Year: 1873




are equally dead set in their resist
ance to the attempted exercise Of
the right OF eminent domain.


Must Superior await the issue of
this needless controversy We
think not. One of two things will
probably happen before the end Of
the ensuing week, namely, compro-
mise-or withdrawal on the part of
the Company to ground, if any is to
be had in the town, where it can 90
to work without the embarrassment
Of law suits.


According to Gen. Cass, when
here few weeks since, proposals for
construction of the railroad bridge
across the St Louis river, ought TO
appear about this time. 1t is now
peculiarly favorable opportunity
to let the contract, on account Of
the low price Of labor and material.
THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN on
THE ST. CROLX AND SUPERIOR
LAND GRANT


The Republican State Conven-
ton, which met at Madison last
,,-ooI- boc 81 box,,, - conc, - 4 H.
Importance of internal improve
ments in Northern Wisconsin. We
are happy TO find that our needs are
appreciated by the rest of the State,
and that the future of this section of
Wisconsin seems to engage the
thoughtful consideration Of our fell
low citizens. In view of the great
commercial advantages to accrue to
the people Of the entire State by
the building of the land grant road
from the ST Croix valley to Lake
Superior, we give room to the reso-
luton passed by the convention,
which expresses the demands OF not
only political party, but the ell
tire people of the State Of Wiscon-
sin:


Resoloed, That we regard the settlement
and development of the northwestern portion


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resources Of soil, timber and mineral, and
upon the very highway of IA direct commune
cation with our harbor on Lake Superior.
aud .sit,a ttsp NcrttE Pacific railway r.es
mentous interest and most urgent import
ance Having completed in good faith and
proper season the railroads from Portage
City to Tomah. and from Tomah to the Saint
Croix river by the expenditure and judicious
application of two, thirds of the land grant of
1856, and having made an honest effort to
construct the road from St. CroiX river to
Lake Superior the last link in this chain Of
road contemplated by that grant, and having
already completed portion Of the same, and
having taken care cf the lands and prevented
trespasses upon them and continued to treat
them as still the trust property of the State,
and people of that section having located
and purchased government lands at double
the usual government price in view of the
grant and the building of the roads, and hav-
ing long and patiently waited for such a
consummaton, it would be unjust, iliberal,
and unfair to the State to now seek to divest
her of the title to the remaining portion of
this grant, even if Congress has the legal
right, which we deny, ami if necessary we
insist that Congress eight to pass law at
once, and without hesitation, renewing this
/ portion of the grant to the State, that the
title may be beyond any question and the
road speedily completed.


Upon which resolution the Saint
Paul Press makes the following fair
and just remarks:


This is the right ground for the
people Of Wisconsin to take, and
the people of Minnesota should back
them up in it to the fullest extent Of
their ability. We do not believe
that Congress will ever be guilty of
the fragrant injustice OF positively
depriying the State Of Wisconsin Of
the means heretofore appropriated
by Congress for the completion of
the grand outlines OF It's system Of
internal improvements; but the peo-
pie of Wisconsin and Minnesota
should unite in demanding the eX-
tension OF land grants where an hon
est efforl has been made 10 fulfil
their conditions, and they have fail
ed only because of a succession of
untoward circumstances beyond the
control of the State.