Of pscuistioa and frsud,
they formed and induced The people to
adopt . new Constitutes IL 1869. In
this The smoust Of State Indebtedness
WAS limited 1t any one time to $3.50, 900,
in these words,-
"Sec. 2, Art. I. The State may con.
tract debts 70 supply casual deficits or
failures in revenues, or 70 meet expenses
not otherwise provided for; but the sg-
gregate amount Of such debts, direct and
contingent whether contracted BY virtue
foSe o. more acts eft As General Asses.
by. or At di6erest pe-iods Of time, shall
sercr exceed the ssm Of fsco hundred AID
my MOssond dollars and the money
arising from the creation Of such debts,
shall b spilled 70 The purpose for which
it was obtained, Or to repay the debts 20
contracted, and to no other psrposs
whatever"
All the State officers from Gov. Lowe
down took solemn oath To support that
Constitution with the above reasonable
and healthy clause in IL Have they Oh.
served that oafhf
The Report Of the Republican Auditor
Of State 70 the last Legislature, shows that
under RepubIicao rule the amount Of in
debtedness had increased to 4293,s43 80,
on the Let Of Nov. 1857. In the face Of
this debt which already exceeded the Con
stitutional limit, Republican Legislature
vote for the issuing Of Bonds for $780,.
900 more, besides making . general ap.
preparation Of 4s43,s8O 90 for The expen.
ses Of the Government two years. All
this in direct and palpabie violation Of the
letter and spirit Of the Constitution was
sanctioned BY Gov. Lowe, present Repub-
licsn candidate for the Supreme Bench.
Will such things Be winked 1t BY the
voters Of Iowa. If RALPH p. Lowe
would thus violste the Constitution and
disregard the oath which he had taken to
support it while Governor, is he = fit and
safe man to elevate TO the Supreme Bench
wheer he would have such repeated op-
porsunity and ample power to nullify both
Ldcs and Constitution.
If SAMUEL J. Kigkwo0D could disre.
gard his oath ~ State Ssnator and rote for
creating . debt explicitly forbidden by
the Consultation, 10 It safe and wise 10
elevate him to the highest Office of trust
in the State. What care such men for
the Constitution and LaWs7 How much
solcmnity must they attach to their off.
cial oath Voters Of Iowa are you pre-.
pared 10 give to these men new lease Of
power-open to them broader fields for
plunder and see them complete the demo
lition Of the Constitutions work which
they have so de6antly commenced.