Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-07-18

tnan desire 10 secure the interests Oh our Ter
rtosy. We are in the employ of no company or
CLIQUE, and what we utter comes from conviction
cf duty We owe the people Read the commune
cation.
For the Times.
THE RAIL ROAD EODGE.
Nh. EplroR,-I read with much satisfaction
your article of this morning in reference to the
minnesota Rail Road Bill,'' and fully coincide
in your construction of the grant. In fact the
construction is self-cyident to every man of Or
binary capacity. No doubt can exist that the in
tention of Congress was to defeat the right of
the Company chartered by the last Legislative AS
sembly of this Territory, and to leave to future
legislation the control of the lands granted. Such
being the intention of the law, it is the duty of
all good citizens of the Territory to endeavor to
see it carried out, even although individual inter-
ests may for a time be jeopardised, and the pros
perity of the Territory temporarily Retarded
There is no doubt that the charter of the Eastern
Company was hurried through with too little at
t,ntion, nor is there any doubt that corruption
was used in accomplishing the design. These
circumstances being well known to members of
Congress, it was determined that no grant of lands
should be given to the Territory for railroad pur
poses, which should not be wholly and entirely
subject to the disposal of the Legislature Of the
Territory at a future session of the same. 1t
was known that men would be much more careful
in giving away what they already possess, than in
the REIMBURSEMENT of contingent rights, the value
of which they cannot fully realize. The shrewd
men of Wall street, through whose influence and
money the grant was obtained, were fully aware
of this tendency of human nature-hence their
desire to obtain the charter in advance of the
grant. Finding, however, that Congress would
not place the lands at their disposal by
virtue of the charter of last winter, they
agreed with great show of fairness to amend the
bill introduced by them, that the benefit of the
grant should not SEIZURE to the benefit of any
Company heretofore constituted or organized.''
At the same time they gave out the promise
that they would take the risk of surveying the
route Immediately after the grant should pass,
trusting that the Legislative Assembly at its next
session would renew the charter already given
This had an appearance of great fairness andhad
it been carried out, would in all probability have
ensured the success of their enterprise to a Ger
charter would be renewed without some amend
monts by way of safeguards to our people. But
what do we find to be their course in the matter
As soon as the Bill is signed and becomes law,
they cunningly pretend that they are entitled to its
benefits on the ground that the Company was not
''organizcd' until the first day of July, one day
after the act Of Congress became law. Their
. az bo rff l-d,
Of the Schuylers the leading spirits of the enter
prize, whose fraudulent Railroad transactions
have lately been published to the worldly 1t has
been said of them that they were so shrewd that
they were able to get up Railroad charters which
would anticipate every possible objection and
''hold waters under all circumstances. But it re-
mains to be seen whether the intention of Congress
rights by mere bubble and tcchnicality. The
intention of the law is manifest from its language
and was we'll understood by the Committee
through whose hands it passed. Had any men,
Der of Congress, suspccting trick, moved to
amend the Bill by providing that the grant should
not enure to any Company already ''chartered,"
no one would have dared to oppose it, and the
amendment would have prevailed. The trick
however was too cunning to be observed and no
one was to blame but the parties interested in the
charter given by our last Legislative Assembly,
No fault believe is to be ascrbed to our worthy
Delegate, for it is we'll known that the Bill was
not drawn by himself and was not seen by him
until the day of introduction, when it was placed
in his hands. 1t became necessary that the Del
egate f. ON the Territory should nomnaly intro
ducc it and he believing that the interests of the
Territory would be promoted by its passage, con-
scntcd to do so. The fraud was consummated
through the money and influence of the Schuylers
and their Associates. | desire Mr.. Editor that
our citizens should deliberate upon this NATTER
| know that the vast influence of this monopoly
will be excrtcd to turn public opinion in their ia
VOL know that employment and situations will
be promised to hundreds-that the ssalmightv
dollar will be freely used to secure the election
of a majority of members in the next Legislative
Assembly, to enable them to avoid by Il new char
ter all questions which may arise concerning the
old one, but trust that the Representatives of
the people Will not again place confidence in those
who have insuted their constituents by attempts
to perpetrate gross fraud upon their rights
And trust too that you will continue to stand by
right and justice and the interests of the commu-
nifty, fearless of the consequences, no matter who
are the parties interested. YOU
ASTf-FRAUD.
st. Paul, July Is, 1854.
PRIZE GIFTs.-We understand that certain
parties, favorably inclined toward the Fakir of
silva, have cast some unworthy imputations upon
the committee of gentlemen, who took into their
hands the distribution of prize gifts, on the 4th
of July. Now Judging by what ''evcry body
says" this man is q notorious swindler. We have
in orr possession, extracts from a large number
of papers, charging him with almost every species
of light fingered and rascally tricks. These re-
ports must have come to the ears Of Robbins &
Co.. and We think thev were entirely instif;ed in