The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-02-10
Veto of the Act Re-enacting and mend
ing the Charter OF the M. & NV. h. II
Company.

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Company.
The Message of Gov. GoRxAS, vetoing
the Act amendatory of, and rc-enacting,
the Charter of the Minnesota and North
western Railroad Company, meets as we
predicted it would, with very general favor
We have not yet met clear-thinking, in
telligent man, who fails to admit either the
correctness Of his positions, or the business
OF his conclusions. The Territory has been
flooded with pamphlets got up by those i'll
the interest and pay of this comp any, which
have teemed with deliberate falsehoods, ana
cunning Misrepresentation. Immense rev
enues to the Territory were figured up, as
certain to come from the Compsny's treasu-
~, for which no basis is found either in the
original charter, or in the amendatory act.
Careless people have been led astray by the
reckless pretensions contained in the COM
pany's papers and pamphlets. Very many
have been induced to believe that the orgi-
nal charter in its original shape was after
the common pattern of such things-con-
tanning nothing Of really dangerous ma
ture to the interests Of the people-or, if
slightly injudicious, its faults were abund-
antly cured 10y the amendments.
The truth is, these amendments are, if
possible, greater fraud than was the orig
inal act. The objections to them are we'll
presented in the Veto Message, and we re-
produce them here /:
lst. The per centaee no paid to the Territory is
the same as in the old charter.
3D. Tho taxation of their lands postponed until the
chssers and or from the company while the old charter
did not mention the subject and therefore left all real
estate "a s liable to taxation from the beginning
90 some oil the obligations held against the company
press repeal.
18th. The cid charter is reepacted to cure all ,revi
Gus failures and defalcatons of the company.
5th The time is extended TOR the completion of the
first fifty miles of the road
9th. The time ID extended for the completon of thu
whole line Of the road. - p
7sh The time is extended for completing the tele-
graph.
sth The power to alter, amend, or REPEAL ia clo.red
with provision to bind the people forever to this cor
PoFa'on or to take upon the Territory public debt
Either one of the points made is sufficient
in itself to warrant the interposition of the
Executive veto /; altogether they force upon
him such veto, as the only possible course to
be taken consistent with just exercise of
his duty.
Aside from these positions of the Exec
utive, based solely on grounds of expeden-
cy, there is another, higher than all, which
alone would have justified the Governor in
the action taken. There is a morality in
volved, which, however lightly it may be
commonly considered, governments cannot
afford to disregard any more than individu-
ais. This Minnesota and Northwestern
Railroad Company, stands branded before
the nation as the procurer of forgery in the
national legislature, and the corruption of
the government agents in the federal courts.
Afhliatlon with q corporation thus tainted,
would work an injury to the reputation and
best interests of Minnesota, beyond the
power of dozen railroads to cancel On
this loftier ground, the Governor might
have planted himself without fear of dis
lodgment from any influence.
e~ On the I'd inst, fire occurred at
the Gait House, in Louisville, KY. 1t de-