The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-02-14

DER minds to TIA bill The whole machinery
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lpsckisG III thioyEs46ssd eonvsntiea, nni
! tins p]66svsSt I hir n itssntstion Of theiwil
! and ssnti@ehts of, tks Whole people, in thi,
kody which - to hams TIE organic law Of .
sovsssiku 6ests..l If fhe. Aotespor b auabi.
Lioss t6csSstoi skts cea~ensscn, - he very
tHksly 2 vilf d ~ on kspdf faiean friends
DAN sse that he will sppoint bic tsols in those
twenty srthirty snore enissd counties /; have
| the eeasas takento esait him, snd bis men
elected to the convention IN spite Of all oppo.
sition: We have never seen q nicer execu-
i've trap sst 70 catch ussaspectipg green
hons'thanp this; and how any Republican
memhst q the Legislature can walk straight
into it, we do not see. ,4 : = '..A'., -,
We wi1f close by making one or two allu-
sions to the unfair arguments addnced in,fa-
vor of this bill by writer in the MINNEso-
rIAN on Friday morning, or at least refer to
his misstatement of the principles embodied
in the bill reported by Mr.. Grow in Con-
gress, and endorsed unanimously by the Re-
publican committee on Territories of the
House, composed-as:de from the able
-chairman-of such men as Joshua r. Gid
dings, Israel Washburn, Sherman, of Ohio,
Howard, Of Michigan, &C. ..e 81
The writer lays great stress upon the as
sumed fact that the election Of delegates to
the Convention, according to the Congress
sonal bill, would be based upon the present
apportionment. We are certain that the
sensible and proper construction of the law
would be to hold the election upon whatever
apportionnent act was in force at the time of
election. If the old apportionment law has
become, in course of time, unjust in its ope-
ration, why not pass new one before the
Legislature adjourns? There is ample time
left.
The writer further assails the Grow bill
because it-he says-gives to Pembina, with
scarcely no population, twice the represen-
tation it does to Olmsted county tn seven
or eight THOUSAND. Now this writer in ques-
ton is an older citizen of Minnesota than
we, and one as well, if not better, acquainted
with her geography. He knows, and must
have known when he was making this charge,
that Pembina is not included at all within
the limits Of the proposed State of Mime
sofa, as defined in the Congressional bill.-
But in the Thompson bill, his darling pet
child, Pembina is allowed representation in
the convention without making any census
return whatever! How rery consistent, in
deedi
The filings and inuendoes contained in the
communication against the people of St. Paul
and Saltwater, and their representatives of
the Legislature and the press, we deem it in
consistent with dignity and selfrespect to
notice. Those who deal in such clap-trap
and bitter hatred are daily finding out that
while playing the viper, and trying to bite
somebody, they are only gnawing file
They can wall and gnash their teeth at St.
Paul's prosperity to their hearts content. The
motive is properly understood and apprecia-
ted here and however malic' Gus may be the
design, the result will certainly be harmless
to all concerned except themselves.