The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-03-05

aans sifns .sIsia tl,s hesEap. eaIasssSa
snonstsrA siaarisazs alapsfy We - Y
times thinh 2hn fneti6ns ssoo sTos. as
when / sonsias q - III sj sa,5 Il he u.
ton and the popular mind sc the tina
81 shG inaslearatiohsaM .ahe7 present
Administration, and then hedks hasr0ad
upon the atoniision pf the county 10.
day, I an tisfed with the progress ! hss
has beaa.naades 4 hsdsorki oundaraalses
Vas one or almost ,ifIeoAcsivsbaea n4halsas6l
lsaa and sei s aIa al app p5 hins
eanple tisn. cad ] hsTs not the rsnohsst
shsdoaeof doubs thasff seleosedslEF. gfni
coin Min AZ tba 1sxpiratioh of HID tern,
hand over The affairs Of bis atsise, 10 bis
stasceasoe. wish aoaantryswhols and ian.
divided. 40 peaes with The world and
gith itself and forever freed from the
Wishesing bliGht oftfthat moral daash
which has hitherte hung sovgrsus HE q
pan, and isSalone respo1sibfe for provoke
ing the Hrath, Of Heaven in the, calasnit-
eas judsments new being iuaieled upon
US. While some may. think that othSf
men would be able % hfish the work n in
more satisfactory uaannaE,aI !, ana wiling,
for my passsgte ssrusssitss eompletion "a
the handsshat haveitffos fsf success
failS controlled n. T have unlimited
faith H. the, universal .iipterpos,tipn III
omnipotent PFoVidenaa3 in favor iof. the
rightly I have unbouhdedg Uonfdence ID
the head, heart, and soul Of our Chief
Magistrate; believe slavery and the
rebaliion to be in the full tide Of. annihi-
iation} lam willing to await patiently
the full and sure. completion Of this gio-
riops work of national publications and
redemption, trusting the way and man
ner to the good sense of the American
People, and rest the final issue in the.
hama of the Great Cos Of Freedom and
. OBJ aat ABE p s.s7r7.,.. . 4. 4a0 WIS ,. /
February 1864.
l notice in the NoNPARk1L of the 10Th
inst, an article on,f' Land Grants TO-
Railroads. The writer affects TO be- the
peculiar friend of the Railroads, and ad
vises the Legislature to let the Railroads
alone. lam informed that heis employ
led to assist the R. R. Companies to 5op ?
press the settlers of Mills and Fremont
counties, and hence he writes more like
a smart lawyer than a man who has the
public good at heart. His legal PROPOSE
tions, however. are, little novel. The
Senator" and Z" Railroad Lawyer" to
whom he inclosed copy of the NoNPA.
RIFF, containing his article, was heard to
say, that be did pot concur in the legal
conclusions arrived at by theswriter. In
TACT the right Of resumption is conceded
point here; A very elaborate report.
made to the Senate, by Mr.. Henderson.
the leader of the Railroad party, in that
body, comedies the right of the State to
resume. A report is in process of prepa-
ration, by the Railroad Committee of
the House, which will also concede this
right. The right Of resumption was ex-
errised by the Eighth General Assembly.
The whole claim of the Cedar Rapids and
Missouri River R. R. Co, is based upon
the resumptionary acts of the l7tht of
March, 1850 If the Immediate repre-.
of the people of Council Bluffs,
gave form and vitality to, apolicy. which
every clear headed lawyer, and disihter
ested legislator, admits to be correct and
nece ssary, certainly his constituents
ought not to complain. His action ,as q
legislator may be different from what it
would be as the paid attorney of 3. R.
Co. Certainly a maierity of both Houses
now concur with the principles set forth |
in his bill. Certainly the fear ofresump-
ton now promises to make the Railroad
Companies ,dojustioe to the settlers, and
consent to q proper application of the
Land Grant, and should This end be at
tanned. the citizens of Council Bluffs will
have no reason to regret the'hurnble and
honest efforts Of their Senator in This be.
half. ''''& ''''' - . :, .g.,:.r- l...;4rI
Let no reader Of, the .Gnppareil, sup
poae foraamoment. thai this Land Grant
question can be disposed Of by ii dash OF
the pen. 1t has already consumed moro
time of Iowa legislatures, than al other
subjects together. 81. It may indeed be
suggested that Iowa. would hays: been
haitian nfe, 40 1lnrr...haa tHlnnnrasat n AVER.