The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-09-11

Igere eilnu,erated, lids by no means. certain
That that district would he over represented
Thy the provisions Of this bill; or giving Ben
fton all tliav is claiiJaed iy tbs census, there
| would I've unrepresessted Only about fifty per-
soma, Yet ,Iswould have gone TO the extent
of giving Benton one Ct the Representatives
which this bill awards to Pemblna.
The 9Th District embraces the county OF
Dakota, extending westward TO The Ms
sour river. The census of this county IS
returned as being $50 persons, lawfully emu
merated Errors in that census, are charg
ed, and italy, no doubt; by duplicate emu
ineratons Of 40 persons, owing to a change
of the boundary line, not understood by the
| marshalS, whose districts were divided 10y
county line. Let us then admit, what is
tcla.nc.l as an error of a. names; hut recol-
Ilect, that there is also larger error on the
other page, in favor Of Dakoia.--,hat when
the census oil. l849 was taken. there were
refurned, think, Sc names of the residents
Iof thai county, living ON the waters of the
Missouri who are not enumerated at all in
this CENSUS, and whose numbers have, un
Occasionally, increased since the census Of
lS49; and let Tie then see how the figures
stand For ii members will go behind the
census, aud question the sworn returns Of
III. S. officers, we wish to see ii done with
some ,exactness and nicely; if you subtract
the 40 duplicate names from $50, aud add
the 50 names Of colony on the Missouri
river, Dakota will then have an aggregate
tof 6S2. But it is said soldiers were emu
therated in Dakota county. Certainly, and
so were soldiers enumerated in Cass county.
But suppose they were improperly
lH,ed--there were not quite a hundred of
Ithen,--and The population of Dakota would
: still remain nearly 600, or almost enough to
he represented 10y one member Of the Coun-
Gil and two Of the House, which is all the
bill provides. .s-fr tr-t
| come now to the 7th and last Council
District-the much abused PembIna--bor-
idering on the frozen regions of British
, America, anl which you recollect, was
brought distinctly TO the notice and recog-
, nition OF the Territorial Government OF
Minnesota, much through the agency Of the
Rev. Mr.. Belcouri, Of Pembina, who, in
lS49, returned TO Governor Ramsey, list
of 100 nan,es of memorialists there, claim
ing The protection and the rights of Ameri-
can citizens, living within the limits of Min
nesota; which names appear at length IN
the Legislative Journals of last session
3 signed to,a inemOrinl.
The census shows the population Of Penn.
! bina to he 1885. This bill lies that Dis
:, trict one member of the Council and two
p, of the DEMONSTRATING 447 persons unrep-
:. resented! Admit that the population Lher,
: is over estimated; yet here is deductior
made upon Il mere suspicion OF error, Of
! about 40 per cent. Would gentlemen ash
any thing more? Or are we to throw away
the census, and sit here and guess NJ thu
. right basis of representatln IN the Legisla
ture, with reference to our own noilons o
what is due to distance or compiexion:"
y The Winnebsgo Fur Company, who have
! hesitated at the use OF neither falsehood
; viIificalion or acts Of daring, the most VIC
y lent and disorganiznng, to defeat this just
e honest ard truly Republican Bill, are great
f ly mistaken, if they think that any portion
II of our friends are not ready and willing AN
q anxious "to make up an issue with them,
t on this question of aprorlionment. On iIi
> subject, our opinions can undergo no change
:, for we feel, under foot, the rock of sol
n truth, and on that, we stand immovable. Il
e conclusion, we cannot better express on
convictions and feelings OF this question
j, than in the following eloquent conclusion
! 10y Mr.. Anes, Of his speech above quoted
g The right Of representation, is one tina
II is dear to all. desire 10 see justice don
II to all, equal justice, without any referenc
:, 10 rank, riches, color or nation; and sir,
Z do most soeinnly declare To you, that in m
g humble Judgment, this bin does substanti;
e justice to all parts of the Territory. Whs
e would gentlemen have? What do they dc
1t mand? Are we, Wings or Democrats, b.
= especially Democrats, are we willing to So
/ invidious distinctions made between classe.
st colurs, or pursuits? Shall we, It we car
steal power from our fellow men, becaus
they are poor, or ignorant, or unrepresen
ed here? Sir, plead for the Penbincse,
g. no one else will plead for them, men wh
. have sought the protection of our soil All
y our flag, fleeing from the insolence Of Br
" ish domination Let Pcmbina have vote
r here She modes,ly declines to demand {
n YOU her righ,iul share of representation
bur, Sir, were the representative on tn
IL floor Of Pe,nbna, as | am of Washlngto
81 county, and were | 70 witness the atteinp
r. to rob my poor, humble, remote constituer
=. cy of their fair representation, aye, Sir, {
even one Iot or title of it, / would talk I
&c this House IN language, which Won coul
Of not, should not, misunderstood. Genleme
are mistaken, greatly mistaken, who do NJ
expect to he called to account for this day
N work. You are making an apportionmer
III of representation for years. Remember Il!
p West, the mighty West! Long before III
$, expiration of five years, there will be an in
,nense white population, far up the va
lie valley Of the fertile Minnesota, and spread
= ing away westward, to the Missouri rive
le In five years, vast majority of the Poop
Of Of Minnesota, will live west of the Missi
he sppi river, yet until the next apportionmen
as the great preponderence Of reprcsentatio
A. will be from the East side. But,remenibt
n that sooner or latter, the West will cali va
re to account for any aplortonment for ii
p next five years, that gives the West lie.
than her share by the present census
g population. The more examine this bill
as the better satisfied am, that the gentIema
Or who framed it, the Hon. Martin McLco;
to than whom, there lives not a man actuate
~ Nv higher and nober aud juster motive
C. asked nothing by the bill that is not farl
IN due to the West and to Pe,nbna; the moi
r am convinced, that in whatever light 20
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