Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-10-08

mon. u. ~ sIBxlEY. ~ Nh
what xhss III. AZ sisIsy done Fat
shoula Rtisls him 10 TIL votes ofsbe
peopb of Minaesotsfor Governor asybe
coming electioni1 Judgs Meeker m
swsred this question most efectualy last
|sssdsy .sysning n hissspsschs EIe'
kpows thu wants of The eountrya having
adopted il for his home twenty three
years ago, He u an honest man an
will % thr fhs interest Of. Minnesota
even shouldvits come sinscondicf with tis'
own private interest. Whit has he
dane \ He went TO Washington 40
Delegate from that part of Wisconsin,
whica was left without any organisation
when that State wa. admitted into The
Union, and By his personal influence
alone, succeeded in getting the Terrific
~ of Minnesota organized There was
then but handful Of citizens ii the
Territory He was elected again Dele
gate to Congress. and succeeded in get
ting more for the Territory than any
Delegate ever GET FOR any other Terri
tory grants which have contributed
#g E q - @ t
more towards the unprecedented pros
perIty Of Minaesota, than everything
else put together. He procured from
Congress double the amount Of School
Lands that any other Territory ever re-
ceived. He procured two whole town
ships Of land for . University. He pro-
cured large grants for Roads III the
Territory, the benefits Of which We see
at our very doors, as well as III every
part Of Minnesota. He is not an. old
hackneyed politician. He came into
the Territory soon after he arrived at
an age which rendered him eligible 10
Office, tooiyoung TO havelmingled much
N politics, and has here held political
' Offices only when they have been al
most unanimously rendered him. He
was unanimously elected president Of
the late Constitutional Convention, and
in that capacity secured the confidence.
and respect Of all, and he was nominate,
ed for the office for which he is now a
candidate at the late nominating con-
vention By accla4ation, there being NOT.
= dissenting voice, 50 appropriate did
the nomination seem to all. 15s
I, Il II. Sibley is as courteous, hospita-
bic and liberal as gentleman, as he
has been Efficient and successful as a
politician. He is digniied. but sfable
to a! When the country was new and
few D., ,..cesc cnid beafound where stran-+
perJ could nd comparable quarters,
evcntfor . night, his & soors ,sS'e oPeneo
for their.arcommodat alton, AM. we nave
ourself seen as many as forty or fifty -
2 time, enjoying his hospitality free, as
his own open heart Is generous and mo-
bic. TAN about the old residents vot-
4 ing against HsaH4 sibley.a Not one can
be found who will DO 90 If he but knows
he man, be he Democrator,R epublicanF
Howtca = friend Of the Upper Missis-
'ippi oppose I'LL best friend they ever
h = How can Sank Rapids east !
single vote against the man who has. Of |
al others. been her friend Z When
heis ~asinbtsone % say = word q d. a
hing b. for the b country. above S.. Anthony,
4 +. sibley BY his own exartipn alone,
. 'nd when l there vas bpt A handful, of
ocople above that. town.. brought the
:onptry into notice BY getting a new
Land District set of. and q Land Once
here, and as Ear as AS we e know
his was wholly sdhsolicit9d on lie part
f any one 10 his fDisifict. He has
y yer h, been q firm friend Of the Uppcr
Mississippi, q iii DC the old residents
1no " Gull vel. and shall we not giye
I'm a \ eur vote foFa an office he so wen
nerlts! s I,,,s Il II .,srs u, ~ ..,5s"s
5at ~ -s-- 4 lFss4sl
Ridge sslsslksur. gayslIthe people III
'as'k Rapids an ssivss speech onl
raesday eye Ii y, la.k 4,nsa 9 .hsossvwle4d
'ssiply 'thset,fhe DsnNfrsts had ana
o ..El il The lale, Constitutional CoAxsa-
iisDsIs; and spoke Of the frauddfent me4ns