St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-02-03
Public Lands.


Public Lands.
A few days since it was announced, on
the authority Of one Of our Representa-
tivcs in Congress, Mr.. Cavanaug III, that
no lands would be proclaimed for sale in
Minnesota this year, "cxcept the Pine
Lands in the Cambridge District" We
now see by an advertisement in the Wash
ington Union, that about all the unentcr-
ed lands in the Cambridge District are
proclaimed for sale on the 10th day of
May next. Il large portion Of these lands
are agricultural lands; lands that are just
beginning to attract the attention Of Set
tiers, and the only lands that arc pre-emp-
table adjacent to St: Paul, St. Anthony
Minneapolis, Anoka, Taylor's Falls and
Saltwater. There is just about as much
pine timber upon that great portion of
them lying in the northern part OF Anoka
County, in all of lsanti, and in the two
townships Of Cbisago which are advertised,
as there is in the woods adjacent to the
town Of Chatield-Ar. Cavanaugh's resi-
dence. If they arc put up for sale in
May, three or four hundred settlers in
towns 81, 81, IS, sc and 81 of r,uvc p;
towns35, 36 and 81 Of range -, and
town IS and 81 Of range p, will be turn
cd out Of house and home. They have
not the money to pay for their land, and
they cannot raise it. Scarcely any of
! them have been upon it more than two
years and many not more than eight
months.
We therefore would respectfully
enquire Of Mr.. Cavanaugh, what all this
means? Has he been playing US a little
''skpldusgery'' to throw the lands in this
part Of the State into the hands OF specu-
latars, in order to cripple t;le resources of
the Northern towns and cities, 50 as to
! make capital for himself in his own home
region? We assert, after his promise that
none but pine lands should be offered, that
now to see all those agricultural lands pro-
claimed, something like urderhandcd &C.
ton |'sticks OUT in regard to this matter.
We hope to hear from Mr.. Cavanauch sby
return Of mail.'-M Paul Times.
The lands here proposed to be sold
come up and join those already disposed
of on the East side Of the River, where
spectators hold hundreds Of thousands Of
acres, and keep the whole country from,
St. Anthony to Little Falls one hundred
and twenty or thirty miles, one vast howl
ing wilderness, broken only by a few
towns and an occasional hotel, which arc
struggling against the fearful disadvanta.
scs of no farms and the necessity Of in.
porting the greater portion of their food
The man who processes to bring any
more Of the public lands into market, 9th
or than by presumption, should be driven
out Of society, and compelled to live in the
centre Of one Of the districts thus dispose:
of.
Here on the West side of the River
where the lands were only purchased 0
the Indians in '52; and where it has onl,
been open to presumption, it is as thickl,
settled and well cultivated for ten mile
back, as land in some Of the back town
ships Of Allegheny County, Pa, while Oh
the opposite side Of the river, the Ian,
was in market some four or FIVE years. be
fore this was bought, and the wolves are roam
ing at will over whole townships, destitut
eff house, barn or fence.
Mr.. CAvANAUGH, or any other membe
from any new State, who does not resis
to the uttermost any attempt to sell publ
lands to spectators, should be driven ou
of such States, upon their return to thei
betrayed constituents.
Such men should go among the 20,
eminent harpies, who prey upon the pee
pies inheritancs-the poor mans home.
They have got no business amongst tn
hardy sons of toll, who come out to max
the wilderness blossom as the rose.
2lr. Grow, the Pennsylvania Republ
can, who, last year, introduced a bill t
give one hundred and sixty acres of pull
lie land to any head Of a family who shout
go and live on it, has, this winter, intro
duced Resolution to postpone the sale, Q
public lands for ten years, in. order t.
give time for pre-emptors to take up, an
improve, and make something off thei
land before being called upon to pay f
it.
Both these Bills haze been voted dowr
by men calling themselves Democrats