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THE MINNESOTIAN.
81. Paul, Minnesota.
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1852.
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT
OF MEW JERSEY*
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
Or NORTH CAROLINA.
•• HENRY CLAY IS DEAD! »
For many months, the people of all the
country, at any moment, would not have
been surprised to hear these words borne
to them on the wings of the lightning.—
He must die was the fiat long since sent
forth from the scene of his life triumphs,
the capital of the nation. Yet when it
came, it fell upon the heart of the country
as a shock, rending asunder the Past
and the Future —severing the connecting
link of all that is glorious and bright in
the annals of America since the century
began, and leaving the time that is to
come a dreamy, uncertain darkness.
“ Henry Clay is dead!” Yes, we must
be compelled to realize the awful fact.—
With how vague a state of mind can we
do it! How will we run back through
the past; and as our eye rests upon the
burning page which chronicles the deeds
of his greatness, ask ourselves, “ Can
this man die S'” No! he cannot die.—
He is not dead. So long as truth, and hon
or, and patriotism, and liberty, and devo
tion to every attribute of manly virtue
lives, Henry Clay is not dead. Though
vital energy in his mortal body is no
more, he lives —enshrined in the hearts of
his countrymen, and the whole world,
wherever the name of freedom and the
immutable rights of man have found a re
sponsive trob in the human breast.
Washington, June 29.
Henry Clay died at 20 minutes past 11
this morning. He died with the utmost
composure. The Rev. Mr. Butler, his
spiritual adviser, Mr. Clay’s son, Ex-
Governor Jones of Tennessee, and Mr.
Calbertof the National Hotel, were pres
ent and witnessed his last moments. Mr.
Hall, his physician, was called, but did
not arrive until the great statesman had
expired. He was believed to be perfect
ly sensible to the last, though he uttered
not a word. The Executive offices and
other places of business were immediately
closed. Both Houses of Congress ad
journed. The flags were flying at half
mast, and sorrow sat on every counte
nance. When the life of Henry Clay
went out, a great light was extinguished,
and all felt the weight of darkness.
NATIVE AMERICANISM.
Our neighbor of the Democrat appears
to wish to revive in Minnesota the excit
ing and demoniacal scenes which were
enacted in some parts of the United
States eight or ten years ago. It is a
matter known to every intelligent man,ol
whatever party he may be, that Native
Americanism is dead—possessed of no
vitality—even in Philadelphia and other
places, where once it reared its hydra
head, and threatened to deluge the whole
extent of this free land with the blood of
brothers. Some of the best men of the
nation gave way, for a time, under the
excitement of the moment, at witnessing
what they conceived to be flagrant viola
tions of the rights of citizens by unnat
uralized foreigners. A letter of Gen.
Scott’s, written eleven years ago, under
the impulse of the excitement which was
then beginning to pervade all classes, so
cieties and parties of the American peo
ple, is paraded by the Democrat now, for
the purpose undoubtedly of inducing some
of Gen. Scott’s friends here to defend
him for the set j and by this means get
up a bitter hostility between a portion of
the native born citizens and those of for
eign birth.
But the trick—or the plot against the
peace of society, we should call it—is too
palpable. Perhaps our neighbor will
find he has 44 woke up the wrong passen
gers.” The only promulgators of the
narrow doctrines of Nativeism we have
ever met in Minnesota, are gentlemen
closely allied with the Democrat in politi
cal and social feelings and intercourse.—
So far as we are individually concerned,
we can lhow a “ clean record,” from the
time the damnable doctrine was first agi
tated till the present day. And while
we, from the start, condemned Gen.
Scott for writing this letter, and condemn
him still, we can very easily account for the
motives which prompted him to the act,con
sidering the circumstances and feelings
which surrounded him at the time. So can
® n y body else, who is not a blind partisan
bigot. Looking at the history of the
times, is there anything strange that an
old soldier, who had poured out his blood
in defence of his country’s freedom,
should write such a letter in 1841 p
But what thought Gen. Scott seven
years later, after he had conquered Mexi
co, partly through the aid of soldiers born
in foreign lands ? Here is another letter,
written in 1848, upon the same subject,
which is certainly more than a fair offset
to the one published in the Democrat.
But we venture to say it will never find
its way into the columns of that sheet:
Washington, May 29,1848.
Dear Sir :—ln reply to your kind let
ler oj the Bth inst., 1 take pleasure it
saying that, grateful for the too partial
estimate you place on my public services,
you do me no more than justice in assum
ing that 1 entertain “ kind and liberal
views towards our naturalized citizens.”
Certainly it would be impossible for ine
to recommend or support any measure
intended to exclude them from a just and
full participation in all civil and political
rights now secured to them by our Re
publican laws and institutions.
