St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1861-01-11
nsnectors unanimously recommend a re.

arms of the State. The suggestion OF tn,
report in regard to'a more suitable place o
deposit for the arms, commend to you
notice, and you will also, at this time, doubt
less, see the propiiety Of inquiring wheth
er anything more can be done by legs Il
ton TO constitute more efficient Militia
We are far from usurping conspicuous
part in events. but we ought - be prepsr
&C 10 meet the larger States with cor full
proportion Of efficient soldiers in thedefens'
OF our common country So, -, 80 : =.
The subject OF Immigration will contmu,
to be of great interest and Importance. L
the finances Of the State would justify II
the project of bureau specially organized
10 promote the settlement OF the yacan
lands, aud the peopling Of our growing
towns, would he worthy of very sseriou.
consideration At present, however, be
lieve the best encouragement. OF i,nIpigra
ton we can atfosd, viii be tie faithful col
lection of The Statistics Of the'Stste, and !
liberal DISTRIBUTE n. of the reposts Of Ink
COMMISSIONS. oi Statistics as mrnigratior
documents. In tins regard, that bureau Il
worthy Of. your fostering care.
The Report of the Stare Librarian showS
the additions mad, 10 the Library siaee ti,t
last Report, and the books taken from the
Library and not returped, from s'to estab
hshulent till, date OF report, as iar as thS
records contain tire evidence, Many Of
the most valuable works, and scores OF
miscellaneous books OF ordinary vaine, were
lost in years preceding our becoming .
State. Partly this was the result Of toe
liberal law relating 70 the loaning Of books,
and partly TO an administration oi Il, ever
more liberal The Suggestions III the IRE.
port for notifications Of TIE Law. are in nay
opinion comIpenaable; aud the increase o.
bookcases aud shelves desired, appears to
De necessary.
The delays in placing in the hands Of the
people the published .enactmeais .aL The
Legislature, has. been n subject of ''om
plant and when it's. 'copsideled tnat
some Of the aas o. 1860 were not distrie-
uted until Within month Of the meeting
Of the Legislature oi 1864, there sis just
cause toT complaints In the printing Of tic
Journals. also, there was similar delay
In neither case, however, must do the
publishers the justice to say, was the fault
entireiy Win them. r--.-
In this connection let me cali your at.
tention to the fact thar in tue present con
dition of the country il is absolutely due
to the necessi ties Of ae people that the
item Of printing, in the expens S Of the
government should be made to conform to
the Overwhelming necessity for retrehcli.
ment You will SEE that tie printing for
the session OF the last Legislature amounts
to the sum Of about twenty Thousand dol,
srs, OF nearly one nth OF the annual ces'
Of the State Government. '''" ...-.
The trade through Minnesota withtNorih,
western British America, is fast becoming
an item Of the first maguitude. \ steamer
already plies regularly upon the Red River,
and the gentlemen interested immediately
III that trade, assure me that IN the coming
season another will be placed upon those
waters-to be succeeded, doubtless, ere
long by the extension OF steam navigation,
through the great rivers west OF Lake
WINNIPEG, to the base of the Rocky Noun
tains.
Stage. coaches, as comfortable as any in
the older States, convey passengers With
ease AMI regularity, from our own settle
ments 10 Selkirk and the journey which
three years ago occupied month, is no y
accomplished in ten days. Organized lines
of transportation, by steam and Wagon,
have replaced the rude vehicles by which
the Red River traffic was, formerly. con-
Quoted. r e. a-,.'' O. .' '-,
The facilities for speed and cheap com,
munication thus Afforded, are rapidly de
yeoping the most intimate ard important
relations between Us and our Northern
neighbors, and eur business ard social IN
tercourse with them is steadily on the in
crease. . ,.. 40 '''ri 90 '..
During tue past season, the large freights
Of tie Hudson Bay Company were diverted
from the route by that Northern Sea, and
carried directly through Minnesota, a'
IN this connection, and becausc events
are fast verifying what was then said, | viii
repeat part Of a Communication, made by
myself to the Territorial Legislature OF
1852.
''Should the Treaty Zone with the Chippe
WAYS of Red RiYer) receive the appreciation
Of the Senate, an American population vii
In short time, DO attracted to the oceu
pancy of this region: and with increased
facilities Of hayel between the settlement,
North OF the International line and tHt
growing commercial towns of the Upper
Mississippi, the trade Of the FAR North, va
in its infancy, Will attain magnitude tina
the most sanguine do not anticipate. l.
will not be long before the tedious and un
certain introduction of goods in British bot
toms, by the way of Hudson's Bay, vii
give place to their cheaper speediur ahC
more convenient transit by the Mississippi
and Red River. Nor let this be treated as
visionary suggestion. The great cut
rents OF traffic that have enriched cities
have sprung from rils in the first instance
AS inconsiderable as the present Red Rive
trade. Ii becomes US at this early day {,
consider the future importance OF the com
merce of the region north OF the interna
tional line; and by sagacious forecast sc
cure to the trade of the Upper Mississippi
greater extension ard new spheres Of EN-
ployment, making our ,hriying towns
centres from winch to draw the radiisof 1
vast circle Of intercourse. F" &. -as,-s :. -.
The progress Of eEents has givei
new force to these Suggestions
J.
mercial relations with these regions
makes it proper for me 10 direct your at
tention to the continuance of burdenson,
revenue restrictions upon-the internatioua
trade of the west half of the continen
which have been abolished in the east hall
There seems no good reason why .he bcne
fits of the Reciprocity Treaty between th'
United States and canada, should NOT b,
extended to these struggling settlements y
the West -
The land sales ordered by the Preside r
of the United States in October and Nc
vember of last year, caused great alarm
and anxiety among the poor settlers on tn
public lands, for in the financial disorgani
zation of the, three last years, they ha'
been in most instances unable 10 accumu
late money sufficient TO enter lands upoi
which years OF labor had been spent, snl
where their families had found a home
With view if possible to relieve the dis
. tress Of these worthy people, | appeale
to President Buchanan for postponemen
Of the sales. ....-.5.. ...-
In this, regret to say, was disaI
pointed; hut IN the construction which tn
Commissioner Of the General Land Offic
at Washington placed upon the pre-emr
ton law, measupablr relief was bad 800,
Ny views upon the prop,ieiy of cones
ding to actual settlers, free homestead
from the public land which they cultivate
| have had occasion before repeatedly
state, and shall not now reiterate. | fondl
hope that We have witnessed the last sd
of the United States public lands in Nil