The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
ANOTHER LETTER FROM HON
BENEZER .iyRES on
THE BOND CUES
YsFf3S
COTTAGE Grove. Nav l8. 1677


COTTAGE Grove. Nav 10. 1877.
Editor .iutt- WonoD0list.
lii my last communication Drom.
ised III nv next. To sneak Of fle 500
900 acres Of internal lmnrovament
Lands. These became fhe nronprtv
OF the state. IA virtue ct an act az
/ Congress PASSED IN lS4l. and before
Minnesota had an existence. even as >
Territory. They were NOT sn4cially
designated for or state. bnt such m
amount Of acres was. Nv 4 oenaral act
Appropriated to all new states Is and
the earlv settlers H. omen mn WAGON
roads. brild bridpes ar nercbanna
construct canals and railroads Tba
right to these lands was nor tbonohf
/ Of by any individual IN Ninnasofa 7 II
long after the Loan Amendments had
been devised -eondannad AMI
almost FORGOTTEN nor until rail roads
had been bnilt AMI tha cara rnnni,o,
thereon in yarions narts of tha ~+ata
~ soon ~ II hpcatna ganar,lru
known that such j General rren+ -
lands eyisfed and t6at 1Tinnaeofa :
claim thereto. was recognized. tbe
greedy cupiditvoftb the hondsnarnIatnrs
was excited and fhev 1T once set -
work to appropriate Them 81 tbam.
selves. There was ! nretrr at-an raeo
between the old hondholders and
newly devnloned hatrb AZ railroad
schemes and sometimes ona l,,,,fT
won i Legislature ami aona.
time. +he other tilla+ fane.fb
prudent and natriotic T,ar.
lslafnre arose. and placed +he bonds
"A IT. snnnosnd Invond fha roach M
sDeeulafiye robhery. Now these lande
v,ore not given To new states ~ CAM.
hIe witff--nor ia nav oId dah+e-aifhar
honest or dishonest. bnt to promote
such internal improvements as an
IMPOVERISHED people in q nevly set.
tied country mostly stood N need az
such as wagon roads-bridgfe-
for the nujpf and immpdiate benaf4
of all the peon)e. n a. nanfl, J nor-
version Of the intention If +l,n General
government for ~ IT, use 4hn a,aife
Of these lands to raw tire horD4 nocne
claims Of the hondhoi4ers ID N fro,tlJ
he e. the wife.s father ~ rive bia
DAUGHTER means III hllv j sawinr ma.
chine ana the worthless snondtbrift IF
husband should spi1a mon fha,n -
nav md oId iIleoal aIcolInetslaa
namhi;ng aeht far Which psftbar III
nor his family had nver reeeivn1 II
egniyalqnt 81 any ropsitlnratior, ,rhsf.
ever. sa qnpl1ha4 af no Tn.gisIa.
ture of 1872 If was nv nrivfloga -
frame the Amendment II tTtielo
| F0ur If the Constitution III ,.aia4fon
fo {he Tn+eraal TIonrntaraa,,t ,9de
If was nv DESIGN ami lie fhasa ,,,hn
ca-anavafp3 with ma +, n1aca +baee
hands af 94ca II ,.a,t-er a,,5 - -
! their ayaifs baynnd tEa rnonh "a
+hipvinr a--arfee - II ..as ,,ror-i1ad
that sail ..avaiis sha.,ld nof IL a,,,..,N
! 1,riate1 for any nnrnosa vrba+al-a,.
r4ntiI the act far tha4 nt,.,,esa sbo,,1i
~. f,T,,.a4ad ~ I'D ! r,afa,;+,. - '..' -
| tha naonie erir-an ~ !, .-,.,sr<.1,. ~
not : sberjuf election 7Tbe raoiala'
turn wax almost rran5r,a4, s, 80
~, me ,,aaear,o ,f +haan -T,l,s -
menf Vas nresantea ,.5a,.,t,, - 10
naonla--,,.t ,hscl,eaIx. 1 10 49, &,
Amendment ia ,rtiefn -. 81 go
:. Cnnsfit,+ion b.,+ a., 1,a,,.4,..e-. :
H. rficla Ta,,r j, ralatio, -
tha Internal Tn,ro,,frae.,,t ~. - :
| fhe nroreads +bnranf ~ -ha hands s.
fhe noo,la This 1afrna..a 80 -,
dars+oaa hv All and .-ae eaf5geod ~ J
majority ,,n.rranaela,,+ad H.. 4, ~
or fcrfT +hansard far and shani +,,.o
fnansand arainst ir-shauirr b 80
aarfots the people were If taking fine
landsor fnenroeeads thereof rom he he.