It is true, that in a case of unusual ex
citement, years ago, when both parties
complained of fraudulent practices in the
naturalization of foreigners, and when
there seemed to be danger that native and
adopted citizens would be permanently
arrayed against each other in hostile fac
tions, I was inclined to concur in the
opinion, then avowed by leading states
men, that some modification of the natur
alization laws might be necessary in or
der to prevent abuses, allay strife, and
restore harmony between the different
classes of our people. But later experi
ence and reflection have entirely removed
this impression, and dissipated my appre
hensions.
In my recent campaign in Mexico, a
very large proportion of the men under
my command were your countrymen—
Irish, Germans, &c. I witnessed with
admiration their zeal, fidelity and valor in
maintaining our Hag in the face of every
danger, vicing with each other and our
native-born soldiers in the same ranks in
patriotism, constancy and heroic daring.
I was happy to call them brothers in the
field, as I shall always be happy to salute
them as countrymen at borne.
I remain, dear Sir. with great esteem,
Yours truly,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
W . E. Rom n in, Esq. [
This is what the frank old hero says
after reflection and experience had ma
lurcd his opinion in regard to the rights
of foreigners, lie saw his previous cr-j
ror, and had the magnanimity to aeknowl-J
edge it. How rare it is we find politi-J
cians doing likewise ! None but honest
men can bring their moral courage up to
this point.
And now read what Gen. Scott wrote
only a very few days ago. In his letter
to Gen. Chapman, accepting the nomina
tion of the recent convention, (which we
publish in full elsewhere) after declaring
himself in favor of the widest liberty' to
actual settlers upon the public lands, he
further says lie will consider it bis duty,
if elected,
“ Also, to recommend or approve of a'
single alteration in our Naturalization 1
Laws, suggested by my military experi
ence, giving to all foreigners the right of
citizenship, who shall faithfully serve in
time of war, one year on board of our!
public ships, or in our land forces, regu
lar or volunteer, on their receiving an
honorable discharge from the service.”
So much for Gen. Scott’s Nativeism.—
fry again, neighbor!
HUGH TYLER. ESR.
The people of Minnesota should know
that others than their public otlicers have
taken an interest in their affairs at Wash
ington, and labored zealously to secure
the consummation of their most vital meas
ures. From the day the Indian treaties
were placed before the Senate until their
final disposition, the gentleman whose
name stands at the bead of this article,
labored faithfully and unceasingly, and
with a zeal that knew “ no such word as
fail,” to secure their ratification. With
out any personal interest in the matter—
without expectation or possibility of re
ward—without desire of emolument, save
the consciousness of having done a good
thing for his friends in Minnesota and
her people generally, lie worked hard
er and accomplished more for these great
measures than any other man in Washing
ton outside of Congress. We have ref
erence, of course, to men who have been
in Washington all or most of the lime.—
To those who know Mr. Tyler, it is un
necessary to say, that while possessed of
* fine address and suavity of manner,
well calculated to win the esteem and
confidence of every one lie meets, in
whatever sphere they may' move, he is,
at the same lime, one of the most modest
and unassuming ol men. Hence we
will never hear from him that he has
worked—and worked faithfully and suc
cessfully, for our treaties. But others on
the ground have noted his untiring efforts;
and in the name of the people of Min
nesota we thank him heartily.
SCOTT'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
The Intelligencer contains the follow
ing letter from Gen. Soott, addressed to
the Hon. J. G. Chapman, President of
the Whig National Convention, accepting
the nomination for the Presidency. It
will be read with interest and pleasure:
Washington, June, 24, 1852.
I l ,a d the honor to receive from
j our hands the official notice of my unan
imous nomination as the whig candidate
for the office ot President of the United
states, together with a copy of the resolu
tions passed by the Convention, express
ing their opinions upon some of the most
prominent questions of national policy.
This great distinction conferred by a
numerous, intelligent, patriotic body rep
resenting millions of my countrymen, sinks
deep into my heart—remembering the
many eminent names which were before
the convention in amicable competition
with my own, I am made to feel oppressive
Jy the weight of responsibility belonging
to my new position. Not having written a
word to procure that distinction, I lost
rjr ment a, ? er U had keen conferred,
bers le * terto one of your mem
time g " , What Would be at a P^per
time the substance of my reply to the
Convent, on-and I now hale, he Wo
repeat in a more formal manner, as the
occasion justly demands, that I accept the
nomination with the Resolutions annexed.
The political principles and measures
laid down in the resolutions are so broad,
that there is little left for me to add. I
therefore barely suggest in this place,
should I, by the partiality of my country
men, be elevated to the Chief Magistracy
of the Union, I shall be ready in my con
nection with Congress, to recommend or
approve of measures in regard to the man
agement of the public domain so as to se
cure as early a settlement of the same to
actual settlers as possible, but consistent,
nevertheless, with due regard to the equal
rights of the American people in that vast
National inheritance.
