Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-23

mon the people, effected by the most glazing brl-
bery and Corruption of the members OF the Legs
atsre, and that the people were deceived Dy lslse
REPRESENTATIONS and false promises which nave ho'
been and will not be fulfilled. - 1900
Rssolpsd, That the land grants INTENDED oy Con
rre,s for the benefit Of the people OF Minnesota,
to aid them in the construction OF haiiro"os. nav
fallen into the hands Of irresponsible parues,
whose sole object is to enrich themselves ,; a. ;u
public cost; who have no interest or feeling IN
common with the people of this State non.resi-
dents who have ingratiated themselves IN the
public confidence by pretending that they hau Jug
interests of the State at heart, and were IN goou
faith endeavoring to develope our resources Dy
building Railroads, all of which pretences are
false. and intended solely to defraud the state OF
her land grants, and the Treasury OF the people
money! for their own individual aggranaizemen';.
RssOlred, That we have no connaea1e ~ .h ~. Of
the Railroad Companies organized under the act o
Congress granting lands to this State ior halroad
purposes that we recognize among the DIRECTORS
TOO many of the names OF the we'll known ana no
torious Forty Thieves OF Wisconsin; ana Tue
fate of the stockholders of the La Crosse Land
Grant Railroad, which was engineered, plundereo
and robbed, by the same cormorants VINO now nave
their talons fastened upon us. teaches US lesson
which We will not overlook. e
Resolyed, That We are opposed to the passage OF
any law by the Legislature of this State TO pro-
vide for the payment OF the interest on the MIN
pesota State Railroad bonds" and to the 1urtner
issue of any such bonds by the state omcers
ResOLyed, That we condemn the action Vi the
Governor and Auditor in receiving the :" MlnneSo-
Ia State Railroad bonds security tor circuia-
ting notes issued for banking purposes tor the rea
son that they are not such securities as the la"
oures, such bonds having no value or market
price in the City of New York, or IN any other
money market and entirely insufficient TO pro-
tect the bill holders against loss.
Resolved, That we recommend the farmers ana
business men of this State to discOuntenance en-
tirely the alton of all banks oft this State bas
ed upon the Railroad bonds. as unworthy OF cred
It. large auant ties of Railroad money being now
under protest and utterly irredeemable; ana thar
we believe the act to establish banking needs
amendment in many important particulars before
the peope can bear assurance that the bills OF any
bank OF this State, whether based on Railroad
bonds or otherwise, will be redeemed.
The resolutions reported by the Committee
were read separately, and separately voted
upon, and provoked an animated discussion
Some opposition was made, principally 'by
Democratic office-holders, to the passage o.
any resolutions rejecting upon the Governor
and Auditor DUNBAR, but the above resolu
tons were passed by a large majority, ove'
all opposition, and embody emphatically thu
voice of the people of Hastings.
The proceedings of the meeting were ter
minated by a motion to adjourn, at lat
hour in the night.