Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-16


to them undergo careful examination with view To-
such Iegatztng. ction as may be found necessary,
and that provision BE made for the UNIFORM ana reg
ular organization OF Counties In future. .sze-..,,
II Legislative discrimnatioh concerning Localities;
be ever iusable it should SURELY favor rather than
onnosa the sntaro.ts ~ oea fronte eoa,fo1,s which,
s1fe ta We ,sasGsha disei1;t;as icGert - their
exnosad sifnations The failure 1T tha Iepfsl,ture
r. male the renn;ra5 annoTtionment foIIoWinp the
census of 1876 Was serious injustice tothe newer
conntias IN denrvinp them If The increased repre-
ssntation t. vhc thew were entitled Nv their avid
orosth ~ ponriaton and r. anvthinD can nronery
De done a. tne prese sess,oR 70 MAKE amenas dor
went ~ foo, ths Federal cenans Of 1aa0 fr1st IL
nav nj NJ h. he v;,hhs,5>
1yf,st;or h.. rsac.ed mo that in so1oa NJ the
soitwester corttss n consemence Of the failure
~ the nast vear,s cnns foIlovio the imnoyarished
cond;tion 1esn,tino 4ron successive erasshouper
as. If fbo eaad nrain 1aSr and snooest the I,ro-
nr;atv ~ o-.r+;nr frr+hor lima tn onsfIe fhem tn
meet thar endsnenants, A forcad Teuayment at
ths t;,e Id Sefaat ti.o oriojnaI .nr,r,sa nf thu
iaw Nv denrving The most necesaitnns IF the seed
oraiin Needed for their coming sesson,s crons.
Another matter affectino fhe 1,ractics interests of
the frontier people I deem of sufficient Importance
to require attention. Considering the similar topog-
raphy and identity OF interests marking our VIDE
prairie areas the multiplication OF small new counties
burdens their inhabitants unnecessarily with the
like Kandiyohi, stearns and Otter Tail, while sutt-
cienty convenient to al parts OF tner territory 1or
the TRANSACTION OF business with the seat OF govern
ment, distribute the burdens OF taxation upon larger
populations and thus lessen their hardsmp upon m
dlvlduals. IN Inc conhderatons toucmne tns saia-
rles OF county officers and the expensive eDuho1nes
and provisions required for the care OF county re-
cords the advantages which large counties afford over
smau ones "ltnout increase OF ta1auon, arc "oftny
OF attention.
increase Of harbor facilities for upon
the great lakes are oemandeo Dy tne raplo nlcfess
OF their trade ana me marveoas resources EMO
growth OF the vast country whose pu1Ky prooncs
must seeh such water transit to the seaboard
Inc recent comgiet1on OF . c4In1oous ranl oo
from st. PAU TO winnipeg, ahoroing oVeI.1nu III
uecuon Will t1e uree Et6ess VAT ~. 49, 80: a
sissippl river audsons BAY ana me axe c1an, anu
me immaculate exoenslon 70 oe aue VI sne ~
racine ralroaa 70 tne minerl anu Erazns seoaou ga
commerce when must mere converge. Inc En-, llnpoI
lance OF tne supJect leaos me 10 9res LA YOU
memoIlanze Cpnerese M turt!efanSe ~ I9 opJeets
sougA' ny se ie s:.; en " ~ e; "a hh ~
gauon. Inc conoluon VI 'ne ,elial ua1 VI ..
Dalutn ano tne 9recuon W ~ ieass uae t,at
reiuse 3Ur vesse.1 p I'D & t 10 ona Tho
port and inunosr pay, "o'u " 10 it a.e
lp POT cons,uera"ons pertaining W 1o
"a 1aAe oonil1oi'o'
NATIONAL.
The resumption Of specie payments adds another
O the proud achievements of q prosperous nation.
1t corrects perhaps the most fruitful of the radical
disorders bequeathed us by the demon of civil war.
It signals the end OF the long night OF teyerash dis
and prosperity. In her dire struggle for life and
health the nation has never seen more suspicious
epoch than that with which she receives the greeting
of the new year. There remains now but needful
time and rest for restoration to the full measure OF
her normal strength.
History indeed records no obstacles more forbid
able than those which confronted the American peo
pie in the great work of pacifcation following tho
Commissions Of their new birth. despotic power
may suppress instruction by simple force, visit
summary punishment upon its rebellious subjects
and reassert its absolute sway. With popular gov
eminent comprising voluntary Union of States,
without unrepresented territory, the task is not
merely to enforce the national authority, but to-
reconcile central power with local disaffection and
wiring from sullen and discontinued communities the
willing support requisite to its cohesive existence
In the performance of work 80 complicated, to
wholly escape blunders would be to ev1nce III human
affairs more than human wisdom. If the govern
ent has carried its forbearance to point exciting
the amszement if not the ridicule OF natons-lf it
has withheld punishment for treason by blood or con-
iscaton-if the insurgent States have felt the
avengng hand of the government in little else than
its benefachons-f leading offenders md swift re.
Mobilization in the councils OF the nation they sougnt
to dissever-it may prove that wise government is