Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-09-10
The Land Sales I'm MinnesOta Still to 60
on.--A Small Portion Only With.
drawn!
In our exchanges received yesterday morn
ing, we find the following telegraphic despatch
from Washington City:

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.
Official notice is given that in all cases in which
presumption declaratory statements, founded on
bona tide actual settlement and cultivation, made
prior and up to date, and filed before the 9th of
Oct, the registers and receivers are directed,
where the presumption claimants are unable and
do not prove up and pay for their tracts at or be-
fore that time, TO withhold such actual and cultva
ted tracts from public sales to take place in OctO
Der and November.
The Secretary of the Interior has informed GER
tain memorialists in ST. Louis who asked the pub
lie lands of Kansas and Nebraska to be withheld
from private entry, after the close of the public
Sales that the President is of opinion that the law
invests him with no power to grant such request
The first paragraph of the above despatch
is the important one for the poor settlers of
Minnesota. aa. q.
What it means, and how the measure it
speaks of has been brought about, we find
explained in the special Washington cores
pondence of the New York Herald, BUcHA-
NAN paper, also received by yesterdays mall
Gov. Sibley, of Minnesota, is at the NATIONAL
The object of his present visit is to postpone the
land sales in Minnesota till next year and the
President will postpone them. The Democrats
will then claim before the people that they have
interviewed to save their lands from sale, and give
them one year more time in which to save their
prescriptions. On this issue they hope to carry
the State this fall.
1t seems, however, from the 7slegraphic
despatch, that there is no general postpone
ment of the Sales; nor q 'pestponement of
even part for any definite period, beyond
the election ....
W. rpo,,1I 70
of the Democratic Platform:
EightA-That all sales of the public lands are
contrary to the settled policy Of the De.-ocracy OF
ence of the party in opposition to any disposition
of the public domain other than to actual settlers.
A few calm and dispassionate remarks at
this time upon this humbug postponement of
the Land Sales, may not be amiss:
1st The motive of the movement is trans
parent. 1t is unworthy of great Govern
ment, pretending to be actuated by principles
of high public policy. Its temporary with
drawal of the pre-emptor's lands from sale, is
plainly to obtain their votes at the ensuing
State election. We defy any decent Demo.
crat to allege with truth any higher principle
| of action as animating the Democratic Nation.
| al Administration to this step.
End. And what becomes of the declaration
of the Democratic State Convention, above
quoted, that "aU sales of the public lands
are contrary to the settled policy Of the De
mocracy?" Is this declaration not lie, ant
was it not intended as cheat?
Look at the Interpretation of this despatch
Men who are actual settlers prior to Sept
1859, if they cannot pay, their lands will b
| withheld from the sale, until after the election
or until further orders; but then the set
tied policy" Of Democracy plainly insists up
on throwing all the other public lands in Min
nesota into the grasp of the land warrant
Spectator! --s
7 Instead Of keeping the lands "alu from
sale, as the Republican policy desires, for .
standing invitation to immigrants to taxi
them up and settle upon them-thus contrib
uting to the substantial growth Of Ainnesot.
by filling up her borders with industrious
people, who will "develop the resources" o
her rich soil add daily by their labors to oul
true prosperity-the Democratic Presiden
persists in the policy of selling; but at thu
same time attempts to bride the present pool
pre-emptors into voting the Democratic ticket
at this election, by telling all those VINO COM