The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-11-24
From the Philadelphia North American.
Progress Westwnrd--A Galaxy Of New States
aud Territories.

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Progress westwn.d--A Galaxy Of New states
aud Territories.
The ST. Paul Minnesotian, after giving
the details in reference to the formation of
the proposed new State of Superior, con-
cludes in the following style:
"Then hail all hail! to the coming State
of Superior; and hail to the State of Dako-
tab, which, west of the Big Sioux and the
Red River of the North, and with its centre
in the glorious valley of the River Jacques,
shall bound Minnesota on the West. All
hail to another sovereign community still be-
yond in the fertile valleys Of the Blackteet,
(thc Sitsekah,) amidst tie spurs of the
Rocky Mountains"
An exchange paper in quoting this para
graph speaks of it as fight of fancy. Yet
how long Wilt be before it assumes the tan
gible character of reality? We travel ahead
now at such a rate that it is impossible to
say what is and what is not in the range of
probabilities. The national progress beats
the geographers end map-makers, and rem
ders useless their most strenuous endeavors
to follow. Our maps become antiquated and
incomplete before they are a year old, and
the man may deem himself fortunate who
can boast of having the very latest national
map with all the alterations marked on it.
The New Mexican boundary and the Terri
tories of Washington, Kansas and Nebraska
though already familiar things, are scarcely
to be found on any of them, and even if they
were, two-thirds Of the towns in the new
Territories would be missing, and vast will
dernesses left where Furnishing settlements
exist. What edition of geography, how
ever late, would afford the learncr proper
notion of the importance Of Chicago, or fix
the capital of Kansas, or designate the Saul
Ste Marie Canal anu its great Importance, or
give anything like an adequate idea of the
leading features Of our railroad system? We
have looked in vain on tie national MAPS for
our great railway line from Philadelphia to
st. Louis direct, or that from here to Nigga
Ia Falls.
Minnesota will this fall receive an influx
OF emigrants quite sufficient to cntitlc her to
admission into the Union as sovereign State.
Whether she will get her in for some time to
come, seems to depend very much upon the
adjustment of the Kansas difficulty. The
extract we have quoted above designatcs with
singular accuracy the boundaries which the
reader will recognize as natural and obvious
ly proper ones for the incipicnt States. Sioux
River is part of the western boundary of
Iowa, and its head waters approach within a
short distance of those of the Rcd River of
the North, so that the two would form an
excellent natural boundary. Between that
and the Missouri River lies the large River
Jacques, whose valley is very fertile. From
the manner in which the boundary is desig-
mated, and the name Dakotah fixed, it would
appear that the matter had already been ma
turing out there in the Northwest prepara-
tory to the application of Minnesota for adj
mission to the Union. Between the Missou-
ri River and the Rocky Mountains, and Kan
sas and the British possessions, lies the i'm
mensc Territory Of Nebraska covering all
the vast expanse Of land comprenended be-
tween tho boundaries we have named. Its
southern boundary is the fortieth arallel Of
latitude, and as it is advancing in settlement
with rapidity equal to that of any other
territory, division of it must be looked for
ward to when Minnesota and Nebraska shall
be admitted as States. Should the northern
boundary of the State of Nebraska be fixed
about the forty-iith parallel of latitude, as
seems most likely, there would be north of
it a large cxpanse Of territory remaining to
be organized, and this is what the Minneso-
tan has designated Sitsckah. Here is the
whole of the editors flight of fancy and il
seems improbable only to those who are not
amliar with the wondrous progress of the
mighty West. 1t rests upon the speedy adj
mission into the Union of Nebraska and Min
ncsota as States.
The times seem prolific Of new territorial
projects. Besides the two we have mention
ed, there is Il scheme to divide New Mexico,
and make the Spanish settlements in the
Gadsden purchase the nucleus of new Or
ganlzation; then another to divide Oregon
and make new territory in the eastern half;
and still another to organize the Indian ter
ritory west of Arkansas into an incpient
State with the name of Ncosho. We believe
this about all the territorial projects, and no
doubt the reader will say that it is quite
enough for the present. as we have here six
new territories, all entailing u heavy expense
upon the national government. AT present
we have seven territorial organizations, and
if these sixnew ones were added, there would
be thirteen in all. But it is proposed to d.
mnish this array by admitting as States, Or
egon, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas, all
of which would have the requisite population
before the measures necessary for their state
sovereignty could be made Were this done
there would be but three Of our present ter
ritorics remaining---New Mexico, Utah and
Washington. New Mexico had sufficient
population long ago, and should have been
admitted as a State when Gen Taylor re-
commended it, No doubt it would have been
but for the sectional agitation got up against
it by Foote, Tombs, Stephens, Davis, etc
The next Congress will probably settle some
of these questions. Fl Ict
As regards the agitation for the formation
of the new State Of Superior, its prospects
are not very promising now. There is class
of such projects which will be deferred as
long as possible by Congress. Among them
are the division of Texas into four States, and
of California into three. As California, if
divided, would Increase the number of Slave
States, and thus the slavery question meets
us at every turn. These considerations, how
ever, would no longer obstr,ct our legsla-
ton were Oregon, Minnesota, Nebraska and
Kansas to be admitted into the Union Mt the
next session of Congress, as we trust they
may be. 1t is said to be the earnest desire
OF the national administration TO remove the
Kansas question from the approaching Pcsi-
dental canvass. This can be done in no 9TH
err way than by the admission of Kansas in
to the Union, with Constitution of herown
choice, and restoration Of her citizens to
the sovereignty,o Of which they have been de-
prived. Now il Kansas is ready for adtnis- |
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