The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-12-30
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMB'R 2s, 1854
The Old Propensity Still Predomi nant.

J III NCDA1 MONN1NU, DLCEMD II &c, ICOt
The Old Propensity Still Predominant.
The Times will never live day without try
ing to msrepresent and injure some one. In
speaking yesterday of the Superior City case,
and directing its remarks to the "Senor" of
the Minnesotian, it says:
"The Company who have swindled the hon
est claimants out of their land is the same Com
pany that he has been landing for the last two
months as the most honest, disinterested and
patriotic Company in the world
The editor, by this kind of miserable subter-
fuge and Misrepresentation, tries to prove us
inconsistent. There is no more truth in this
than there usually is in the editors articles
upon matters referring to those whom he hates
and despises, merely because they differ with
him. He can never give an opponent any ere
dit for purity of motive, from the fact, we pre-
sumo, that he is actuated by no such impulse
himself
The Minnesota and North Western Railroad
Company never had and have not now, the
name of a solitary individual upon its stock
books who owns or claims foot of land at SUI
perior City. The Railroad Company and the
Company to whom was awarded Messrs. Brun-
son 4 Slaughtcr's property by the Hudson de-
cision-or who expect to purchase it of the
pre-cmptors" if they succeed in getting a
title to it's no more the same Company
than is the Ontonagon Mining Company and
the Railroad Company. We should suppose
if the NJ. and n. W. Il. r. Company wished to
go into land spcculations at Lake Superior,
they would make their claims or purchases at
the terminus of their road. which is by their
charter, in Minnesota, and not in Wisconsin at
Superior City, which is across a wide eXpanse
of water, and several miles from the terminal
ing point designated by the charter. But the
! Times has so often falsely asserted that the
charter allows the road to terminate in Wiscon-
sin, that we suppose the editor has absolutely
worked himself into belief of the lalschood.
| But even admitting that the two Companies
are the same. Would that compel us to uphold
an illegal decision in land claim? he are
certainly not compelled to go it blind on all
occasions, as the Times does. And the Times
we'll knows that those WHO have been wrongly
treated by the Hudson decision are, and al
ways have been, as strongly in favor of having
the Railroad built in the shortest possible time.
as have the parties who contcnded against
them. There has been 10 division of senti-
ment upon this point among the people who
originally claimed interests at Superior. al
have sustained, from the start, the course ofthe
Minnesotian, and condemned the course of the
Times. This is their position still and is likely
to be.
| The Times may rest assured that the eggs in
its new mares. nest won't hatch. We shall
still continue to cordially cooperate with eve
ry man in Minnesota. or elsewhere, who goes
for putting through our great Railroad from
the Iowa line to Lake Superior. and putting it
through uaGer the Old cha,ter. If we fail in
having this point carried, we will then SO for
the next best chance, regardless as to who may
be the co-wOrkers we find ourselves amongst ;
but we are still of the opinion there is no next
best chance, and that the old plan is the only
one. Therefore, we intend to stick to it while
there is plank left to stand upon.
The Times may as we'll consider its attempt
to create discord between the Mnnesotan and
its old Railroad friends as a grand Gzzle."
All such efforts, from any quarter, will prove
to lie at very great discount.
Land Sale ut saltwater.
Some days since, it will be recol!cctcd, we
published certain correspondence between the
Land Officers at Saltwater and the Commiss-
Toner of the the General Land Office, in which
Mcssrs Fullerton and lIolcombc alleged that
they believed combination existed at the
sale on the lth September 1t is but just to
them, and to all concerned, that we should
publish also the following-their final report
upon the sutject-which We find in the Demo
crat of the 22l. 1t will be seen that this let
ter makes ''all right with the purchasers
We presume their patents will be along in due
time. Having had another land case to at
tend to the past few days. We were unable to
give sooner attention to this one:
LAND OFFICE, SALTWATER, NJ T.
December s, 1854.
SIR Your letter Of the 4th Oct last re-
quirng us to report to you all the facts and
circumstances going to show the existence OF
a combination to prevent bidding OH the lands
sold at public auction, at this Office on the llth
Sept. last, with such other testimony as we
may be able to produce, has been received.
After this delay We have been unable to pre-
cure any testimony on the subject, and pro-
coed now to state the circumstances upon
which We based our opinion, as stated in our
report Ofthc 18th Sept, last. We therefore
respectfully represent that our belief of the
existence of the aforesaid combination is based
mainly upon public rumor; that of our own
knowledge, we know Of no facts or circumstan-
ces, except, that body of men on horses, came
into the town the day previous, headed by
bugler, who, it was said. came to attend the
land sales. We would further add, that the
sale was made during a very rainy day, some
200 persons present, and all alike, at their own
suggestions. were exposed to the weather. none
being permitted to remain in the office the
Crier and Clerk standing in the door. the pco-
pie in the street. The utmost harmony pre-
vailed during the sale. We neither saw nor
heard of the presence of any deadly weapons.
or threats to use them, and but for some half
dozen more or less of cudgels or canes, left on
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