The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-03-13
PRocEKDyNos OF 1azH TREArx eeNvEN-
TION.

Necessity of the immediate ratification of
the treaties of Traverse des Siodx, Men
dota and Pembina. As it is a subject of
vital interest to every living soul in Min
nesota, civilized or savage, we. the un-
dersigned, representing all the Council
Districts throughout the limits of Min
nesota Territory, earnestly recommend
therefore, that the people Of our Terrific
ry meet in mass, next Monday, at l
o'clock, P. NJ, at the Hall Of Represen-
tatives, in St. Paul, to express their uni
ted and earnest desire for the ratification
Of the treaties.
LIST. District-D. B. LOOMS, Elan Gree-
ly.
End. District-Wm. H. Forbes, Geo.
w. Harrington.
Sd. District-W. L. Larned.
4th. District-L. A. Batcock.
9th. District-James Beatty, David
Day.
9th. District-M. Mcleod.
7th. District-Norman w. Kittson.
At mass convention of the people of
Minnesota, held at the Capitol in St.
Paul, on Monday afternoon, March 8,
1852, consequent upon the above call, the
following proceedings were had:
On motion, JOSEPH R. BROWN,
Esq, was chosen President of the Con-
vention, and F. E. COLLINS and JACOB J.
Noah, Esqr's. Secretaries.
The following gentlemen were chosen
Vice Presidents
Hon. S. b. Olmstead, Benton county.
Hon David Day, Cass &C"
Hon. Joseph Rolette, Pembina "
John Atkinson, Washington ::
Warren Woodbury., Dakota g"
Samuel Thatcher, St. Anthony.
J. II. Stevens, Hennepin county.
Henry jackson, St. Paul.
Col. James NJ. Goodhue stated the OBJ
jects for which the Convention was called,
and on his motion, it was carried that a
committee of three be appointed to draft
suitable memorial to the Senate of the
United States, expressive of the views of
the people of Minnesota in relation to the
ratification of the Sioux and Pembina
treaties.
The chair appointed Messrs. Goodhue,
Robertson and Owens, said committee,
who after the necessary absence, reported
the following document
ADDRESS AND MEMORIAL.
OF the people Of the Territory of Min
nesota, assembled in mass meeting, at the
Capitol in St. Paul, on Monday, the 9th
day Of March, A. ID. 1852, to the Senate
of the United States, asking for the
speedy ratification of the treaties of Tray
erse des Sioux, and of Mendoza, with the
Sioux Indians, and the treaty of Pembina,
with the Chippewa Indians.
To the Honorable, the Senate of the
United States: In an emergency like the
present, where interests vital to the hopes
of our Territory and to the fortunes OF
every human being, civilized or savage,
within its limits, are involved in your de-
cislon upon the ratification of the treaties
made the last year in Minnesota, we
the people Of Minnesota are not content
to speak TO you, our united and ardent
wish for the ratification of these treaties
and the reasons therefor, through our leg
islature, alone but like an anxious sutton
in court, trembling with solicitude for the
result Of a verdict in his suit, we venture
TO address few w,rds TO your august
tribunal, in our own cause.
Concisely as possible, we will now
therefore, proceed to state some of the
reasons why these treaties ought to he
ratified. er,.r e-'-r..
lst-1t is indispensable to the welfare,
indeed to the existence of the Sioux Indi-
ans, that they be removed. The buffalo
no longer ranges within the limits of the
lands embraced in the treaties with the
Sioux Indians. Game is scarce and who'll
ly inadequate to subsist these tribes, BY
the chase; and unless they can be speed
lily removed and colonized permanently
III ncighborhoods, and placed under the
restriction Of simple rigorous laws for
the protection Of life and property, and
be taught the priceless value Of agricul-
ture, the blessings of frugality, the COM
forts of civilization and the love and the
hope Of gain, Incidence, vice, disease, and
restitution will be their doom but if the
wise provisions Of the treaties, be execu-
ted and fulfilled, these people may be
snatched from barbarism and live per-
petual monument of your wisdom and
beni6cence.
2d-A very large proportion of the
censusable population Of Minnesota Ter
ritory, live within. the limits of the lands,
for the purchase of which, these treaties
were made. So intimately interviewer
therefore, are the relations and conditions
of savage and civilized life, and with such
unerring certainty, does the contact and
inter-connection Of the two races, in such
manner, result in imparting to each race.
the vices of the other, that unless they be
speedily separated, the most deplorable
results may be apprehended.
3d-Confidently anticipating the ratifi-
cation Of these treaties, hundreds Of set
tiers have gone upon the Indian lands,
and there built houses and ,ade valuable
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