Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-04-22
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for the beit afthsir popAlAsion i NH,
leaving sha j and findid nav haA.es NJ
MinnesaaY and o,has Northi 4stsrnll
States. The population Of that Terrii-
tory il loyal "a their gosssnnsaa s.. loo.la
aqd s national. Il Is = law-abidinp NOM
latioa, And therein contrasts remarkable
With che population which that parry,
tas party lePrssensed " gen,lemea g.
this ao0fs from the northeast, are send.
ing for their own political purposes iosoI
Kansas. The emigration Is Minnesota
= voluntary one, Emigran,s 20 there
70 TO seek 4 new and prosperous home.
They are not sent there, by politicians
ier the promotion Or the prospects &c
political or sectional party, and their
conduct when they reach their new home
= that whiSh we would expect at good
citizens They -ares williag thai aheir
own prosperity andath of the land of
their new home sshallstravel along mar,
passa. The are intelligent, industrious,
te'nterprising and you find their iindus-'
try. intelligence and enterprise directed
to the legitimate channels Of business.
Theysdo not go there as politicians, as
do,mauy to Kansas, for the promotion Of
their own political aggrandizement, or
the manufacture Of political capital for
their associates in the States.
have said il was my fortune to have
traversed a considerable portion Of thar
territory. It's southern portion is, per
haps, with the exception Of few coun-
ties, as dcnsely populated as almost any
Praire. counties in Iowa. One can tray-
erse one week valley or skirt, grove
aalhmos. wholly, uninhahited, and the mex.
week he would, find towns and; villages
sPri.ngsInss Up in the same, localities. Ii
was asked by the Senator. from Massa-
ch"setss, the other day. Why we should
assume. certain amount Of population,
Simply, because we have no other data,
than assumption. The same thing was
assumed in the Instance Of California
we have assumed certain population
IN Kansas. There was no complete
census in either Of those cases, as there
mas been none in the case Of Minnesota,
ss we are compelled, if we would be-
l I. the local representatives Of the
Territory, to credit Minnesota with
some SOM two two hundred and forty-seyen thou
sand and Inhabitants, and that, too, was five
OF isl SIX IF HH2}nlth ' ago, The Intervening
TN. nn'1a has as given opportunity for hundreds,
Y s.. not Thousands, more Of inhabitants to
pour IN there from the adjoining States
OF WISCONSIN and Iowa, and, indeed
tom more remote localities for. not
wlll'standing the close of navigation. il
70 notorious, in the case of ,Minnesota
as i was in that Of Wisconsin. that 4
heavy overland emigration continues
through the winter. i have seen in
'n'dwlnter, and in The middle Of as se-
we're aawmter as that climate knows.
hundreds Of emigrants, some years
since, en- rouie for Wisconsin,. ayailinp
themselves Of the very means which
would deter. perhaps, those accustomed
TO miider climate, from travelling al ali.
namely The snow, and Ice, and the fac;li-
ties these gave. for Transporting their
household goods to their new homes.
Emigration continues, and. upon the
opening OF navigation, Il viii po ta,i.' into
the Territory TO am extent almost In
credible to one who has not " itnessed;it.
believe the State to be not only en-
titled IN justice, as compared with Cali
fornia and other new States We have
admitted, TO three Representatives,. but
\ believe taemsto De absolutely and IN.
suah6edly entitled to them by their ac-
iu ' amount MOI Of population, If we re-
iuse them that number Of Represents
tIyes, We punish them for our own II sin IN;
forthe Government failed to provide Tie
means of taking the census, and thus
threw them uponstheirown estimate in
f tta' their representation. There il no
Pretenss that the ceg sus was fully taken.
The mdfshaf promises, it Is true, to con 81.
tinue thsccnsus, and furnish further re-
turns hereafter. He eau never do 10
under the old law. .... 5,..., & .5',5s.,, s 81
s.sT ne, am! se offered by the ssna-
toT from Georgia, not now in his seat.
thdr Toombs, would do Tie other
ststes simple jdstics,s n they object IL
three Representatives from i nfinnesot