The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-02


The Act of Congress approved March 1853 gives right
Minnesota to make deficiency of school sections a
townships from other portion of the unapproprated
public lands would be the of wisdom to have these seec
| lions made as speedily practicable.
The Secretary of the Interior very Unexpectedly decided that
the grant of swamp lands made the different land States
not applicable to Minnesota No time should be lost soliciting
Congress for the of extending the provisions
I'M law to our State and recommend that by Joint Reso
luton OF the two Houses the application be made without
cessary delay
There of enactmen on the statute book of the ma
ture OF standing appropriations which the occasion of much
Peexty and doubt the State officers the discharge their
NAL Schools that with regard the State Prison. and others of
IKE character in which direct appropriation made and yet
the sums thus apart included bill making appo
paons for the support the State recommend
Legislation prescribe the duty the Auditor under
such laws The policy of standing appropriations very ques
tonabe In my judgment appropriations should be embraced
IN general BILL which will show the entire amount of annual
1t has been customary acts Of general character provide
in the concluding section for the repeal all parts
inconsistent Herewith without specifying them. This mode of
proceeding has given much confusion doubt
that in future act intended to be struck from the
statute book shall be particularly designated in the repeating
clause.
By the Act of Congress admitting Minnesota into the Union
provided that five cenum OF the net proceeds of all sales
public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by
Congress after the admission of said State into the Union after
deducng all the incident to the shall be paid
the State for the making public roads and internal
provements, the Legislature may direct" considerable
must be due under the above act and
requisite steps be taken its into the
The Importance of is beyond ques
on and recommend that by Joint Resolution instruct
efforts the of such Act during the
session of that body extending its provisions to all lands
whether surveyed unsuveyed Such measure would not only
be ITSELF but would tend intellectually advance the pros
perty of the State.
Congress for the reimbursement Of the incurred
by the State connection with Convention to form State Con-
stuton That Convention assembled under the authority of
Congress- and the State has claim for the disbursed by
the payment other contingent expenditures
1t consequence that the provisions of the Reel
poci Treaty between the United States and the British Govern
and confined certain States and Provinces shall be
extended embrace State her commercial intercourse
with northern neghbors The Red River settlement although
nearly thousand and becoming more and more
identified with interests is but the of the mighty
ation which, the country opened to immigrants Will
into the great vaeyse vast and fertile PLAINS within the
British possessions Every step taken by to cultivate good
of boundary ne will do much bind them to hereafter
And the settlements continue extend westward towards the
through Minnesota will be constantly destiny
the future much bound with that of the colonies north
and while not be possible desirable, that we
should be united with them under the form of government
still is evident that their interests and interviewer
and identical that unrestricted commercial facilities should be
sought far by both parties under the sanction OF their respective
The impetus which would be given the prosperity of Mime
by the adoption of the northern route for railway commune
the continent and the of the
on the line cannot be oveestmated would place
the fron rank of Western States unprece
dened IN population and wealth That such consumma
ton Will take place sooner LATER no reasonable enter
tain doubt The short distance the abundance of
and water and the character of the climate all
point to the northern surveyed by Gov Stevens aogehe
surveyed under the direction
of the General Government 1t incumbent and
subject all occasions the attention of Congress- and
at the me enisting the friendly
with whom particularly allied promotion
this great enterprise suggest for your consideration the pro-
rety Of pettonng Congress appropriate suitable
the public domain for aiding in its construction.
1t is be regretted that the State has
suhcnt sum OF money to be applied to the of
immigration Every dollar udcousy applied that would
be returned enod to the State single The
which now bearing heavily of the European
States natural
to from ezacon overwhelming and seek their
tunes in the New World Unfortunately for u.s. others of the
of
divert the stream of immigration their limits They
poy abroad we'll in the United States expend
annually large for that purpose Something should be done
by counterfeit these formidable agencies
practical result with subject
mend that committee be appointed by
the object of collecting all the information obtained
to assist the Legislature in determining the proper
pursued.
Having given views, however impeecty those
topics of special interest the State which deemed
incumbent to present for consideration be
permitted congratulate that
from foreign and that justified The belief that there
questions at issue between and other
which are not susceptible of an amicabe solution.
An attempt the part of few misguided nstgae
serve nsurrecon in Virginia has sgnay failed these
dsurbe of the public have either meraby persisted
about expate their the scad The slavery
has for been the fruitful of sectional dsco and
will continue ALLEVIATE the great
Union from each other long be dragged into the
of politics When the principle Nonntervenion the
organized Territories shall be fully established of the
public policy and the doctrine made applicable the
States and Territories being permitted interfere
with the domestic affairs of another confidently
the bonds of aterna kindness fully
tween the North and the South and the only element of danger
integrity of the Confederacy wholly dsspated and removed
1t the duty Minnesota and every other State promote
and good will between the different sections
endeavors part country
against the other God has given noble heritage and while
enjoy the blessings of perfect freedom religious we'll
civil should bear held