River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-14

About the Land
Grant,

u Grant?
This is the question that often greets
sour ears just now But what of III
4 Are not our interests in it safer now
ethan ever before? Can Mr.. Baldwin
now manipulate III Can any knot of
& local politicians, by hook or crook, d.
Hvest us OF our rights in and to it? Can
B bismarck Reyes or General Atwood
sagain bring down the party lash TO over
throw the interests of Pierce countyiI
8Can Gov. Washburn use the prestig,
sof Governors chair to hold the|
q wretches' in order? Verify, we trow
7 mot. Bsmarck's bald head the
aGeneral's white beard, aud theGoyern-
sog's official prestige are powerless longer
ITO harm us. And for this we are thank
! ful. Where then lies any danger? OIL
slocsl Legislators we have no appreben
sion. The next Legislature will nod
bulge at the bidding of our former ene-
smies.
In our opinion that Land Grant will
be made to build road from some
] point on the Mississippi river in Pierce
county, Ella this village, and Hudson
ITO Lake Superior and Bayfield,, or id
Twill very soon revert to Uncle Sam i
sAnd this Is just what it should be made
/ TO do. 1t was never intended for any
thing less, and it should never be de-
slvoted to any thing less. Let it build
5 the tgholc road, is our motto, or let il
lapse We are aware that tremend.
Sous b ue and cry has been raised over
q the fact that some Of our Pierce county
Sfrieuds have incidentally remarked that,
sooner than let the grant be devoted to
building a road from Lake Superior
(which should 90 directly to st. Paul
seither Uia st. Croix Falls, or Hudson i
sand not reaching south Of River Falls,
stbey would prefer to see the grant lapse i
\ but this hue and cry possessed no ter
srors for US; neither would the fact that
liz might be declared forfeit, and returnI
TO the Government, alarm us We are,
bold to say this And why not? What
Earthly interest have we in having that
grant disposed Of to build road fori
Jour destruction. And this would most
/ efiectually, and eternally injure ourl
commerce by gripping and curtailingI
sour facilities for transportation. Two
years ago we made the assertion that a.
petition could find two thousand signers.
( IN Pierce county to seud that grant
back "kiting' to Government, ratherl
than have it diverted from its original
purpose. Such was our opinion them
such is our opinion to day.
Now let Mr.. Baldwin and his friends
light us if they dare. Let them prove
traitors to their pledges if they desire to,
'aDd the people of this county will cheer
fully abide the consequences.
We are fully aware that the mouth
piece Of the West Wisconsin RECENTLY
proclaimed itself the conscience keeper
and privy counselor of one of our legis-
ators elect. But it was a vain boast,
with but little significance.
Under the present financial panic we
have not much to hope for in the line
Iof railroads, and land grants, as well as
'all other Grants" will be deemed Of
little or no consequence for some time
10 come. Credit Mobiiers and Salary
Grabs have demoralized the whole coun-
try, and finances have no secure found
.ation. The manufacturers know not
where to rest; or where to strike. We
have no apprehensions Of imminent dan
|ger, nor do we share in the prevailing
opinion that a more glorious day is
about TO dawn. The world will move
along just the same as before; business
Iof all kinds will receive new impetusI
railroads will be built, aud other means
Iof communication and transportation
will be invented; and the s. CroixI
Land Grant will yet be lodged IN the
proper hands. Then let this harping
cease. II the real object il secured,
4 we are al 40 resi-