Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-17

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everything else) see to it that none
but truesantl wise principles are an
nounced and able aud honest candi-
dates chosen; and lthen we of the
rank andif will remember that in
union only there is strength.
five were citizen of the State of
Tennessee we would protest most
earnestly against the following pro-
vision OF the new State Constitution,
as we find it reported:
Sec. 2. No person who denies the
being of God, or future state of
rewards and punishment, shall hold
any Office in the civil department of
this State.
If any person infringes on the
rights of another, he must be pun
ished; but his delief is another mat
,lterzI Ibe. ssalelya ahatweens hiasslt
and his Creator, ana the stain has no
right to interfere. If my neighbor
holds the most horrible and outra-
geos views, on religious and other
subjects, it is my right and may be-
come my duty to endeavor to convert
him; but so long as he does not tres.
pass OH the rights of anybody, OF
violate the laws, so long the State
must protect him fully. This is the
spirit, if not the letter, OF the lst and
9th Amendments to the National
Constitution. Perfect freedom in
every respect is the genius of our
Government--the rights of one to be
limith only as may be necessary for
the safety OF others; and while every
step Of ipfogress toward thi" idoal is
hriiea witl joy and gratitude, every
step backward, be it ever so little,
shonld be viewed only with aversion.
We may properly refuse to vote for
any person whose religions or other
views we consider dangerous, and
may properly try to persuade others
not to vote for him; but to prescribe
him BY enactment is to tread on the
brink of the awful precipice which
separates us from the Dark Ages.
Judging from the New York I,.ib-
aa,c's account of the Oneida disaster,
the Capt. Eyre who commanded the
British ship Bombay, which did the
mischief, deserves not only hanging
but utter arnihilation. A British
Lieutenant ttstifies that Capt. Eyre
rrEYrxs 11reacssssnI fimG no Had s'cNs1
thetM Quar.~- off a ID yanhee
friatc, md served her bloody right"
Gait. Eyre himself says he searched
gtod fifteen minutes" for the drown
ina men Ct the Oneida; but there is
otler evidence to show that he could
have saved every one of them If he
I had tried. We rejoice that the af-
fair is being thoroughly investigated;
ald do not see why it is not a fit sub
J ject for International consideration.
| IA very carefully prepared estimate
OF the population of the United States
atthe beginning Of this year, as Civ
/ etIby the New York Tribune, allows
tdlowa 100000. Upon basis OF
o,eI representative in Congress for
every ps4,oOO inhabitants, we would
actefdihg to this gain three Repre-
sent t,tfvds. At any rate we will vote
for Congressman from this present
Distfct but once more, and then
cotnis the rcdistrictins.
The STATE Register says that Gen.
CLARK, y. S. Marshal for Iowa, is
overvhelmed with letters asking APP
point for their writers as Dep
uties to assist in taking the coming
u.s.. Census. And yet, according to
| it's figuring, the most industrious
Deputy will be able to earn but little
more than two dollars a day above
expenses. The fact is, AS it appears,
that there isn't SO much money to be
made in the Census business by any.
body as people have generally sup
posed.
The Pacific Railroad hasn't been
very much talked about lately, but
| it is ''alive and kicking" neverthe.
less. The Union Paciiic's gross earn
ings for the ensuing year are esti'
mated, by the President OF the Com
papy. at twelve millions Of dollars
This ,Company's Road has now over
five miles Of snow-sheds, and nearly
fifty miles Of snow-fences; and there
is no more obstruction from snow
tkarlson Railroads in New York.
I,t ,aa CONGRESSIONAL.
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