St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-12

progress Of Minnesota known as one
of our most distinguished judges
upon the highest bench in the state
and as the soldier and commander who first
stayed the hand of the murderous savage
when the cruel Indian war broke out upon
our frontier, have the pleasure of present
ing to you our fellow citizen, u Judge Flandrau,
who spoke as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen of the Pioneer asso-
citation: None of US like to be thought old,
yet all of us take pardonable pride in being
ranked among the old settlers and take pleas
ure in relating history which we have assisted
in making. am sorry to say, however, that
the privilege of garrulous narration is gen.
orally about all the benefit that accrues to
the old settler. Not one in ten has improved
his opportunities of discovery and selection
but has allowed these benefits to be gathered
up by the thrifty that come after them.
The pioneers of America have always con-
stituted peculiar race, nomadic in their in
stincts. enterprising, dauntleSS and hopeful,
but without the plodding patience which is
generally the secret Of success. Their lives
were genel ally fruitless to themselves and
their families, and they disappeared in pow
erty and obscurity, unless rescued from
oblivion through the annals of some old set
tiers society. I am strongly in favor of
young men who have their own way to make
in life, emigrating to new countries,
but 1 would warn them against be-
destructive of thrift and prosperity.
A young mans greatest element of success
in a new country lies in his being temperate,
and scrupulously just and honorable. The
great West is an educator. Young men are
confronted with social and political prob
lens: they are compelled to think and act for
themselves, and their individuality must dis
play itself. They are free, they come in daily
contact with astute and independent minds.
and they find q virgin field for the display of
their genius. Pioneer life is emancipation,
and its conditions are elevatiug and inspiring.
Passing over the earlier history rof Min
nesota we come to the act of March 8, 1849,
organizing the territory, the passage of
which was procured by Gen. Sibley. There is
a little
here that may be interesting to the unin-
itiated. Before the preliminary steps were
taken to get representation for the pro-
posed new TERRITORY, the principal residents
divided the contemplated spoils among the
different communities about as follows; Gen.
Sibley lived at Mendoza, so Mendoza was to
have the delegate, St. Paul was to have the
capital, Saltwater the penitentiary and st.
Anthony the university. This scheme was
carried out to the letter. but it was only
through the unbending honesty of Gen. SID
ley, In insisting on the original program, that
the capital was saved to St. Paul. Senator
Douglas had been up here, was familiar with
the localities, and had undoubtedly been the
guest of Gen. Sibley at Mendoza. He very
much favored Mendoza as the location for the
capital, and the top of Pilot Knob as the
site for the capitol, but the dele
gate would not be tempted to
violate the arrangement agreed upon.
From 1s49 to 1857 the growth Of the