The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-03-20

The Taxation for the Railroad Loan.
In our reply to the second article of the
series" in the col umns of the Pioneer, it was
remarked, that it was quite impractical lie to
follow that article through paragraph by par
Fagraph, to refate its manifold errors and false
hoods. The same thing may be said of the
"series,' published in Saturdays Pioneer.
The writer says the bill for the loan of
State credit has been 80 carefully framed as
to exclude the possibility of taxation and
then runs off in long string Of fictlons to
prove the principal one. There is little diff
Aculty. in, proving any fac, -xhere the party
ty attempting it is willing to invent any cir
cumstance necessary to that end and in this
way, Mr.. Attorney has established, in man.
ner no doubt entirely satisfactory to himself,
that there will be no taxation.
In this, however, he entirely disagrees, or
rather the officers of these Companies entire
ly disagree with him; as the President of
again, in various places, at various times, and
to various persons, that the LEVYING OF
"A TAX is ABSOLUTELY essential to the negotiation
cfths State bonds, and that without it, they,
to use his own expression, would not be worth
one farthing
We assert it as fact, that it is the pur-
pose and intention of the friends of the loan
bill to pass law authorising a tax to meet
the interest at least, if not an additional one
to create sinking fund to meet the princi-
al, immedia tely upon the re-assembling of
the Legislature in June, should this misnam
ed amendment to the Constitution be appro-
we'd by the people-the which may God fore
fend.
We assert further, upon the best authori-
ty, that the main, the moving object, for
which an adjourned session has been deter
mined upon, is, in the event of the approval
of this proposed loan, to pass law levying
such tax
We assert further, that it was the original
intention of the Railroad Companies, that the
Legislature should adjourn sine die, lest by
adjourning to particular day, they might
alarm the people on the tax question.
We assert that with tt at view they consul
ted Mr.. II. H. SiJley, who it seems, notwith-
standing the positive proofs of the frauds by
which he received his certificate of election,
is determined to assume the Gubernatoral
duties, and that he declined to take the respo,a-
s'6ituy ofcaHing an extra session for the pur-
pose Of passing q taz bill; by which refusal.
the Railroad Companies acre constrained to
adjourn the Legislature to the first Wednes.
day in June, and take the risk of cheating
the people into the belief that no tax is in
tended.
Ii Mr.. SIBLEY was not counsclled and did
not decline to pledge himself to call an extra
session of the Legislature, in the event of the
approval of the loan by the people. note
from him denying the fact, will be inserted
| hy US, and the correction made most cheer
FULLY, as We have no disposition to msrepre,
sent single fact.
In the face Of all these facts, the author Of
"(1hird Artace)"is wilfully attempting to
make the readers of the Pioneer believe that
there is no danger Of taxation, or to use his
own language, that the amendment has been
carefully framed so as to exclude the possibility
Of ta1ation."
This is the game, They DO not come out
boldly and say there will not be tax asses
sed to meet either principal or interest but
they intimate it, in such a manner, that here
after, they may say that they never promised
there should be no tax assessed for that pur-
pose.
We repeat it this Is the game, and their
abcst men are hired to play it out. Thus
they continually parade the clause of the bill
that the Companies shall make such provis-
ions as to exonerate the Treasury Of this
State. AS before, we reply, that higher
law provides, " thou shall not steal y and yet
the existence Of the law, with all its high au-
thority, is found not to be restraint upon
Railroad officers.
TO the people, we say beware If you
vote for this amendment, you saddle upon the
State an unparalleled public debt-upon your
selves, the most onerous taxation every be.
fore borne by free people.
The enemies Of the State-of the people
the friends and officers of mammoth corpor-
ations, from this till the election will cry "no
tax" while they know tax to be unavoda-
BILE, if this loan is approved.
We repeat it, that tax is already deter
mined upon and that the officers of the
Companies declare, that without tax, they
could not negotiate the bonds
In the face of all this will you vote for this
loan? Will you be deceived to your ruin by
the falsehoods Of you enemiesg
These mammoth corporations, even now,
control your Legislatures as they please. 1t
moves but at their nod and for what In
the hopes of enriching themselves and these
soulless corporations at the expense Of the
people-by sapping the very life blood-the
very bone and muscle of the people
Fellow-citizens, we appeal to you to save
yourselves while 1t is in your power
Remember, if this law has any force at all,
| it has the force Of a constitutional provision
and cannot be repealed!
Therefore, unless you vote it down, it is
beyond reli!; beyond your power to control
ChisagO County correspondence.
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