St. Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1861-01-11
inspectors unanimously recommend a re-
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dTILS VI kikS ~LaOc. AiN HNAsssSess.NA' " NsA~
report in regard toa more suitable place ol
deposit for the arms, commend to your
notice, and you will also, at this time, doubt
less, see the propiiety Of inqulring wbet
er ANYTHING more can be done by legiS Ia
ton TO constitute more efficient Militia
We are far from usurpirg a conspicuous
part in events, buf we ought - be prepar.
&c TO meet the larger States with anr full
proportion sf efficient soldiers IN the defense
OF our common country. -. -
The SabjeCt .! iiUmis ration will continue
TO be of great interest and Importance. Ii
the finances Of the State would justify it,
the project Of burcau specially organized
10 promote the settlement OF the vacant
lands, aud the peop.iug Of our. growing
towns, would I've worthy of very serious
consideration. At present, however, be-
lieve the best encouragement OF msplgra'
ton we can ailord, viii be tie faithful col
lection Of ghe Statistics of the State, and 2
liberal distrihu'i, of The reposts of the
Comnlissionor oi Statistics aS Immigration
documents. IN tins regard, tha, bureau is
worthy Of your fostering care.
The Report of the State Librarian Shows
the additions mad 10 the Library Slstee tho
last Report. ard the books taken from the
Library and not returpesi, from sito es.ab-
hshuent till date of report, as far as thc
records contain tie evidence. Many Of
the most valuable works, and scores OF
miscellaneous books oi ordinary Vaine, were
lost in years preceding QUA becoming .
State Partly this 'yas the re,ult OF q too
liberal lsw relating TO the !oaning Of books,
ani partly 20 an administration oi II, even
more liberal The Suggestions of TIE @Re-
port fox tnoiitications uf tie law. are IA lgiY
opinion comipendabie; s,ti the increase o.
bookcases aud shelves desired, appears TO
De necessary.
The delays it placing in the hands Of the
people the published .cnactUeais ,al The
Legis.a tlre, has. bcsa subject cf com
paint and when Il is .G'psideGed taat
some OF the lgns ai 1850 were nos dis-rin-
uted until Within q month Of the meeting
Of the Legislature vi 1864, there is Just
cause for com plaints In The printing cE tie
Journals. also, there was similar delay
In neither case, however, | must d" the
publishers the justice to say, was the fault
entirely with them.
In this connection let me call YOUr At
tentioD to the fact thai IN tue present con
dition OF the country il is absolutely due
to the uecesS ties 0i ae people ,hst the
item Of printing, IN The eXpenS s Of the
government should be made 10 conform to
the Oyerw helnins necessity for retrehcli-
ment You will see that tee priUtiDg for
the session Of the last Legislature amounts
to the sum Of aboar twenty thousand dol
ars, or nearly one h!th of the annuSt eost
Of the State Government.
The trade through Minnesota with No"lh-
western British America, is tust hCcomn"
au item Of the first maguitrle \ steamer
already plies regularly upon the Red River,
and the gentlemen interested immediately
III that trade, assure mc tha! IN the Coming
season apother viii be placed upon those
waters--to DC succeeded, doubtless, ere
long by the extension o! steam navigation,
through the great rivers wcat Of Lake
Winnlpeg, to the base Of the Rocky Noun
tans.
Stage coaches, as comfortable as any in
tie oder States, convey passengers With
ease AMI regularity, fro1a our own settle
ments % Seikiyh; and the journey which
three years ago occupied q EIGnth, IS nov
accomplished in ten days. Organized lines
pi transportation, by steam aud Wagon,
have replaced the rude vehicles by which
the Red River traffic was formerly. con-
Quoted. pc
The facilities for speed and cheap com
municatior thus afforded, are rapidly dc
veiuping the most intimate ard important
relations between Us and our Northern
pcighhors, ard cur business ard social il.
tercoursc with them is steadily on the in
crease. '' .'
Dunre tie past season, thg large frejghts
0f the hudson Bay Company were diye,tc Ted
from the route by that Northern Sea. and
carried directly through Minnesota. '
Ia this connection, and bccausc cyents
are fast verifying what was then said, | will
repeat part Of Communication. made by
myself to the Territorial Legislature oF
1852.
''Should the Treaty Zone With the Chipper
Havs of Red Riyer) receive the appreciation
Of the Senate, an American population vii
In short time, 30 attracted ~ the. oceu.
pancy Of this region: and with Increased
facilities of uayei between the settlements
North of the International line and INC
growing commercial towns of the Upper
Mississippi, the trade Of the lar North, YET
in It's infancy, Wlli attain magnitude that
the most SanguiDg do not anticipate. II
will not be long before the tedious and uu.
certain introduction Of goods in British bot
toms, by the way Of Hudson'S Bay, vii
give place to their cheaper, speedUr ahd
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and Red River. Nor let this be treated as
visionary suggestion. Tie great eur.
rents OF traffic that have enriched cities
have sprung from rills in the first instance
AS inconsjdorablc as the present Red Riycl
trade. Ii becomes US at this early day t
consider the future importance Of the com
merce Of the region north OF the mterna
tional line; ami by SagaciOus forecast Sc
cure to the trade Of the Upper Mississippi
greater extension ard new sphercs Of en-
ployment, making our tlHiving towns
centres from winch to draw the radii 0i {
vast circle Of intercourse" "
The progress Of eEpnts mas giveI
a new force TO these Suggestions
The growing Importance of our com
mercial relations with these regions
makes it proper for me 10 direct your at
tention to the continuance of burdensout
revenue restrictions up0n1h lnternatioua
trade of the west half Of the continent
which have been abolished in the east half
There seems no good reason rhv the bcnp
fits Of the Reciprocity Treaty ortween IN,
United States and Canada, should nos bt
extended to these struggling settlements y
the West.
The land sales ordered by the Preside n
of the United States in October and No
yember of last year, caused great alarm
and anxiety among the poor settl RS on th'
bubble lands, for in tire financial ,iisorgani
/zation of the three last years, they has
{ been in most instances unable 10 accumu
late money sufficient 10 enter lands upoi
which years OF labor had been spent snl
where their antilles had found a home
With a view If possible 10 relieve the dis
tress of these worthy people, | appeaie'
to President Buchanan fer a postponemen
of the sales.
In this, regret to say, was disal
pointed; but IN the construction which th
commissioner of the General Land Uffic
at Washington placed upon the pre-emp
ton law. measurable relief was had
Ny views upon the prop,ieiy of concc
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 sal
of the United States public lands in Nil
nesota: and that hereafter the public dt
main shall he open 10 all who will cult