The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-12-19

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rf fasArr territory ihAn ~ embraced in
the States III NV lnaA. is.nhsslsahia.
Tennessee, Nafsl Carolina. Dhsn. Ken.
tmrks. Indiana. Mary lasli, Msxsaclan.
Actts. Delaware and islaole Island.
That The railroad grant. have been
fraudulent. iniain siA. and out Of all
proportion H. any pubic demand cr
publ, necessity. I'LL ntae Il trc dispute.
srnal Congress. fer srhal purposes.
voted this iansi. az the psaaief portion
ri II, ~ corporations mall M II mgm.
hers III Congress, and corporations
through which the men who ve'ri for
the graa,s were - be directly and IN.
directly benefited.
Iii the worst days of mnnarrhical I'm.
rors there has .4,ycr hsru - lavish OF
corrupt grants niale ~ any ppienta,,,
King or power. Wiirn the mnnarehs ~
France, England and Spain were each
CLAIMING the American ointment. and
yareelins it unt L. fayoritcs. bcforctllcy
knew its boundaries, or in any degree
estimated the grandeur ~ It's extent,
there was no inch extravaganza ~ char.
acterlxed the grants for lie Pacific
railroads. The grants were mol only
frauds hut they we're the most gigantic
ani unparalleled imrositions ever i'm.
posed npon M intelligent people. They
deliberately designed to rob the nation
OF its prandest and most sacred trust.
The Government In the simple Trustee
III the people in the supervision and
disposition II tho public lands. They
were dedicated To freedom, and not ID
vandalage. They were intended for
tillcrs of the soil, aud not for spcculat.
ing sconndrcls. They belong - tho
heads III families, III quantities anch M
may be cultivated, to elevate oppressed
manhood into independence. md not
~ corporate thieves, To create ulignrch-
ics III landed nobility.
The only principle upon which Con.
gress had single prctense oil power to
make the grants was to promote "thc
| general welfare 40 fur IL the building
0f the railroads would onrn up nndc-
vslorcd territory, increase the power OF
association between individuals aud
States. enlargs the productive area af
the country, and give new and superior
facilities to commercial int,reunfss.
The power Of eminent domain has no
scope beyond this. Il was les.r IN.
tended IL he ns,a ~ Il means IL pro-
noting purely individual interests. II
IN a national power only To hc exercised
for national benefit To suppose tint
Congress has power to tlispossess the
Government Of its public lands toalorl
such men rs Jnr uanld, huntington,
Dnranl q CO, III, right to nsnrr them
Tor prisat. pnrposea~-tn speculate In
them for private gain. md to build up
feudatories, aristocmeiea, and poten.
tAtcs, II IL helie th. genius of our Gov.
ernment II is Nh insult 10 common
ints lligence.
Il will DO granted sl.t Congress had
Che power t. Erant the III lit III way
Nay, more. that ii Ind the power to do
whatever WAS essential 10 promote the
general welfare, hut il did no, possess
no power to grant lands enough u
ouild half dozen snch roads, and then
furnish the money 10 build the roads
and give lands, money, and roads To ia
lividnals, " to corporation oi indi
,itlnAls.
The whole scheme 81 tho Pacific rail
Dads originated after Stephen Nhitnc,
Aad developed the idea, and nfter Con
grcss, by its surveys, had demonstrated
heir feasibility in the hngcst idea 81
public awindle ever concoctel and car
led into execution BY any people q
sOwer.
The foundation WAS we'll laid. I'll,
nads we're to be built to promote I'll,
eneTal welfare. The general welfar,
~ 10 DO promoted hy developing M.
poning up for cultivation yast terri
leics Of uninhAbitcd land, by incrcas
u our products. promoting intercourse
nd creating highway to facilitate
3mmcrcc in times Of peace. aud trans
ortation and supplies in times Of VII,
But the Government not only mad
> immense grants of land TO thes
,ads, but Il advanced them its cretli,
bonds, ita money, 20 enable the col
oEntions u created 70 build the roa,
"a ret u started for public use.
Tho only power or authority Congress
- Or II endowed with, % make thi
"a of its credit, the equivalent d
oneY. Nna the power 10 le9iHlAtr II