The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-27
which has been severely exercising some of
our contemporaries ia these latter Gays;
The Minnesotian Ross Rr0wne--The
Administration - 4 Sugg cstiOn ABOUT
the Public LANDS, sc.

administration - 4 Sugg cstiOn ABOUT
the Public LANDS. &c.
The Mianeso!0a Of YESTERDAY makes the |
report Of j. Ross Browns the occasion for an
attack upon the Administration OF President
PIERCE, and accuses il Of intending hostill
ties against the popular sovereignty Of Mime
sofa However uncallcd for, improper and
untrue in poiI,, of iact.we may deem the repogt
referred to. We have as yet been unable TO dis
cover the intentions ct the Administration IL
regard to the subject on upon what foundation
the .liaHes0tlGa rests its accusation. No &c
ton has yet been had upon the report, nor DO
we believe that any will be had that viii re-
suit to the prejudice of the purchasers OF the
| Reserve Lands When the proper department
shall refuse to issue the patents for this tract,
! it will then be time to inquire into the motives
which prompt lis action So long as this has
not been done but, on the other hand, rs we
are cfedibly informed, some of such purchasers
have already received their patents for the
| lands bought at the s4.e at Saltwater, we dep
rccate this premature attack, and the extreme
| bitteruess thai characterzcs some Of our Dai
lies in their illusions to this unfair report, as
! having tendency rather to confirm Than shake
the suspicious OF fraud that may have been
ueedIessly engendercd by il. The Secretary
OF the interior, beng q Western many prob
ably as faily aware Of the public sentiment .,
the WtSt before he received the information
communicated Nv Mr.. BROWNE, as h can now
be, and mast Also nave known tia5 ii Is gronnd-
I'd upon broad principles of right and equity
We therefore rely confidently upon his natural
sympathy with the hardy pioneer, aud cannot
but believe that ia his final decision upon this
matter, he Wal DO Justice 20 the parties inter
estcd
The M,naeroflla asks, " what ought to be
the judgement Of the people upon an Admins
trAtion like this Of franklin Pierce, which
dares initiate the nonasehs and despots OF Eu-
rope 50 far a 70 intilct bis secret spies upon a
whole community Of loyal and intelligent Amer
lean citizens :. Now, il IS we'll known to ouI
people that Mr.. BRoWNE came among US, not
as the secret bU Us the accredited special agent
Of the federal government, TO examine the pub
lie Offices in the Territory, anu to report in
what manner tht lncunlbents thereof discharged
their respective Duties. This is no new system
Of" sgc,ei espIoaase, but one calculated to
preserve purity and efficiency in the subordi-
nate officers of the Executive Departmcntand
which has been pursued by AL previous At-
mnistratons Tie object of Nh BRowNE's
mission was a matter Of public notorety among
! US every one who came in contact with him
knew If and the blame properly falls upon
those Of our citizens who communicated to him
information III regard to public affair.", at "tea
tables private parties, or elsewhere, rather
! than upon q system OF secret espionage which
dad BOT exist If he embraced il his Report
matters which it Was desirable should not be
therein contained H. as we believe. Mr..
BaovYE ias exceeded the powers conferred
anon him, the Administration should mol there
for be censlred but rather their attention
p, should be called to It, that may disregard hIs
voluntary statements, and confinc their spec
agents hereafter to the discharge Of their prop.
, duties
While writing of this matter, It has occurred
te w that oar whole code Of land laws is wrong.
, n, st 0r these laws ore not IN accordance with
4, the public sentiment OF the people amidst
whom they are to be executed, and are there
fore universally disregardcd or eyaded. The
government thus derives no benefit from them
while spirit Of iawessncss and q false code
: Of morals is engendeged in community. $500
Would it not be better that all the public
lands Us soon as surveyed, and without any
previous Offering 81 them atpublc sale, should
become subject TO eutry at 20 per acre,
reSerYing the right Of presumption, as at pres
emit to actual settlers, and restricting the guam
tity which may De entered BY the same ndi
vidua ia each township. Let the person de
string to enter u certain tract Of surveyed lands
ile his application to purchase the same, anC
let such application be retained three months
when, if no person proves his right to pre-emp
oucn lTaCt %! ItiSoh Vi ieiuAi acttcHicH1 a.,
impro cement made prior to the time Of filing
the entry may be made upon the application
We simply throw out The suggestion.
JASE GAY, one of the usurpng trio, PEI.
1ed the following, which our readers vii
pronounce as fully equal to many more ella
!. borate productions of hers, which have gra