The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-07-08
NO. XII.

found it exactly as stated 20 him, that this go,
600 is asked for by The War Department
MIR. STANLY. What is the length Of ,hat
road.
/ Mr.. SlBLEY. II is between two hundred and
! fifty and two hundred and sixty miles long.
beg leave to state further to the gentleman mat
the greater part Of ,his road is through prairie
couulry, and very little IS required TO make il.
IL - mol like road running through .mbersd
country.
| Mr. STANLY. In regard to these roads, we
should not spend great deal IN attempting 10 do
what the Territory itself can do. object 10 this
one-sided, partial way Of making appropr ia tiors
Tor internal Improvements. We have had pend
! ing before the Comniittee on Commerce since the
early part OF the session, bill making appr0pri-
atoms Tor Improvements IN canals and navigable
rivers, and upon lake coasts in the Interior which
are much more wanted than these roads; and we
ure not TO sci an example, and take np one bill
from one Territory, appropriately there, nobody
Knows how much-I think in this bill some
S45, ,O0O-and discardnC all the other and neces.
sary Improvements throughout the United States
II - not fair. Let there be general bill report
ed for ali these Territories and for such States as
require internal Improvements within their bor-
ders. general system is what lesire-a sys-
TEN which will give fair play TO ali parts Of this
territory OF ours. Let the Territories stand on the
same footing with the States, and when they do
that we vii have ustice done 10 all the States
and Territories, and not before. | hope, then,
that We shall net set the bad example OF partial
Legislation, by taking up one or two bills like the
present, and apprepratng unlimited sums Of mo-
ney, and that, too, thyoogh an act of courtesy
The gentleman from Minnesota, lMr. Sibley1 is
entitled TO all we can give him d Deles te-he
deserves t-bu, the Territories snould not receive
such appropriations before the adoption of gon-
elal system when would do Justice to all Of the
States. Unless The old States put stop to this
system OF voting to the Western country all the
money they want, we shall have 10 harbors I'M
proved, no tariff, and no foriicai.ons upon our
sea-coast, II we take up these things bv piece
meal, This new State and that new State will get
their railroads, Gas OF them have already
got them, y and ihe interests Of the old States will
be entirely overlooked and neglected. Such is
the operation OF the present system, il 1t can be
called system. The present mode OF lessiaiiug
upon this subject is par,, and UNJUST In lts char
acter. hope il viii be abandoned, and that we
vii wait until we get some fair and general plan,
which VIII DO justice 20 all the States. Then
VIII cheeru!y vote 10 give the Delegates Of Ter
rores all they want. | am willing 10 give them
everything reasonable, and every thing in the way
OF internal improvements. and IN other matters.
which they ought TO have; but uati we have lus-
lice done to the old States, trust that the House
will pause in their careei; tha, viii no, pursue
poIicy that gives to one portion OF the country
lavish appropriations for internal Improvements,
and denies 1t 10 the others.
Mf. SlBLEY. am ROT about TO detain tho
House with any remarks at this stage of the pro-
ceedIngs, as 10 the abstract right Of Congress TO
make appropriations Of money for constructing
roads IN Territories. take it for granted that
every gentleman here is well aware that such has
been the practice which Obtained at the beginning
Of the Government, ana has been continued from
that time down 10 the present | beg leave TO
state to the gentleman from North Carolina, (Mr.
Stanly,l lha. the Territory of Minnesota has new
er received one acre oC land, and never ASKED for
ore Of land, except what was given her for
educationa! purposes. She has asked for
anything which is unreasonable; and the amount
of money expended there has been limited indeed
We have no lighthouses. We have neye. asked
for the Improvement OF rivers; bat all that we
have asked Of this Congress is that you will give
small amount Of money 10 enable us TO build
Il road, by which we NAV be cna bled 10 pass from
one part o. the Territory 10 another. With this
statement, and knowing that the House will not,
Under any circumstances, confound the system Of
internal mpro, ,emens in tho States with these
small territorial appropriations, move the prevl.
Gus question on the passage Of the bill.
The previous question seconded, and ,lro
ma in question ordered 10 he pat.
The question was then taken upon the passage
Of the bill, and there Sere--yeas S5, nays SO,