The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-03-11

isct; aud every part and District Of Minnie
sofa, was representa-. The multitude sbesi
gan TO assemble in the morning; and by IL
O'Clock Third street was crowded by tbons-
ands assembled from all parts. At one o.
clock, the hour of the meeting, the doors of
the Capitol being opened, the throng rushed
in, filling every corner of the building, and
blocking the doors and windows. while on
the outside, were lhuadreds arxioasiy and
brea,hlessIy listening:
Ratify! Ratifyu
A mass meeting Of all the people of Min
nesota, ought to be held, to urge upon the
Government Of the United States, the ne
cessity of thu Immediate ratification of the
treaties Of Traverse dies Sioux, Mendoza
and Peulbna AS il is subject Of vital in
terest to every living soul in Minnesota, civ
ilized or savage, we, the undersigned, rep
resenting all the Council Districts through
out the limits Of Minnesota Territory, ear
nes,ly recommend therefore, that the peo-
pie OF our Territory meet in mass, next
Monday. at O'clock, z. NJ, at the Hall Of
Representatives, in st. Paul, to express
their united AMI earnest desire for the rati-
lication of the treaties
LIST. Dlsirict-D. Is. LOOMS, EIam Gree.
81. District-Wm II. Forbes, Geo. w.
Harrington, $3.50
81. District-W. L. Larned,
4th District-L A. Babcnck,
9Th observation-disclosures Beatty,
9th Dislrict--.M. Mcleod,
7th Observation-Disclosures w. Kittson.
AT a mass convention of the people of
Minnesota, held AZ the Capitol in St. Pau,
| on Monday afternoon, i,larch 8, 1852, con
sequent upon the above call, the following
proceedings were had. On motion,
/ JOSEPH r. BROWN, Esq, was cho-
sen President of the Cony en,ion, and
! j. E. COLLINS and JAcoB J Moan. Esq-.,
Secretaries.
The following gentlemen were chosen as
( Vice Presidents: -.-,>
! Hon. David Day-Cass County, AZ
!.on. Josepil Rolrtte-pembina County
John Atknson-W ashns,on County,
Samuel Thatcher-St. Anthony,
j. w. Stevens,
Warren Woodbury. Dakota County,
Henry Jackson--St. Paul.
James NJ. Goodhue, Esq, stated the ob-
ject for which the convention was call
a
three was appointed tn draft a suita-
ble Memorial to the Senate of the United
States, expressive of the views of the pec-
rl- of Minnesota, in relation TO the ratfi.a-
ton of the Sioux and Pembina Treaties.
The Char appointed Messrs. Goodhue.
/ Robertson aud Owens, said Committee;
who, after Il short absence, reported the
! following:
ADDRESS AND MEMORIAL.
or the people Of the Territory of Minneso-
ia, assembled in Mass Meeting mt the Cap
itol, in ST. Paul, on Monday the S.h day
| of March, A. ID. 1852, TO the Senate OF
the United States; asking for the speedy
ratification of The Treaties of Traverse
des Sioux and OF Mendoza, with the Sioux
Indians, and the treaty of Pe:nbna with
! The Chippewa Indians.
To The Honorable the Senate
Of The United States:
la an emergency like the present, when
interests vita! to he hopes ui our Territory
All to the fortunes of every human beinI,
civilized o. savage, within Us limits, are IN
volved in your decision upon tls ratica-
ton of The treaties made, the last year, il,
Minnesota. we, the people of Minnesrtr .
are not content To sneak ~ yru cIt united
and ardent wish for the ratification Of these
treaties and the reasons therefor, alone
through our Legislature; hu! like an anxious
sutton in Court, trembling with solicnude
for The result OF verdict in his suit, we
venture To ad!rt IS Il few words to your au-
gust tribunal IN our own cause.
Conciseiy as possible, we will nov, there
fore, proceed to state some Of the reasons
hui, ffz- In I'm Fad.
1st. IL .5 indispensable to the welfare
indeed to the existence of The Sioux Indian:
that they be removed. The buiialo no loa.
ger ranges within the limits of the an,ls
embraced in the treaties with the Sioux In
dans; game Is scarce, and wholly male
quate to subsist these tribes by The chase
ana unless they can be speedily removed
t AMI coionzed permanently in neighhor.
hoods, and placed under the restrictions o
simple, vigorous laws, for the protection o
life aud property, and be taught the price
less value oil agriculture, and the blessing
of frugaliiy ansi the comforts OF civilization
and the love and the hope of gain, lndo
lence, Vice, Disease and Destruction, wi!
be their doom; but IL the wise provisions o
: the treaties be executed and fulfilled, thes
people may he snatched from B,rbaris,u an,
. 1--we perpetual monument of your wis
dom and beneficence.
Cd. Avery large proportion Of the cen
susahe population Of Minnesota Territory
live within the limits OF the lands fo
the purchase of which these treatie.
were made. So intimately interviewer
therefore, are the relations and the condi
,ftions of savage and civilized life, and will
such unerriug certainiy does the coutac
and inter-connectOn of the two races, il
such manner, result in imparting to eacI
race, the vices OF The other, that unles
t they be speedily separated, the most depio
rable results may he apprehcntled.
ST.. Confidently anticipating the earl
ratification Of these treaties, hundreds o
settlers have gone upon the Indian lands
and built houses aud made valuable in,
provsments. Villages are coa,me nced
stores OF goods are opened, and the piow
the axe anil the anvil, are already upon th
} Cannon river, the Vermillion. thu Mime
sofa, AMI the Blue Earth. These settler
4 are there with the consent Of The Indians
but It the treaties he not ratified, they wi
L I.