The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-04
Address totlle Peopleeof the State i.

The time has come when to submit longer
to the extortions Of the company controlling
the "drive-wel1' patent without using all legi-
innate means OF resistance, ceases to be viz
ing citizens, and have no wish to ignore any
lawful and just demands upon them; nor
would the real collection. of reasonable roy
atty upon the Green patent have caused hard
yaripple on the surface ofourseyery day life,
but for the evident disposition of those con-
trolling this patient to take every possible ad-
Of property that all had once paid
for, to impose upon, us fees and costs that are
at once needless and, gzieyous tozbe borne.
In the general expectRtion.tl that agents would
call upon them, In d1ee tiIhe,or at,lesst make
aformal demand before entering suit, hun
dreds of honest Nithscanty means have
,superadded ito s royalty sNh1ch,ins ITSELF is
more than sufiicient omake the agents i'm
mensely rich at the general expense. They
have. refused to receive simply their original
claims, With all legal costs added, but have
demanded and are now demanding such an
amount from each well owner assshocks and
outrasess all sense Of right and justice, so that
their methods have well becomes obnoxious
to the charge Of downright eNtortion and
robbery.
Under these circumstances, aud with the
addedforce that recent evidence. of driven
wellsaeXisting for many years before Green
claims to even have had concen&aon of his
''idea,n can give to our cause, WNSappea1 to
that Sense or Justice and thAt hAtsed of wrong
which are said to be innate in all mankind, for
aid by money and influence SO far as each per-
son is able, to contest the pretended claims of
the oppressors and to carry caTcyto the SUI
preme cOurtd our country FOR final decision,
firmly believing that high land impartial
tribunal will afford us protection, and reverse
the local decisions under cover of which our
fconlnunities are@row bein O. shorn and de-
spoiled in the interests osgreedwsharpers.
1--WE hope that local societies will be formed
everywhere, funds collected and forwarded at
once (orwithin twosweeksl to- the secretary
Of -Four State gassuciation at ST. PAUL. for deposit
with Horace Thompson, president First Ma
tional bank, who will act as custodian OF this
money. BY the rules OF the association the
funds collected, and # not used Tor the pur-
pose specified II will be returned to the dom
|.ors Z Send remittances by draft or postoffiee
orders
The. executive, committee is at present COM
posed of one mehbef .Ot each toy or county
society now organized, and they will meet for
business upon call OF the president ana seere-
tary when necessary. EachpdditiOnal society
will be entitled to one memNe u Further4de-
tails, on applicationsto Major Fhes. p. Wilson,
president of the asseciatl0k at st. Paul, to L.
P. Eluke, Secretary, EasmihA 0r to either
one of the executive committee. The secre-
tary, Mr.. Euke, will be in St. Paul during the
next sfoHfOr hRe weeks attending to this bust
ness, and should be addressed there.
sFss0 sst:ss 4 \. fsss;' fssIn,.x,on
z. B. CLARK, Benson,
G. G. BURT, Mankato,
Committee on Address.
Dec. 9, 1878.