The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-04-08
Debate In the senate on the Admission
OF Minnesota

As this is subject in which every Min
sotfan feels u derp interest, we propose 10
give such portions of the debate COPIED
from the official reports in The Globe as
seem to us interesting to the people of the
State.
In the Senate, on the oath of March, the
Vice President called the attention of the
Senate to the special order : the Pacific
Railroad bill. Mr.. DooLIrrLE, (Rep.) of
Wis, moved that the special order be post
poned, and the Minnesota bill be taken up.
A discussion ensued on this point, when it
was finally determined to take up the Min
nesota bill by the following vote;
YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Biggs.
Bright, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, COlamer,
Crittendcn, Doolittlc, Douglas, nurkee Fvons
Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Fosler, Hale Hamlin,
Harlan, Houston, johnson Of Arkansas, John
son of Tennessee Jones, King, Pngh, Seward,
Simmons, Stuart and Wade-30.
NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Bigler, Broderick,
Brown, Clay. Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hunter,
Iyerson, Mason. Polk, Sebastian, Slldcil, Wright,
and Yulee-l6.
The Minnesota bill was then read second
time, and considered as in committee Of the
whole. 1t is as follows:
whereas, an act of Congress was passed,
February 2G, lo,7, entitled IAN act TO authorize
the people Of the Territory OF Minnesota to
form constitution and State government pre-
paratory 10 their admission into the Union on
an fpntiuQr Va lth the original states. and
whereas the people of said Territory did, on the
18th day Of August, 1867; by delegates elected
for that purpose, form for themselves a consti.
tBtion and State government, which is repnbi
can in form, and was ratified and adopted by
the people, at an election held on lhe 18Th Of
October 1857. for that purpose, IN pursuance
Of said act Of Congress: therefore
BE il enacted by the senate and House Of Re
presentatives OF the United States Of America.
10 Congress embied, That the state of MIN
ncsota shall be one. and il hereby declared 10
be one Of the United States Of America. and ad.
mitted iuto the Union on an cqnal footing with
the original States, in all respects whatever.
SEC z And be IL further enacted. That SAID
State shall be entitled to one Representative,
and such additional Representatives., in Con
gress, as the population OF said State, according
to the census authorized by the act approved
February %, 1866, shall show il To be entitled
TO according to the present ratio OF representa-
ton, and no more.
Mr.. Pugh. wish to offer to the bill an
amendment similar TO the one proposed TO
the Kansas bill yesterday.
And he IL further enacted, That from and az.
ter the admission Of the state Of Minnesota. as
hereinbefore provided, oil the laws Of the Uni
ted States which are not locally inapphcable,
shall have the same power and effect within
that state as in other states Of the Union; and
the said state is hereby constituted sJndlcisl
district Of the United States, within which a
district court, with like powers and lu1sdic-
ton "a the district court Of the United states
for the district Of Iowa. shall be establi-hed.-
The Judge, attorney and marshal Of the United
States for the said district Of Minnesota. shall
reside within the same. and shall be enctlei 10
the same compensation a. the judge, attorney.
and marshal 0f the district Of Iowa.
The amendment was agreed 10.
Mr. Douglas. | desire 10 call the atten.
ton Of the Senate 10 the second section OF
this bill. fixing the representation oi the rev
State Of Minnesota IN the IIouse Of Repre-.
sentaiives. agreed to that scction a. II y
presented in this bill, IN order to get ma
jority OF the committee 10 concur in the bill
That section allows 10 Minnesota one Rrp.
r,Sentative. and as many more a. the census
shall show her TO he entitled 10. The oen.
sus was not fully return7i al the tune the
hill was reported aud am DOT aware that
the iuii returns have ye, been received bu'
| have such evidence. unofficial, lnior nat, a.
satisfies M that the oensls Of Minnesota wa'
not fairly taken. Al the time the commit
tee reported the bill. the returns showed
about one hundred and forty thousand in
ha6itan's, with vyen or eight counties NOR
70 be heard from; yet believe that Min
nesota had much larger population thai
that She has elected three members o
Cnnors.s and il cnnId | shnnd have al