The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-07-31
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT.
or NEW JERsEY.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
For the Ninnesotian.
Ths state Of Minnesota st. Paul a. the Perms-
neut Capital.
OF NORTH cANoLlNA.

For the Minnesotian.
The state Of Mime sofa st. Paul a. the Perms-
nent Capital.
MEssRs. EDIroRs Although it is
doubtless aquestion prematurely agitated,
yet it Is already agitated in some circles,
"What will be the extent of the State of
Minnesota when she is set off for admis-
sion into the Union, and where will be
her boundaries and her capital?" Are
we Of St. Paul not to expect, in the agi-
tation of this matter among spectators
and builders of new cities-paper as well
as of more enduring materials-.upon the
newly ceded lands, that efforts will be
made, even before we become State, to
carry the capital beyond the Mississippi !?
Already / hear Of new town being laid
of. far towards the southwest corner of
that portion of the Territory which must,
owing to many good and sufficient reasons,
be the State Of Minnesota, which blazons
forth on paper its "Capitol Square. -
Is it to be the capital Of Minnesota or the
capital Of neO Territory, which disin-
terested ofice-seekers contemplate getting
up soon, in order that they may give
vent to their extra patriotism by entering
into the service of their country? ! be-
lieve can very quickly show, by running
line around what should, and I think
must, be the State of Minnesota, that it,
nor no other location west Of the Mississ-
ippi, can ever, with justice, rob St. Paul
Of the honor she now holds Of being the
capital. Take your map, trace the fol-
lowing lines, and then answer me wheth-
er You think better shaped, more prop
or sized and more convenient State can
be chalked out ?
Commencing in latitude 43 derees 80
minutes the boundary line between Iowa
and Minnesota at the point where the
18th degree Of longitude west from Wash
ington intersects said line thence run
ming due north on said degree of longi-
tude to the point where it intersects the
47lh parallel of latitude thence due east
on said line of latitude till it reaches the
northern shore of Lake Superior upon
the 18th degree of longitude west from
Washington; thence in straight line
through said lake, or the waters thereof,
to the mouth of the St. Louis river,
which is the boundary line between Wis
consin and Minnesota; thence south
wardly along said boundary line to
point in the Mississippi river where the
line between Iowa and Minnesota strikes
said river; thence west on the line of
Iowa to the place Of beginning.
You will find, Messrs. Editors, en-
braced within these limits an area cover
ing three and half degrees of latitude and
an average Of about two degrees and three
tourths OF longitude, embracing the best ag-
ricultural, numbering and manufacturing
region of the Territory, with ST. Paul stu
ated within fifty miles Of the geographic
cal centre, either way. confess l was
astonished at discovering this result, and
ain rejoiced to find our Northern Metropo-
lis so much more eligibly situated than l
had previously imagined.
Perhaps some may think it bad policy
to throw without the pale of the State so
large an extent of country to the north OF
US. But it must be remembered, that
this is the country of the Chippewas, and
rs such, and the home of other Indians,
the Government, at present, forever de-
signs it to remain. 1t is settled, l be-
feve, that we are to have a permanent
Indian colony upon our northern border,
similar to the one west of Missouri and
Arkansas, which it is not contemplated to
include within the limits of any State
The country west of the contemplated
boundary Of tie State Of Minnesota-be-
tween our western line and the Missouri
river-will, of course. be erected into
new Territory, sometime.
DAKOTA.
REMARKS Our friend is certainly a
man of progress-looking ahead yet some
ak or eight years at least. We think he
is unnecessarily alarmed about the capital
being ever removed from St. Paul, al
though it may be that such dreams haunt
the vivid fancies of some in our midst.
who are at this moment diseased with
the new town epidemic. But if there
are any such, they will recover anon,
satisfied, as they soon must be, that St.
Paul will always have strength not only
to hold all she has at present, but to get a
great deal more as she progresses.
He has certainly marked off a very
pretty State for the future commonwealth
OF Minnesota. The only fault we have
with it, it is little too scant from east to
west, considering the abundance of Ter
ritory we have between here and the
Missouri river. But TO have gone one
degree further west, would have DESTROY
ed "Dakota's" laudable purpose of keep
ing St. Paul "within fifty miles of the
geographical CENTRE" and his perhap.
less laudable design of compelling Ger.
tain embryo city on the Minnesota rive,
to hold its position "far towards the
southwest corner" of the State. Or i,
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