Year: 1872

Governor Washburn, in a brief message to the Leg
sature, yesterday, the question OF the blockade OF
the harbor of Superior City has done more 10 vndI-
cate the honor of Wisconsin than his predecessor DUR


ing six years term The details of the case are bet
ter known than the extent of the outrage they
up That Secretary of War, with ut any hearing on
our side has the right to ruin the harbor OF one OF our
cities pending the action OF court by an exercise oil
arbitrary power is one of the most remarkable as
sumntions on record. Notonly that, but alter an IN
junction had been granted he assumed to take BOND
from the city of Duluth known to be wholly illegal TO
do the very thing that the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sented in United States Court, had procured writ
to prevent The result has been to destroy the mouth
of ST. Louis river hafbor, by creating bar eeht
hundred feet where none existed before, win
only six feet of water where there had a~dNs been
nine thus totally destroying navigation, running the
works already built great expense by the Govern
ment and leaving Superior an inland village Who
is to paw the damage caused by this act OF criminal
us,rpation? That is what the Governor and people
of this State want know, and what punishment can
be inflicted adequate to gross an outrage we have
fortunately elected an Executive now who compre-
hends that States have rights left, and who has
no fear of taking responsibilities Thus far we have
been laughed at and spit upon In the absence OF
other relief the State would be fully Justified IN tax
inc military possession Of Minnesota Point, and free
use of the bavonet, drive off aggressors. Ii mill
dam was erected the mouth of Chicago river,
or cut off made that would destroy the harbor, how
long would your people wait for redress when thrust





its face The act should have been resisted at the
outset but rights be lost in such case by in
efficiency. Thus far the only person benefited has
been Senator Carpenter, who received $1,000 o. our
money for advising the form OF action, which the Sec
retarv set aside Honor dignity and decency were
alike forgotten and our best port the great lake
sacrificed without a word Of official remonstrahce.
Now the scene has changed. We have Governor
who will not hesitate in defence of the State, TO
tieatc usurpaton from whatever source it comes. 1t
is public crime and the vindcaton should be public
and complete The Legislature should cothe the Tx
ecuve with every power necessary to meet SO strange
an emergency. n


We copy the above from the Chicago Eve
ming Journal Of Goth, and we most emphat-
ically endorse the statement made by the
Journal as regards the outrages perpetra-
ted by the followers of Jay Cooke, upon
the rights Of the State of Wisconsin. The
fact. that that individual, whose only merit
consists in having amassed enormous wealth
out of the misfortunes of his country, and
whose operations with the Secretary of the
Treasury during the past year as examined
bvthe Senate during the present session, are
to say the least, Of questionable honesty,
shonld be able to exercise such an influence
mon the executive department Of the Ia
ton, as to WELD It's powers IN support OF q
VILLAGE in which he and bis friends have in
vested money, to the detriment of all other
rival locations, and to the injury Of the SOW
ereicn State of Wisconsin and its citizens,
shows deplorable disorder in the manage
mcnt Of our national affairs.


Where the departments Of the federal
government permit themselves to be made
cats paws OF, for the purpose Of building
up towns for Jay Cooke and his toady tol-
lows, where they prostitute their powers to
enhance the value of town lots Of which
the presiding genius of the "Syndicate'' IS
the owner, they occupy rather undlgni-
fed position in the eye Of rejecting men.


Nevertheless the correspondent Of the
Journal makes mistake. He says that
the State of Wisconsin represented IN a
United States Court" had procured writ
of injunction to prevent the digging OF the
canal which has destroyed our natural har-
Dor by reducing the depth of water on the
bar from nine and one-half feet, to little
more than six feet. We regret to say that
neither the State of Wisconsin, nor any o.
it's citizens were represented in United
States Court Mistaken counsels prevailed,
and the attorneys and counsel feed and en-
nloyed bv the State, delivered it over to
the war department at Washington, bound
hand and foot.


The writ was brought by the United
States, to protect the improvements made
bv the War Department at the mouth OF
the ST. Louis river, and the State OF WIS
consin or It's citizens thus lost all control OF
the cause. By taking this course the W ar
Department in Washington became author
lied to interfere in that action Our Du-
luth friends over the bay have winning
way of selling (?O to officers of the United
States. lots and lands at very reasonable
prices, and reports were made and conclu-
sious drawn, which are not according to
tie facts.


Here the War Department at Washing
ton became the tool of Jay Cooke, The
United States courts had granted the writ
of Injunction to stop the building OF the
canal and then Duluth rendered a bond to
the department to construct dyke so IS 70
prevent the canal from turning the current
an5 tho channel of the St. Louis river. by
accepting such bond and in consideration