The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-04-03

! Exreileney, Coy. Ramsey. communicating
| the memorial ju-t read. L. me Lrgislaiurp
Ii hope gentlemen will read is. l. -aaex
( e,,;,liticaI,on uf honorable and costct. trt.
Iriplrs. IL shows The feelings If - leroe..
heart, Hssi the traits If irue Il publican.
statesman. No aci of the author iie doe,
I HIM more credit.
I. was said by the gentenia,f f.oni &.
Paul Mr.. Reel during his ,erssrks. ,hat
these people, according 10 the -=.efiS,is 10.
turns, cultivated but seventy acres At lard.
This, ar. Speaker. is true; and y ,noAffti-
ancholy truth il is. II is n we'll kqo.,,
fact 10 many ciIizens IN this part of tie = .r.
ritory, that the fioods in The early pasi O.,
last summer, swept over and desiroYrs e.
CROPS growing un three thousand acres of
cultivated lands i'm the valley Of II 81 Rher.
The gentleman also said the people oi 7, ...-
bina had no comf.iprce--rhat NIL iheir tri,ie
consisted of small traffic in hal,ies nso, ,a-
sin, and bear ipeat. Now, sir. dbl go Le
lieve this whe', it was slated; md have ific.,
taken occasion to ascertain The facts tg On
Iquiry among the merchants of s P4ai-
fin,l they annually bring TO tbs ,ua-a o.,
products IL their own industry, af.uuniiu.
20 several thousand dollars in sahr, arl
that there is considerable else thar lla,-e,,
mnrcasns aud hear meat.
Again ask, Mr.. Speaker Is the ina,,.
or are there mon IN This LrsisiatIfe Or s..r
Of it, that are willing 10 be 80 Purisnic,,I
as to draw invdinus di-tincrinr> brtner,,
these people and rbemselves' v aa tanl.
up in high places, and cfirs Sc! M soi.htrs
than they" because portion nf F., lIooti
of darker race runs III their 10. +,
: any member willing to TINS rlac b. t.t.
on the record. ia this enlightened. 8Du grc-
gressive age! | do n.t briicse there
There Is another matter, fore sn -.
think, rather, To logical discus, i,u If he
,.::crits OF this bill. 10 which, however. p,
attention seems 10 he challenged 10 Il palr
of the grniemin's speech, Of IL 3 Thus
day. Those remarks, will not prr,u,r,
The gentleman intended 10 pass of e.; areu-
,nem; hat for efact rather, for heioriralcg
feet no doubt. ~ they were quite foreign i.s
the merits Of this hill. In this ba tf p ais
latinn, here gentlemen are expected H.
canvass public affairs and TO disc, ,rf,-
jectS of a public character. that gtut.r.r..
has taken occasion 10 draw in herr si,a ...i-
madyert upon ii 2 private affairs AND itsi-
ness relations OF some III the pPoll # Min
nesota. Was It To excite I"rulaG 1rcind,--
and public ohiun, against this bill, r~rd. r-
have shown it 20 lie, upon the b,,ur~..
democratic prime lie OF rcprese atipI ar
cOr'iIng To population, and ag-n-t lrs
friends Of the hill thar the Far ,p,jaut.
which is nothing tut Il bu-iifSs f s.. Ne Z
fer this, that the omfal monopoly. f1e Fu-
Company" was arra!ghe,i her -
for this, that the stab. rlrriionecf 1. .f,,ri.,
Of last summer, have been here rc. tr.i, --
Why, sir, AS far u the Saint CroiN ani s,
FAR up The Mississippi rivers, a. IS vo,r-
could be found, these same Store abort
fDOu0not, fnOnOno,1 ycrr Lrnu .-i4f g.. t..--
upon our penple.
This question of appnrtionmeui has been
treated by the gentleman, not ~ grave
question of equal oIuiar iyh!s Affecting
all the freemen " & now iuhai ,l., Trr-
rIiory, as well as tie thousands bo will
during IFS operation. swarm ~, tie Niseis-
sipp, and the Missouri aud Mimi rive
FRS, tn live under is provisions aud 'a &c.
represented according 10 ITS lfo,I-i"..s, ...l
MS piiiful contest OF pec:inary illrf.-t be-
tween rival Indian traders Cue nusi.
think from the arg, ,nenr, that the ir on-
pany, The firm of Pierre Choirau, Ir & 10
were on trial here, for a high n,> ..riurarrr
-arraisned, Ike Wnrrrn Ha>Ii-> before
the British Parliament, for high ,slsuc- aui
mis'iemeanorS, upon the accusation so a.
val interest; aud that the genrl, u,"u :,vsa
ST. Paul, MIR. Rirr] Was actirg ~ prose
lfntiHg GITttF-Dr maj fniS was "a s'frft az
Oyer and icrn,imer and general lat Irtit-
cry, instead of a gruve, Il. llrrair," i"-i,-
lative body. a stranger liStru,.u here
might have supposed that Fur fcmEa14.
was the great Bnhan Upas of Mnt..,.,a.
its poisonous influence blasting civilization
and lis atmosphere mere dealt, Ihar ..c
Simeon OF Sahara. Err
We hear all endless repetition al n,air
cataiogue Of such terrible wort'> "ra.i-
talisis. miilona,re> and nonopnli>.>. iiat
fl'e old man, Pierre Ch"ureau, j. = arta'ef-
e'l here To he trird--iur whal' y iv. t.c
being rich, He is a millionaire Iflrt.
out nf the Territory, He has invested ...
ital in the Indian trade My fiicud Dr
Borup. is also charged in the SAM nd .t-
,menI, with being r,cr,isr and ~ r.'rr 81
the same baleinl 'monop"Iy.' Ia lA.- -
not all. Ii is charged that this saiii,.oo,,.l.-
oten, company, control The legi,l, ,iou &C. Ae
Territory, send Delegate of IA, s own iu
Congress, control the Executive IS Mime
"S:a: Gov. Ramsey, n man hers'niore "f
dcservedly high reputation, noted fer p'!e-
pendeEce of character, and for nt.iii- 1'-
and usefulness as a II an aud Us states
men.
Humble as am myself, Mr.. s akcr. tt
appears that too, VII" had surpos' ii Was
here as the representative Of ny CnHrt'Iu-
ents OIL the st. Croix, here we have u2
Fur Conpanies,-iha TOO, am tAe proper
" OF this awful monnpoly, the fur CsnIa-
ny! Being a lawyer, have had s,,.ie tt-
slness to transact for Pierre Cboteau. u. aia
COMPANY an: Transferred, tss. y
and soul. to that firm. re prove 'be rfri-
cry of that Company in IRE, the geniur
introduced a parallel between Benry Clay
and myself, l.y which the gem oman ar
gue,l, that ms MIR. Clay, by beiDg HE alter
Dey Of the L. S. Bank became it, proper
~, so !, 10y being the attorney o. the frr
Company, became rart of It's asScf,.--
Certainly, MIR. Clay, if present. might rtt
only have taken a lesson in logic and ,io-
quence, hut would have felt highly faucr-
ell 10y the comparison Ma,ch!e>s reason
ing! Why, sir, If a lawyer, whcnevrr eo'-
pl"yed by client, becomes the chaitel Of
his client, | should like TO know how often
the gentleman ~ ho addressed YOU nn / uur,-