, 1870-07-11
IMPORTANT FROM RED RIVER
AmlcnbIe Settlement OF Dif1icuItiex-
Tine M a nnfnRs1. Hill Aceenfan

| Anlcable Settlement OF Difficulties
Tnc Manitoba Hlsl Accepted.
Fren, the ST. Paul Prcss, July 8.
Hon. j. G. Stoevcr, Collector OF ths'Port Of
Pembina, arrived in this city from Pembina
and A1chdeacon Mclean. These gentlemen
Red River that The Legislature
Of Assinboia, which hsd assembled
on the sd ult., to receive and act upon the re-
port Of Father Rlchot, had unanimously &C.
| cepted the terms Of settlement contained in
the Manitoba bill, and that Riel Was among its
most enthusiastic supporters. We are in
debted to Mr.. stoever, as also to Bishop Tache,
for advance copies Of the Ne,o Nation Of the
24th, which gives the following brief editorisl
report Of this action Of the Legislature:
yesterday one Of the most important
meetings ever held by q Legislative body here,
Was held by the Legislative Assembly OF AS
siniboia. A special session OF the Legislature
was convened by the President for the 23d
inst, but little business WAS done till the fol-
lowing day, when Rev. Mr.. Richot, one Of the
delegates to Canada, appeared before the az
sembly BY request Of the government, and re-
ported the result OF the mission to Ottawa,
The late hour at which the proceedings Of tue
house closed yesterday. and the little space at
orr command; prevent ua giving full report
When AeV. Alr. Rlchot closed his report,
the House passed him q cordial vote Of thanks
for tho straightforward, courageous, and sue
cessful way in which he discharged lis impor-
tant mission. It waa then unanimously re-
solved By the Legislature, in the name of tho
people, that the Manitoba act should bo &C
cepted as satisfactory. and that the country
should enter the Dominion on tho terms spe-
cited in the Manitoba and Confederation acts.
This conclusion elected loud and enthuaiastic
cheors.
ave will not at present do more than offer
hearty and 1i14ara rnr n Iaffo IN <ho
Provisional Government and people OF the
Northwest generally, on the success which has
attended bold stand for right and liberty.
We haue achioyed . great victory, and we'll may
all classes Of tho community be proud Of it,"
The feeling Of the people Of lied River and
especially Of tho Riel tpa1y. is, as expressed
in The last paragraph Of the aboye extract,
that they have achieved great victory IN the
liberal concessions granted them by the terms
great deal moro than hey asked or e1pect.
ed. Bishop Tache says, however, that it is
understood ty the Legislature and people
that an imperial amnesty is to precede or
accompany the change Of government, and
eial assurance to that effect was borne
by Father hichot, and that tho unanim-
ity and enthusiasm with which the
Manitoba bill YVES accepted was based
on this understanding. 1siel expresses him.
self highly delighted with tho result Of his ef-
1VAto " 54tG lAG tEuplH Cl lieu 1lTeT 3 repre-
sentative government, with the controlo Of their
own affairs and voice III the Dominion Patli1-
ment, and he il now willing and anxious to SEQ
the change conaummated. and to transfer tho
responsibilities Of the local executive to
the new Governor, Mr.. Archibald, and to re-
formal acceptance Of tile Manitoba bill Bishop
Tacho left for Ottawa, for what purpose can
only bc inferred but We hare such Informs
tion IS enables us to conjecture that his mission
TO Ottawa has two main objects: One is to 500
that the promise Of amnesty is promptly full
6led, and the other to assure the Canadian
Goyernment that the armed expedition to
Red River, now bottled up at or in the Vi
cinity of Fort William, is wholly unneces-
sary as q means Of inaugurating tho new
order OF thinga. II not necessary for this
purpose, Canada might as well save itself the
enormous expense and waste Of time and pa
dence involved in the inpracticah1o attempt to
transport an army through such country.
THIS is whnt tho Press has been telling tic
Canadian Government ever slnce it undertook
this extrasagant folly. The expedition has as
got mado no Roadway at all over the obstacles
which oppose its progress, and, except 4 por-
ton OF it engaged in trying to make road ia
still lying at Fort William.
We venture the prediction, based partly on
information, that az the result Of Bishop Tache's
part Of it, will ba recalled. Bishop Tache will
probably be accompanied on his return, by
the new Governor, Mr.. Archibald, to whom
Ael ID anxious to turn over tho government,
and as the new government will thus be
quietly inaugurated, with the unanimous sup
port Of the He'd River people, months before
the Woolsey expedition can reach Fort Garry,
its uselesaness and folly Will thus be so com
pletely demonstrated that it will probably be |
recalled. It is ono Of the many prodigfous
blunders Of the Canadian Government. Mr..
Stoever informs ua that Riel still maiutains
gua1d on tho international frontier,