The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-07-27
The Second Move of the /" Schuyler
Railroad Company.

We have already alluded in our columns.
to the impudence of the prctcnsion on tho
part of the officers and agents of the CON-
pany which our Legislature attempted tC
charter last winter, that, under the act o.
Congress, approved June OCH, 1854, the
lands therein granted, cnurc, without fur
ther legislation, to that company. w,
slowed that, by the general 81 irit of the
act, it was the intention of Congress to mt
l'fy all former charters Of the Territori; |
Legislature, diSpOsing of these lands i'll aG
vance," and to place Them entirely under
he control of future e ;islation.
The first move Oil the part of SCHUYLER,
md his coadutor>, in Wall street, WASH
,nyton, and Minnesota, was to procure the
passage Of the bill, making the grant, in a
shape different from that in which it was H.
troluced We have ''ccn unable to find in
the official reports Of Congress, any amend
mcnt to the bill as originally framed While
the fact is known, and can be attestcd, that
the bill as passed, and the bill as reported
from the committee, are different in phrase
ology. This difference cXisting-the known
intention of Congress to cut off the ScIIUy-
'.ER and all other chartered companies from
any control U,el the land, groutcd-thc
haste with which that company was or
yanized, in Wall street on one days notice,
Immediately after the passage of the bill
the assumptions of its officers and hired
lgents who live among uS-justify lis i'll the
bclief that the cXpun"ings and interpolc-
tons made in the bill, at some stage during
its passage, were done fraudulcntly, and at
the instigation of parties who have since
amazed the people of the Territory by the
GOODNESS Of their understandable pretenSionS
This first move, however Infamous in its in
cepton, has failed in execution. Notwith-
standing the alterations, which in law amount
to forgery, the original meaning and pur-
pose of the act is not DESTROYED or impaired
1t is impossible that the company should be
able to hold an acre of the lands granted
to the Territory by. the law of the Goth
June. The plain object of the Iretcnce,
will be hereafter given and substantiated, if
circumstances require it.
The second move of the SCHUYLER COM
pany, has been in TO .urng the withdrawal
of the government lands from sale and en-
ty. Tie first adventure was comparatively
innocent, insomuch as it must fail to accom-
plsh the purpose sought But this last, is
an act fraught with disastrous consequences
to majority of the people of the Terrific
ry. Anticipating the early sale Of the pub
lie lands, thousands of immigrants have set
tied upon government soil, and invested
their money in improving their Claims
These cam an the amour exptn led,
are jcoparlized by this unlocked for action.
Every months delay helps to cast a shade
upon titles partially acquired, and places
new obstacles in the way of their ultimate
perfection This fact is appreciated by the
great body of settlers west of the MissiS
sippi and the consequence must bc-if the
order of the President, procured at the in
StigatiOn of those engaged in this enormous
swindle shall he carried into elfect-that
improvements upon government lands must
he stopped, in many cases the claims be
abandoned and hundreds of claimants, who
are needed here to develop the country, will
he virtually driven to other localities where
certainty exists of procuring titles to
property. And this, that a corporation,
composed of adventures, men of bloated
wealth, and colossal swindlers may enjoy a
more leisurely opportunity to fill their purses
at the expense of the rights of the people.
We are rcjoiced that, in government
Ike ours, a mode exists, by which those who
tamper with the public good, for the fur
therance of private interests, may be reach
ed, and through which their designs may be
thwarted If the extraordinary pretensions,
advanced with a degree of boldness only
c ;ualled by their infamy, SHAH be persisted