The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-02-02

i would have us bend tie knee and kiss til
. rod thus held over our backs. We sa,
never, never!
The Emi:rant Asency---German Opinions.
We have not met with single German
J citizen, whose opinion is worth any thing a
all, who does not agree with US that the PEG
pie are taxed for nothing in the keeping of a,
Emigrant Agency at New York. Every on.
of them with whom we have conversed ar.
in fuvor of abolishing the office.
Mr.. Bernard has returned to Minnesots
for the purpose of having his salary increas
ed, it would seem from bill now before tie
House, and which is to be acted upon to-
day. Instead Of increasing his salary, VIC
hope bill will be put through as soon as
possible to abolish tie Office We hope
before any of the members vote upon the
subject, that they will carefully read the fol-
lowing editorial, translated from the Mime
sofa Zeituns of last Saturday:
"TRUE MINNEsorIANs" is the signature
Of an article in the Pioneer and Democrat.
containing number of Suggestions to our
legislators. And good article it is, indeed;
so good, that those whom it was penned for
should read it over and over again until they
know it by heart. For those true AIinncso-
tians don't say anything but the truth, the
whole truth they do So Spontaneously
unsolicited, without any previous CONVERSE
ton with the appointee, without any object
| besides the prosperity of this Territory. In
short, they are ''honorrble men," Also, they
are sort of modest men, calling themselves
an "humble source"--an humble source,
however, that will run right across your road
so you can't help stepping into it, bon gre
naalgre. Yes, gentlemen of the humble source
we talk French just as well as you, which
fact we only mention tout en- pGssa,,t, wishing
however to get needed and distinctly UNDER
| stood. The gentlemen of the humble source
have been travelling a good deal over the
East, where, in regard to knowledge of our
Territory, they did not meet with any body
else but regular grecnhorns, especially in
Maine. Of course, gentlemen, we want you
to travel all around, to tell those ignorant
eastern people that they must not take Min
nesota for "bilious fever" country. For
this we will give you thousand dollars and
another thousand to operate on the minds of
those poor, forlorn "Dutchmen," which, hut
for your advice, would not know where to
60, nor what to do when they come to the
shores of this asylum of Liberty. Did those
thousands of intelligent New Englanders
that settled here before you were thought of,
ask you for information about this country
We rather think they owe their knowledge
to not quite SO humble a source
If by dozens Of newspapers published in
the Territory, by hundreds of books, pamph-
lets, travelling guides b. thousands and thou
sands of letters-by the lively intercourse
between our citizens and their friends and
relations-by tourists and foreign travellers
for which our Territory is regular para
dise-by documents, such as the Governors
Message, which VIC have sent to Germany and
all over the Union to our cxchanges-if all
this has failed to spread correct knowledge
of our Territory, then, neither you, disinter-
ested gentlemen, nor Prof. Burnand, are very
likely to attain this object.
How absurd! to compare the achievements
and capacity of one man, even if he was the
most able and talented, with what may he
effected by the press. But you don't care
about promulgating knowledge! We know
what you want, and we too believe that two
|
would enable Mr.. Burnand to keep his fam
lily around him and live with some degree ti
comfort; but we declare as our opinion, and
in the name of all the German citizens in this
Territory, those excepted who ere personally
interested or prejudiced, that it would he
wantonly wasting the public funds, if such
an enormous sum should be granted for SER
vices which are merely imaginary, as much
so for the whole Territory as for the peculiar
interests of those Of our American fellow
citizens who support Mr.. Burnand from pri-
vate views.
1t would be improper if we would talk
about Mr.. Burnards qualifications for that
Office, considering this. very Office mere
nullity and good-for-nothing concern; that
the gentleman is very well acquainted in
New York City, we don't doubt; that lie
talks fiuently French and English, we admit
but his being master of tie German Ian
influence our countrymen as to the choice of
their future homes, ought TO understand our
native language little better than he does.
TO those of the American supporters OF
the Emigrant Agent, who believe that thi
officer will lead lot of "Dutchmen" by
| their noses every year to the desirable 81
lands, owned by those gentlemen. we would
humbly suggest that they will find them
selves greatly mistaken. The name of EN-
igrant Agent don't sound we'll now, and
those times have passed away, when we
used to listen to the song of these birds.
| If We true Minnesotians, hereafter, by
our paper or by letters to influential men in
the "old country" or to our friends and re-
lations, could state that Minnesota has good
and wise legislators that will not throw away
the public funds for useless offices, this would
induce good many more respectable Ger
mans to immigrate hither, than all the agents
and negotiators in the world, Mr.. Burnand
not excepted, ever could.
By giving in the above our views on the
utility and necessity of abo!ishing the office
of an Emigrant Agent for Minnesota, we
merely intended to show to our friends and
the rest of mankind, where we stand on this
question, rather than to make any effort t.
prevent what we consider wrong. OuI
readers will find out once more that the prt
dominant faction can do what they please.
, Il William NJ. Harding, a member o
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