Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-09-22
Judge EDOGy's Address.
From the New York American.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNI.
TED STA TIES


regarded the feelings, interests or wishes Of
the People. Being entitled to no vote in
the election Of President, they arc compclI-
ed to appeal to the citizens of the States.
That appeal, as their Delegate and Repre-
sentative, now make.
He has refused to cause Harbors and
Lighthouses TO be constructed on the shore
Of Lake Michigan, for the protection Of
Commerce, and of the lives and property
Of our citizens.
He has taken the sum Of S34 900. which
was appropriated specifically for the erec-
ton Of Lighthouses, and applied it to-
wards the construc ton Of the SUB TREAsU-
RY BUILDING in Washington; as is shown
by the letter Of the Secretary ofthe Treas
ury 10 No. 7 Of the Documents Of the House
Of the last session.
He has suddenly abandoned the system
of Internal improvement within the Terri
tory, leaving the roads, which have been
commenced, in an unfinished state, and the
navigation Of the rivers, which are the
great thoroughfares throughout the coun-
try, unimproved.
He has thus, and by other measures,
prevented the sale and settlement Of the
Public Lands within the Territory; by
which, he has diminished the revenues Of
Government, and deprived Wisconsin of an
accession to her population, which would
have entitled her to admission into the
Union.
He has endangered the peace Of the from
tier by compelling, by military force, the
Winnebago Indians 10 remove from their
country, and before the Government had
fulfilled, on its own part, the stipulations
Of the treaties with that tribe.
He has appointed men 70 the Offices Of
the Territory who were not citizens of the
Territory, and who were unqualified and
incompetent; and has refused to remove
them after their unfitness was proved.
He appointed man Surveyor General
Of Wisconsin, after he had been a candi-
date for the highest Office in the gift Of the
people, and by them re ected by a signal
majority, and who he personally knew did
not possess single qualification for the
office.
He appointed him to this office, in which
he has in some respects the charge of the
public domain in that Territory, after it
was proved thpt he had been permitted by
n land officer, who IS now one of his SUBJ
ordinatcs, to purchase one Of the Oldest
mines in the District, at ST % the acre,
from which about 10000, 900 pounds Of
mineral had been raised, and which be we'll
knew the President had, by his proclama-
ton, reserved from sale.
He reappointcd the Governor Of the Ter
Titory after it was proved that he was
popuar; that he had, in a message which
was communicated to the President, Mrea-
tened to ri0lafe TIE 7ascG, 10 the following
language-''U unless the Government takes
the proper steps to effect their (the Win
nebago Indians) removal early IN the
Spring, | WILL ASSUME TIE RESPONSIBLE
TY of raising q mounted volunteer corps of
rihemen and head them IN person, sufficient
10 effect their removal from this Territory,
WITH THOSE WHO ARE ADVISING AND lNsTI-
eating THE WINNEBAGo INDIANS TO RE-
MAIN EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, &c." that
he gave, in violation of law and Of the du-
ties of his office, permission to those In
dams to return to the country on the south
side Of the Wisconsin and Neonah rivers,
after they had voluntarily removed to the
North and West Of the Wisconsin, accor-
ding to their treaty, and after he had urged
upon Government the necessity Of employ
ing military force to drive them from the
south side OF said rivers-thus endanger-
ing the lives and property Of the settlers,
and preventing the farther sale and settle
ment Of the lands Of Government in that
District.
That he did not, as was required Of him
by act Of Congress, apportion the mem-
sbers of the Legislative Assembly "among
the several counties, as nearly equal as
practicable, giving to each section of the
territory representation in proportion to its
population" as, in the instance of the coun-
ty of Crawford, the people Of that county
had no representation in the Legislative
Council: he gave member 10 fractional
number Of souls in a county which already
had t'cO members in that body, which frac-
ton Il ,cdS less than the number of souls in
the county Of Crawford, TO whom none was
given-and thus by his official acts he de-
prved many citizens Of the right of suf-
frage and of representation.
And that he recommended and obtained
the passage Of laws TO prevent the colIec-
ton of debts and impair the securities Of
creditors, in violation Of the ID Article Of
the Ordinance Of 1877.
He has refused to remove the Chief Jus
tice of the Territory, when he was we'll in
formed that he had been repeatedly so
drunk, when out of Court, and also upon
the Bench, that he was unable to hold the
Court; and after it was proved that one of
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