The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-04-30

performance of his in the same line On
the 21hs 6 January last he introduced
= bill iatothe House granting, as I un-
derstand, Q have not seen the billy two
hundred thousand acres of land to i'm
prove the: Mississippi River between
St. Paul and Minneapolis. The object
of his action undoubtedly was to antag-
onize this proposition to grant land for
this purpose "a proposition almost IN
precented, andswhiqh hsknews co.,
eress'1ould never ugiee II &ith Spro$-
osition before the Committee on Com
merce to make an appropriation of mon
ey fol. that purpose. By these means
hs:suppoesd he mil ht defeat aid for the
object, and then have another opportu.
nifty to attribute the failure to me, ~
Chairman 'ot the Committee on Com
merce. !. !: f..'l Il L, !.
How contemplate must any repre-
sentative Of an intelligent and patriotic
constituency, s9pear,- whe.r found guilty
Of such asealaalouss attempt to'imp ose
upon them.
MIR. Donnelly says be is at loss to
aecount for MY. action il dbjettis. 10
his bill, and be evidently intends to
convey the idea that my official action
is hostile to the interests Of your State.
I objected to the bill not only because
he attempted to Introduce it out Of or
der, but [ objected to it for the reason
that from my knowledge Of bis charac-
ter, and from his connection with legis.
lation here, i have become extremely
suspicious Of everything that be .Iplrop,lo.ss.
es. And when your member arraigos
me for hostility to the interests Of your
noble State, 9e seems ID forget, what il
known to all you older settlers, that l
labored here for the interests Of. your
State, both bJsvdes and vote, long, be-
tore he left Philadelphia, under suspic-
ious circumstances, between two days,
and long before he{ changed bib name
and politics the later, from : Bucbsn:
an locofoco 70 a Republican, and made
his advent in Minnesota as an Office
begsar. 1t is not my opposition to
Minnesota interests that excites the
hostility OF Jour member: 1t is my op-
position to his schemes Of plumber and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT that leads me to ass.il
me. My congressional record for six.
teen years is open tos shs public; add
challenge its severest scrutiny. I trust
it will not be found to be stained With
venality, corruption and crime. I com.
mend the e1amib atiop lei Ito peosa q
your member 70 his constituents, and It
:hey do not End that every corrupt, ex-
travsgant, and profigate, measure eyer
brought bstorsJ tho Hodss, hakissdrjd
bis support, will acknowledge myself
mistaken. It might be we'll for the con-
stituents Of your .meinbet. to inquire
what was his action in the matter Of le.
gaIis'ng by act Of Congress, that most
sefloos y o o. ~ ~ 30 FREQ ;laviga9
ton Of the mississippi liver, tho C9in-
to" br'dye. ibis bridge hes been the
means Of inaieting uetold injury upon
tue commerce and people Of tho upper
Mississippi. It has been the terror Of
oil Iumbermen of Minnesota, and they
have been damaged in various ways ~
the obstruction Of the Clinton aud Rock
Island bridges bundreds and hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars. Indeed, it IL
safe to eay, that the dsmags done by
he breaking up Of RATS, the increased
expense OF running than, On: aeeoant