St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-28

force Dakota into the Union as one state
against her will. His patriotism would
carry him far above party eonsidera-
tons. The trainers and those who Sc
cured the approval of the ordinance of
llSI, and thereby secured the admission
OF 1--WE states, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Illinois, would never in
slst upon such an act of injustice as fore
ing admission as a whole upon Dakota.
Those who secured the approval of the
Louisiana purchase would not urge the
admission of Dakota as Il whole. The
people of South Dakota come with 10000
square miles. They come with nearly
100000 people and will be quite that
many before they can be admitted
into the Union by the earli-
est and quickest method possible.
They possess resources of agriculture,
mineral and manufacturing wealth ca
pable of sustaining population within
their borders OF 10,000000. They
have contributed over So, 900, 600 of gold
and silver to the public circulation, and
are adding nearly S5,000,00o more an
nually. They come with over 200 post
offices, paying a revenue into the ma
tlonal treasury over and above their
support. They come with over 10000
farms, averaging over 200 acres TO the
farm. They come with more horses and
cattle than any one OF twenty states
already in the Union. They come with
nearly
THREE HUNDRED BANKS.
They offer to us thirty colleges, semi
narieS, academies and a school system
unsurpassed as a guarantee of their ed
ucatiOn and serious intention of main
tanning the same. 1t is maintained and
supported by wise, hardy sons of toll,
on the most elaborate and extensive
scale known in our people. and without
Il dollar of aid so far from the govern
ment or the public lands or outside con-
tributiOns. The cattle and wheat of
Dakota are choice and celebrated
throughout the land. Time fails us and
patience tires when we begin to recount
the wrongs and enumerate their re-
sources of the people and this country.
We append tables for the student aud
comparisons for the lover of justice,
and appeal TO congress for the Tecognl-
ton of their rights, and if congress re-
fuses they will appeal to the country to
hold responsible any men or any party
who shall further thwart the rights
and the liberties of these people.
We are told in the majority report of
this committee during the F0rty-ninth
congress that all and every portion or
the balance OF the United States have
as much right to say what boundaries
and area the new state shall have as the
people of such proposed state. 1t is a
pertinent inquiry as to what methods
these gentlemen propose to adopt for
aScertaining the wishes of the country
upon the subject. One thing appears
quite manifest, the
WISHES OF THE PEOPLE
of the proposed state are to be disre
garded if possible. What would Jeffer-
son say to this? What would Douglas
Say to this? What does the ordinance of
1877 say? What does the Louisiana
treaty say? What did Michigan say
when congress undertook to prescribe
her boundaries? and what did Iowa and
California do regarding the boundaries
Of their respective states? Iowa voted to
stay out of the Union rather than adopt
the boundaries marked out for her by
congress, and congress conceded what
she wished. All the answers have been
one way, and that is the will of the peO-
pie Of the territory and proposed state.
expressed within the spirit and policy
of the government, the constitution, Or
dinanceS and treaties, is supreme. To
thwart it is uSurpation. To insist
upon it is tyranny. To adopt this prin-
ciple would be the end Of our republic
and the abolition of our state
governments. Regarding the re-
sources of our proposed state and its
development. we herewith give state
ment from the report of the commission
OF immigration Of the territory of Dakota
III reference thereto and to SubStantiate
the views herein expressed: