The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-03-12

I'M isaII sIEik III lSss y y
sraas onIy Is sais -
4 lands Ill i. 49, ~ salls
Ia srsats tl,,aa oea Fhe III ap v
Id The Aaks ios Aers = " sx q
and vraElzsd - III - y ltlsoSy
to the oonntses sespactivsly This st
nrusataart fsr I'll fltnaAEz5 aE aSa1sfs
u mako the s0lecffun VI ssaInp lands -
the several countiss md the pFqE,er Fa Il
tsrrn thereof ii the General Land uinces
TF,sa Mrs dcse I'm AcccoEd@uc0 with iaH
II Msiss S0asfty ID u -
a,.rveyor who was 8 man of undcubted'
s. assssty eI0szg before the set sf 1855.
wrar tEN 4 aanxm 10 the State for Railroad
s,s.rposes. Our @asznty pg0saeded 70 re-
$500 81 nszsEsass axs -
:@,N nro7Isssd 81 4aW. And flsus spent
,or,sa I, (Es ot doi lars, ard did by Itching
as.ss 4 sif,s reclaim aisdansah fit For csil-
fiyAasor, r11assyl ahoasassis ag aeres.E bat
.stxass "a id Il may, SEEM y hQEapaofls
wiao was then Secretary og 80 Interior
rejected alT our swamp land se]eck ioia on
odd ssetioms and appfosed The selections
on evsn sections Nov. str submit e
eyegy gentleman present whether Is ~
not strange freak og nature, that MI the
swans iaads IN q ooarrty having several
4laosasand asres az assan1n lands sheaid
happen, TO be on even sectioEas. Mo- SRI
1T Il too siysreasonah lie for any man 10 be-
ileya 1T does not prove that swamp
lat1as wsps al on even sections, but III
does pfove beyond = doubt that there
was eae same influence brought on Jake
Thompson, who Is now o Brig. General IN
/ the rebel asfsay, AZ Il attempted fear 20
~brigl8 to ebeas ON this Legislature pr W y
&. r. men in the lobby, am happy te
ray, however, chat believe there - noe
4 rhari here who il not ifapsr e al
such attempts on 4he part OF the 49, roaEa
10. thus rob the people of their right, I.
But notwithstanding, our Swamp Land
selections On odd sections were by tAe
Secretary OF the Interior rejected. Con-
gress by act OF Sd Of March. 1851, APP
proved all selections made prior to that
time. and thus made our title complete,
butnotW ding thisact, the Railfoad
company has notified car citizens 20 APP,
ply to them for title or quit, 10 scitkdxasc.
Now this high handed attempt upon the
part Of the Railroad company to dFixe the
settler from bis home, il stnsefties the u.
ties to ourdands, Discourse agricultural
pursuits, improvements and disheartens
the man who had settled upon his little
tract, opened b farm, built his tdWssling.
barns, and naaas every necessary prerarT
alton for q peaceful and quiet hQppe SC
man OF limited means is able 10 60 ID law
with fhe Railroad company which spends
nssr4 money than he b worth IN ems win
| ter lobbying q legisiaturs., contend.
sir. that il is to the interest. of the Rail-
| road company as wen as the settler TO
resume these hands, As they are now
permitted. to do they discourage the
yeloppaank OF the cou airy, in all these
| particulars which prepare q country for
| the reception OF Railroads. and IL they
ever intend to get 70 the Missouri river
| with their road, they are - much inter-
ested In this as we can be. BY resump.
| ton the road as some gentlemen mani
tain, will not be retarded, we take moth
| ing from them to which they hare any
! legal or equitable claim, but what we will
at once re-grant to them. tell you, SIR,
| and warn gentlemen not to BID ID away
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upon the Legislature since they had q
grant Of lapds and made promises that
they would build the road, that they
would do this and that, andI challenge
any gentleman 10 point to . single In
stance where they have ever fulfilled
their obligations. desire it understood
that am not favoring resumption simply
because they have failed To comply with
! the requirements of! the law. That of
| course gives us the Legal. right TO resume.
but | am actuated only by an unyieIding
desire to protect the grantees of the eoun.
tywho hare bought in good faith This
we. must do or We shall be derelict in the
very first duty imposed upon us, as Legis.
flators. Sir. it is the duty which no man
c&f4 shirk from actinR Under the solemn
obligations of, On aoakh. IL would be
ashamed to grasp the hand OF. one of my
constituents ff II had not used my best
efforts here 20 protect them from the
ravages and rebberies of the Railroad
company We can settle this question
here, and we must do il, NY policy is to
resume the lands and re grant at orlce
with whatever may be reasonable extern.
sion of timey excepting all lands selected
as swamp and oyarfowed lands, and proc
vide that when they accept OF the re-
grant they do il with all the exceptions and
Restrictions therein imposed. Gentlsasfl
need lot tell me- that they will net &c.
cSpt. Why, sir, If; they, don't. we can
give them to some one else who will build
the road. Neither need gentlemen tell
me that we cannot resume lands aert ed
to the company in. Mills county II Tell
you, sir, that although there are, lands
claimed by the b. & NJ Railroad ID Mills.
county, about the title of which there Is
MO controversy and which have been GER
tilted 20 them, by !, Gov: Lowe, yet that
certificate was made as every lawyer
knows contrary 70 law. The 9TH section
of the act of G0ngress granting shsaa
hands to the-Statss prnyidss the, manner
in which they are 10 be appropriated
And according tp ,thsk, act the Railroad
company are only entitled IL, 100 sectioaasi