The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-26

WiBAsHAw, M. l., Apni 10, 1900
Amendment of ne Constitution -hnoussrds'o" 81 ne
Rc;lroad Systers-R Reasons for II Governor Cor
ssan Opposed to K-Inoitasson to hsmsSranss--
Facilities ojr Traced, 3re.
We have at length taken measures to make State
a Nmnesota without the assistance Of Congress,
1pr on Thursday hast there was special election
held by the people, to whom had been submitted
Vrspoeed amendment of the constitution; and 1t is
found that the said proposed amendment has been
spproved by majority of several thousands-say
nom twenty to thirty thousand. ! have not heard
from all parts of the State, but from the returns
which have been received thus far it is already ap-
parsnt that more than ourfifths Of the votes we're
eat in favor of the amendment and that every
county in the State has given majority for it, and
Mat, too, on very heavy vote--an extraordinary
vote, such, for instance, the vote of one OF the
Otates on the occurrence of Presidential election.
D. Paul alone gave nearly 1000 majority for the
measure, and the county in which it les, Ramsey,
5000 Other counties which it was supposed, on
scoount of their being remote from the lines of the
proposed roads, would certainly vote in the mega
eve gave msjorities in favor of the amendment,
which is as follows:--
~ ACT PROPOSING AMENDMENT TO sEcr7oy TEN ARTICLE
NINE OF rm CONSTITUTION, PROVIDING FOR THE sUB-
Mn1oR THE sAME 10 THE PEOPLE
D enacted by the LegsAsare Of the STATE Oh Alnns-
See ma following amendment to the cons.itutoa Of
s be, eby proposed FOR publication and approval
= rejection by tAe people, accordance with section Of
Article Il Of the constitution that 70 say ths section 10
4 Avtole OF he consultation shall be ~ follows -
See The credit Of his state shall never be given or
losned in aid any Individual association or corporation,
sxssps for the purpose Of expedng the
u he ines Of railroads, in aid OF which the Congress OF
e Uuted States has granted LANDS lerritory Of
nhneeoa the Governor shall 70 be issued and de-
hvesed 70 each o. the wncn sssn s,an's are
spssa bends Of the State, bearing an interest OF sesen
D ctut per aEnum payable sen, annually in the city
a New York loan OF pubic credit, to amount not
suseed,rg twelve hundred and nifty thousand dollars
aggregate amount 70 all Of said opanies not exceeding
ave millions Of dollars, in manner following to vii -
1Asp follows the BILL
The original constitution was approved by the
people in October last when they said that the Gre
dA of the State should never he loaned to any
ssciation or corporation y. which was well enough
while money was plenty and times were good, but
now sfter suffering the horrors of pecuniary night
mare for seven or eight months is found necessary
10 amend, in order to find relief. But you will see
nat the amendment Is for only one purposes VIZ.
Mat of loaning the State credit for the construc
tion OF certain lines of railroads in aid Of which
Congress has granted lands to the Territory;" and
except" for that purpose only, the State credit
shall never be loaned"i e., until the constitution
h again amended. Article s, section 7, which pro
v:des that the State officers elect shall not be sworn
and installed until the State is admitted into the
Union was also amended so az to admit of their go
ing into power at the extra session Of the Legisa
ture, which takes place in June next. This amend
nent received tremendous majority. The vote in
this town, which is now an incorporated city, was
thirty.two for TO one against 1t; and presume 1t
ttC N fosf
those who voted No" the nilroad amendment cast
bat one ticket and 10 LEI this one slide while those
who voted Loan Of State credit for railroads, yes
east both ballots.
Il need not be supposed that the people voted on
Nhh question with their eyes shut. for no public
measure was more thoroughly discussed In any
State OF the Union. Stamp speakers perambulated
place and on another in another place, and large
crowds attended the meetings of both parties, and
the same audiences heard the same arguments for
and against tho measure, while at tie same time
animated discussions were going on VI the stores in
workshops andsgrogshops, and on steamboats, and In
steam mills, in the streets OF towns and cities
and on country roads, from the day the pro-
gal was first published up ma,sS the
was vcllunderstocd by those whom II would most
sAect and a. they saw that the public credit would
not suffer by being loaned on bond aud mortgage,
and that the passage OF the act by the Legislature
would insure the immigration OF men OF money rom
wat their surplus funds which there is great need
e here and as railroads would be the means of de-
vsloPng the resources Of the State and furnishing
Hhoreby crowdng the Indians still further towards
the West and that 10 fast as to keep the setting
sun 10 their vision continually above the horizon;
md inasmuch, also. az the railroad comDonses must
spend large sums Of meney among the people, and
their employees require vast quantity of provisions
for substance while building the roads and fur
nish the farmers Of the interior with home mar
a. u l. l. -.
ket, and at The same time make highway on which
70 carry their productions to other markets and n
Che State will be more than one hundred times the
State IL Ia now after these four railroads are finish
ed; and finally, as the measure VIII be source OF
immediate and immense relief to them, the people
voted Yes" and said amen.
Some Of the first men Of the State opposed the
proposition, among whom was ex-Governor Gorran,
who wrote against IL and mnde speeches against II In
many localities; but although he Is forcbe writer,
and ofthe best stump otor IN the United States,
and most excellent lawyer TO boot, who knows
how, a. ready debater, to put his arguments toge-
ther, and 70 popular withal that he would have
been one Of our United States Senator's IL the peo
pie had had their way, yet he failed 10 make out
case, and the people-the Grand Jury from whose
verdict there is no appeal-decided the railroad
question against him.
benefit TO Minnesota, for various aad mulfa
rious; and IL viii also enhance the welfare OF those
who are able TO escape from the crowded cities OF
the old States, where all business is as much over
o. profession except uuack doctors and rat killers.
can resist the fury Of financial hurricane. would
suggest 10 your readers and to the rest of mankind"
that they make trip to this promising land during
che summer and zee for themselves what beautiful
segion 1t u. They can ride on one continuous rail
OF iron from New York to Prarie du Chen In Wis.
consin, on the very banf Of the Mississippi, where
shey can embark for st. Paul, in magnificent steam
boats stopping at wabashaw and other intermediate
places-of vbich there are maryland choosing the
locations that suit them and at the same time see
many wondermcnts.
The Transit Railroad commences az winons. on
Che Mississippi, forty miles below here, and runs
westerly through Wsbashaw county to St. Peter, on
the Minnesota. The line OF the road as Il passes
through this county Is about twenty miles from the
Ntsisssipp river and think thorc u no better place
than this county will soon be TO settle In. With
most excellent soil Of RICH black sandy loan, toge
cher with plenty of timber the railroad on one side
end the Mississippi the other, and the sweet river
Xombro for mill and farming purposes winding be-
tween, II must in q short time become the very
paradise OF farmers, who will Hnd q ready market
THAR nvoduco IN ba city al Wabashaw can