The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-03
senator Rnnkin,s speech.


stract of Senator Rankin's remarks On a bill pro-
hibiting counties from subscribing to capital
stock Of railroads
Rankin Of Lee said he was in favor Of the bill
as reported, and opposed to the amendment OF
the Senator from Chickasaw. He desired to
place on the Statute book of the State, law
prohibiting counties from subscribing single
bond to the capital stock of railroad companies.
The amendment could be of no avail, If attach
ed to the BILL because Of the decisionof the Su-
preme Court, after repeated adjudieations on the
| subject, the Legislature had never favored a law
| authorizing subscriptions, consequently bonds
4 not issued on a vote tIken, would be null and
void without ratifying act of the General As
/ scmbly. s4 A
Chief Justice Wright held that the Legisla-
| ture had no constitutional power TO authorize
county subscriptions Judge Stockton agreed
that no such authority had ever beon conferred,
consequently bonds not issued would pc OF no
account if issued hereafter. He was in favor OF
! the bill as reported, the whole systemis wrong,
wrong in theory, wrong in practice. Why should
4 majority, under great excitement, impose great
| burdens on the minority, other than for legiti-
| mate county and municipal purposess Why
/ again issue bonds to he sold ut so or so or 10
cents on the dollar? There is not county in
the State to-day, with financial credit enough t.
sell its bonds Mt 80 cents on the dollar, and most
Of the bonds OF the couaties cannot be sold nj
i 10 cents. County bonds are not a marketable
commodity. Lee county had issued large
amount OF bonds; t.ey were sold to eastern
men; the people we're called on to pay the rail
road tax; they refused embarked in litigation
and arc now appealing to the Supreme Court d
the United States for relief The results of thu
issue ofbonds, are first the hawking Of the bond,
in fourth class markets among fourth rate buyers
at 80 or 40 or so cents the people of the count,
paying in full; and second litigation for years Il
Fcome, originating among those who, after bond
are issued feel themselves sold when called on t.
| paw On account of no theory Of the nlajorit,
ruling, ami Wiling to iEfict these evils on TIL
q people Of the county or permit them III M vot
to intlict them on themselves. No Senator cal
justly vote ii favor Of any proposition follove'
! by evils Of such magnitude. ss aef
, TmE OLDEST Copy or THE NEW TESTAMENT
About wear ago the Government of. Iussi
sent the celebrated Professor Tischendorf 10 th
, East for the purpose Of ins,ituting thoroug
Escareh in the various Greek, Syrian, Persian an
, | Abysin.an monastcries for ancient fnanuscrip
records supposed TO exist there, TO secure ther
/ | il possible BY purchase. Professor Tisohendol
+ has returned to Russia and brings with lin
I among other rare remains, the very Oldest Gree
!. manuscript Of the Bible cxtant Bcsdess ii,
/ important and valuable contents Of the Old t..
! lament OF the same text as that used BY Ill
Apostles in their quotations, the manuscript cor
i tains the whole Of the New Testament. The vi
|, rious European libraries all possess many III
i copies Of tile Biile, but not single one Of Ill
i few written before the tenth century that COZ
! ltains all the New Testament. The two hithert
i regarded as the Oldest and most complete, IN
i held in the highest estimation, are those in III
! libraries Of Rome and London. But the formt
i wants four entire epistles of IS. Paul and nearl
!, the half Of another, AZ also the Book Of Rey,
II latons while in the latter the whole or the 10
pel of ST Matthew ID missing, al well Us son
tparts Of st. John and the Pauline Epistlcs I'll
manuscripts discovered at Mount Sinai, and no
h brought to St. Petersburg j. not defective, eve
i III the smallest degree; on the contrary, 1t col
i fains two works even In addition, one con
/ plcte, tie other but partially 50. or one
\ them, the Epistless Of Barnalas, nearly ii
! 4 whole OF the first half has been wanting uni
1 lnow, in the original Greek text; while Of Il
\ other, only one very imperfect copy was know
4 to c1fst up to three yeafa ago. The date Of u
! aanuscipt las-bsesl 6xe9 -, Prot. Tischendo
i o. the beginniag III the fourth centary. No Of
Il I'll copy Of The bible isof higher antiquity tha
4 this, fndeed ~ farlfamed Codex Valcanas
III tse only or thar can q IN PM il any caaims
4 csmpesisisnswtN. AZ icouFiss y EMO
y Tlutlow Wssd IN W. Albany Eveaiak J0a
2 d1ml} sasr Of Ahs Presidential nonlinAtieus So
IfHsss'W ~ shc a1vantass q. gpOd many JeAl
4 experience, w are quite unable 70 form, " "
: nate for fscsidcnt, The p0llcy md aoGion ,fp
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MI eflonr oppaslsn1s. QthpE copditioas nd circu
u stances may occur % render what may appe
J vie now, wholly inexpedIcnt when our Coiiye
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