Minnesota weekly times., 1857-03-07
Removal Of the Capital.

We perceive that the bill for the removal of
the Capital of Minnesota, from St. Paul to st.
Peter, has passed the Minnesota Legislature, and
only requires the signature of GOV. German to
complete the most pointed insult that has eyer
been cast on the good sense of our people. Are
not % the people proper judges where their Capital
Have they empowered their Representatives to
act on this question at all And in acting on it
without the people having voice in it, as it was
not an issue ia the late election, have they not
cast an insult on their constituency, and doubly
so by totally dsregarding their wishes ? Are
we to be controlled by molisd monopolies? If
We are, our boasted institutions are dead letter.
We see their overpowering influences at work in
our national Capitol. Intriguing fnanciers are
nightly over their cups taxing their brains to Sc
cure success in some gigantic railroad specula-
tion or other stupendous fraud on the people.
Minnesota is young and vigorous and while so,
let her cast off the giants grasp, ere it is too
late.
!, Let the peoples rights be seen to, and guarded
with a jealous eve, and when their interests are
trnmpled on by their representatives, As ir the
moval of the Capital, let those representatives, Ia
left 1T home tn wither beneath the contempt of
their constituents, whom they have betrayed. " !
Let those that voted for that measure be sing.
led out: Let them be marked as men, who as
su.ned and exercised the rights Of the people for
Their own aggrandizement. and in which no CON-
Hdenoe can hereafter be PLACED. W
Let those who were true TO their constituents,
be remembered as men in whom the people may
contde. -
The people have right to judge-let them ex-
ercise that right and pass sentence on their be-
trayers-Rice County Heruld. -,
Do men 20 to St. Paul to be bought and sold
like cattle in the market? If not, how in the
name of common sense did this bill ever pass
For no one, laying any claim to truth or integri-
ty, could possibly be so brazen faced as to say
that the bill passed the Legislature because the
members thereof believed the measure to be a
just one. e.
We hate to charge public servants With deri-
lection of duty, with putting themselves up at
auction and passing over into the hands of the
highest bidder, but when men rise up in the Sem
ate chamber and throw their influence in favor
of a measure, principle that they have always
heretofore fought bitterly against, without giving
any reason to justify their course, they must ex-
cuse US for telling them that we greatly question
the sincerity of their motives, the honor of the
action. 7...1E t,asY ~ ae1'It -fT
Ii is mistaken notion that men are sent to the
capitol to dicker in town lots and rrivats ex-
change. They are sent there to attend to the af-
fairs of the State. Less dickering and more hon.
est legislation is required at their hands.
,AW We have snd that now is not the time to locate
the capitol of Minnesota, we said 80 Because we
don't know where the State of Minnesota is. We
don't know nor can we tell where the boundary
lines will be fixed. consequently we can't get at
the centre, the most eligible and best adapted
point, we don't therefore, want to get at any
point at all; we want the capitol to stand where
it is, until the State boundaries are fixed, then
let i1 be removed and located, at some central
proper place, and there remain, to be removed
no more forever. sfl b.tr 7etaf gU'Fs
Should we adopt the pcrambulating system
and have the Legislature meet at St. Paul one
year, at st. Peter another, at Cannon Falls anoth-
er, at some other point another, it would no
doubt be all very we'll for some. Many Legisla-
tors would make enormous fortunes by stock
jobbing and exchanging, and as many hungry,
starving of6ce-seekers would satisfy the knawinz
Of their empty nav with the crumbs that fan
from their masters crib We oppose this sys-
tenn, however, altogether, and we do so because
we believe it to be wrong. The only true, polls.c
course to pursue IN this matter, is to let the cap
iiol remain as it now is until the State bounds
ries arc permanently fixed, then let those who
are interested in its location choose site and
there let it bes-Caanom Falls Gazette. lizaA1