Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-09-13
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|i0s & n fsir ~ NJ a1I IN ths Philadelphis
NJ nsfiis sa Il. which \ friend h.s
KIN 81. ftirnisI va uf 81 Eas
A census of ire pescefoI and flourish
~ s' 3, 6ss 'i bs ;'f
tsksnt MA enough returns hive been WI
cieyed ~ warrant the statement that III
tsgeregese pqp9latioq Al this time IS
rs. 6O0 louls. This IL not sufficient Ia
sssanfiiile fsg xEIFlrIItot,fi io admission INTO
'the UnionEas n slIss. isoE does il appear
to ~ fhe wish 81 TIE mia bifapfs ~ apply
just yet. Having the territorialsxpen-
ses paid BY the national gosernment,
they are not fin \ hurry W assume the
responsibilities md hurthens III ia in-
dependent State. Minnesota, owing To
its locaiionin the remote and frigid narth
has never been ! hone of cnatention viii,
sectional politicians, md hence Il has
been leit to grnw quietly and undisiurb-
ed by the, agitation inseparabls from
slavery. Minnesota contains the last
fragment ofthatnorthwest territory from
which ihe, pacnliAr institution was pro-
hibited by the ordnance nc I7S7, but it
|also embraces 4 vast quantity nj other
territory included between the Missouri.
Blue Earth and mississippi rivers, and
the northern boundary of the republic !.
A large portion of the northern shore of
Lake Superior Is in this territory and its
whole surface is ipterspersed 40 thickly
with rivers and lakes as to make it about
the best watered portion Of the Union.
Its soil ~ every where very fertile, and
yields abundant harvest To the farmer.
Besides commanding The terminus oi the
navigation oi the great lakes, il contains
the head Of navigation on the Mississippi
pi, borders for 4 great distance. on the
Missouri river, and has flowing through
its heart the Red river. whose waters
empty into Hudson's Bay. All these
considerations indicate that Minnesota
must some day become mighty, pop
ulnus and Furnishing State. Her re-
sources are unsurpassed. Wisconsin,
directly by her side, has attained a
growth which is truly surprising. So
alsn have Michigan and Maine, whose
latitude is about the same as that of Min
nesota. From these facts it is apparent
tha, the high northern location 81 Min
ncsota Is no draw back upun her pros
poets. These regions are peculiarly
adapted to the production Of breadstuffs
and already Wisconsin and Michigan
are large growers thereof. On The
northern boundary III the territory are
several settlements founded by Lord
Selkirk, a portion nf which are in MIN
nesota. They have successfully brayed
all the perils Of that remote interior
northern wilderness, and maintained
their communities On the banks III the
Red river for many years. When
founded, they were all supposed to be on
British territory but when the north
ern boundary # the United Sites was
adjusted the surveyors ascertained that
"a pnri inn Of the .seit EN- nts we're in our
ground Upon the organization Of a
government in Minnesota they
received attention, and their district be-
came q county,. which IS regularly rep
resented il, a territorial legislature.
The extension of Settlements up the
head waters OF the Mississippi has been
sc great value to- these isnlated people,
affording them opportunities of obtain
ing supplies Of goods more ensIy. The
eL:x, - ny.x3. !, -,
that even the most nnrtherly parts 81
thu territory can and will be used for
settlement ssiJ3 ais
fs Whether the Red River of the north
will ever become Of more than mere
local use for navigation is problem
yet to be solved The settlements We
have rrierredio as biting located upon
il, wers established by vessels which
entered i from Hudson's Bay after
crossing the Atlantic nceHn They pas
sed from that great bay into Nelson )
river, thence through Lake Winnipeg,
and 90 down into Red River. What
was thus accomplished may be repeated:
hut we know Sri litile Or that vast inte-
rior region III our continent that il il i'm
possible to speak Gifts capabilities. On
the eastern continent, cliinates in the
same latitude are believed to be essen-I
TALLY milder,I and settlements are estah-s
lishrd even m the shores pf the Arctic
ocean nr lily bays Thus Archangel,
one Or the principal pss'srts u Russia. II
On the White Sea, which can only he
entered frDm tls. Arctic ocean. list. Int
ii,lde of ths city ii % degrees and the
approach to il u much further north,
while Hudson's Bay and its approaches
hre far south of that latitude The
Hudsbn's Bay Company have FIVE forts
on the shores Of the bay, ailabove the