The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-01-18

100000 acres to be applied to the construc.
ton of roads on the lines contemplated in the
land grant. ego tt
Mr.. BANNING offered resolution giving to
the Committee en- Railroads power to order the
printing of bills, if such printing is necessary
to their proper understanding. Adopted.
Mr., HAYDEN, Of Hennepin. explained that
the party to which he referred yesterday, in
stating that it was the nucleus around which
the Republican party had formed, WAS NOT the
Garrisonian party! [Sensation.]
30la STATE REPORTS. a' ~
The SPEAKER presented to the House the
first annual report OF the State Superintendent
of Public instruction also the second annual
report of the Superintendent of the State Nor.
NAL School. Referred to the Committee on
Printing. los y2hl
es. BILLS INTRODUCED. us DaA
By Mr.. ACKER: In relation to suits com.
menced in the District Courts and Courts of
Record in this State. By Mr.. SMITH: To
amend the act Incorporating the town of Mon
ticell0. tt5 500
e THE RAILROAD QUESTION AGAIN.
Mr.. BANNING submitted the following reso.
luton: Is ~
Resolved, That this House will not enter.
tain proposition from any parties asking q
conveyance or grant by the State of the grading
except upon the condition that the said parties
shall deposit with the Governor of the State an
amount of Minnesota State Railroad Bonds. %
equal to $4,000 per mile. or cash equal to
$1,000 per mile, on the portion of road pro.
posed to be built by said parties, which has
been already graded; said deposit to be held
by the Governor as guarantee for the faith
full performance of any contract made by said
parties with the State.
Referred to the Railroad Committee.
MIR. HUNT offered resolution proposing q
grant of swamp lands to aid in the construc.
ton of railroad to Lake Superior. Indef-
nitely postponed-ayes IL, nays 10.
THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
a lengthy memorial from the Senate, asking
Congress to appropriate $4,000 to improve
the Mississippi be tween the mouth of the Min.
nesota and the Falls of st. Anthony, and $50.
600 to improve it between the Falls and Sank
Rapids, was read and referred to the Committee
on Commerce.
THE STATE OF THE UNION.
Inc Senate resolutions on the state of the
Union. were read. motion was made that
the rules be suspended, and the resolutions
taken up for consideration.
Mr.. COkNELL thought there was little dan.
ger IN actlng on resolutions of this character
hastily. The dispatches of tonight might change
the whole face OF public affairs. He never
knew any thing to be lost by deliberation in
the consideration of such important measures
as the resolutions just read.
Mr.. MORRISON favored suspension of the
rules. Inc motion to suspend was lost, and
the resolutions were referred to the Committee
on Federal Relations.
Mr.. LIE BLOND proposed the following reso.
luton, which had the same reference:
WHEREAS, In view of the present perilous
condition of public affairs, it is Incumbent on
each State, which may be in general assem-
ply now convened, to express its sense of the
dangers, and some remedy, if possible, which
which the United States are threatened: there
fore, be it resolved by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota, both Houses concurrinr:
l. That this State is loyal and true to the
Union of the States, and that she hereby SOL
EMMY renews the pledge of her allegiance to
the Federal Union, and that to the extent of the
resources and obligations of her people, they
Will ala to preserve the Union and uphold the
Constitution inviolate, on which the Union is
based, and to enforce all laws enacted pursu-
ant to the provisions of such Constitution.
z. That the election of Abraham Lincoln to
the Presidency Of the United States was in
strict conformity to the provisions of the Con.
stltution and the Laws; therefore such election
furnished neither legal nor moral ground for
any attempt to destroy the government or dis.
regard its laws.
o.. mat secession is another name only for
revolution, and furnishes no remedy for any
EVIL whose existence is now complained of.
4. Ihat while thus earnestly protesting the
devotion OF our people to the Union, the Con-
patriotic desire to contribute in ali legal WAYS
and to any extent not compromising their hon.
or and their rights, to secure q renewal of that
fraternal sympathy which ought ALWAYS to ex.
ist between citizens of all sections of q common
country.
8; That there is no power vested in the gen.
erai government or any department thereof by
tae constitution to legislate or act, directly or
indirectly, for the overthrow or disturbance Of
the institution Of slavery in any Of the States
OF the Union, and that the apprehensions of the
Soutnern people in this respect, as regards the
Northern States, are without foundation.
O.. That for the purpose of permanently SET
tnng tne question of slavery in the territories,
and Withdrawing it frnm the national politicai
questions, and thereby remove all cause for
amnesty upon the subject between the North
and the South, and in the hope of bringing
ABOUT tnat friendly state of feeling that existed
IN the early history of our country, between all
sections, the people of Minnesota are in favor,
hrst, OF admitting Kansas as State second.
S o. e,vio,ng inc remaining territories into two
states, Dy extending the so-caled Missouri
compromise line west, or such other line as
congress may agree upon, and Immediately
ADMIT such States into the Uuion, under pro.
visions that the same may be divided hereafter.
into more mo States, when sufficiently populated.
I; That the Constitution of the United States
is the bond of union between the several and
all the States. and if its provisions be strictly
observed, it will in its own words, "ensure
domestic tranquility, promote the common de-
iense, and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves, and our posterty.'
The House adjourned. Es
The New York War Resolutions.