Also to recommend or approve of a sin
gle alteration in our naturalization laws,
suggested by my military experience, giv
ing to all foreigners the right of citizen
ship who shall faithfully serve in time of
war one year on board of our public ships,
or in our land forces, regular or volunteer,
or on their receiving an honorable dis
charge from the service.
In regard to the general policy of the
administration, if elected, I should of
course look among those who may ap
prove of that policy for the agents to car
ry it into execution, and I should seek to
cultivate perfect harmony and fraternal
sentiments, throughout the Whig party,
without attempting to reduce its members
by proscription to exact uniformity to my
views ; but I should at the same time be
rigorous as to qualifications for office, re
taining nor appointing any one deficient
cither in capacity or integrity, or devo
tion to the Constitution and the Union.
Convinced that harmony and good will
between the different quarters of our broad
country is essential to the present and
future interests of our Republic, and with
a devotion to those interests that can know
no South or no North, I should neither
[countenance or tolerate any sedition, dis
order, faction or resistancc'to the laws of
It he Union on any pretext—in any part of
jthe land ; and I should carry into the civil
[administration this one principle of mili
tary conduct—obedience to the Legisla
tive and Judicial departments or govern
ment, each in its constitutional sphere,
saving only in respect to the Legislature
the possible resort to the veto power, al
ways to be inostjcautiously exercised, and
under the strictest restraints and necessi
ties.
Finally, for my strict adherence to the
principles of the Whig party enacted in
the Resolutions of the Convention, and!
herein suggested with a sincere and earn-J
est purpose to advance the greatness and!
happiness of the Republic, and thus to!
cherish and encourage the cause of con
stitutional liberty, throughout the world,
avoiding every act and thought that might
involve our country in an unjust or unne
cessary war, or impair the faith of treaties,
or discountenance all political agitation in
jurious totlie interests of society and dan
gerous to the L nion, I can offer no other
pledge or guarantee Ilian the known inci
dents of a long public life—now undergo
ing the severest examination. I consider
myself highly fortunate in my associate
oil the ticket; and with a lively sense of
my obligation to the Convention and to
your personal courtesies, I have the hon
or to remain, sir, with great esteem, yotir
ob’t servant.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
To Hon. J. G. Chatman.
The following pertinent remarks upon
a subject that is exciting the public mind
to some extent, we find in the St. Louis
Republican. They suit us exactly :
GEX. MOTT’S RELIGIOUS VIEWS.
“Chester, 111, June 25, 1852.
“Gentlemen— Many good men in this
“part of Illinois accuse Gen. Scott of bc
“ing a Catholic, and refuse to vote for him
“on that account. Please inform your
“readers whether or not lie is a Catho
lic.”
We have fallen upon curious times,
when it is necessary to ask such a ques
tion. The Constitution of the U. States,
and of every State in this Union, save
New Hampshire, guarantees the free and
unrestricted exercise of religious opinion,
no matter what form it may take. The
privilege of worshipping God according
to the dictates of our consciences, is one
of the most remarkable features of our
institutions, and we have never been able
to conceal our surprise, when questions
of this kind have been put in our pres
ence.
Grant that General Scott is a Catholic.
What of it P Does that make him less a
patriot—less a lover of his country—less
desirous for the prosperity of the people
—less solicitous for the perpetuity of our
institutions ? Can it be, that he who has
served his country for more than forty
years of his life, on the battle-field, and
in places of extreme peril, is less to be
respected because he. is a Catholic, than
Washington, or Jackson, or any of the
host of patriots who happen to have be
longed to other churches and to have en
joyed other modes of worship of God P
We humbly think not. Signers of the
Declaration of Independence—those who
pledged their lives, their fortunes, and
their sacred honor, to uphold that Decla
ration—were Catholics, and yet who ever
thought of making it a matter of accusa
tion against them? The present Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the U
niled States—a man of great learning, of
unimpeachable integrity, and enjoying
universal respect—is a Catholic, and yet
who imputes this as an objection to him
in that high office? Instances are num
berless in which Catholics have aided in
achieving and sustaining the liberties of
our country 4 , and wo be to the country
when such a distinction shall be made
against any religious class in it. We
reprobate all such distinctions—we care
not whether a man be a Presbyterian, or
a Unitarian, a Methodist or a Catholic, it
is enough for us to know that he is a
Patriot, and an honest man, to justify us
in supporting him for even the first office
in the gift of the people of this country.
We never will agree, whatever others
may do, to make a religious test in politi
cal matters.
t But, we can put our querist at rest.
Gen. Scott is not a Catholic. He is an
Episcopalian. Members of his family
are Catholics, and in this, as much as in
any thing else, the beauty of our institu
tions is exemplified. While he is attach
ed to one church, it has not prevented
one, perhaps more, of his children from
connecting themselves with the Catholic
church. In the tolerant spirit of a mag
nanimous mind, he has permitted them to
exercise their own judgment in this mat
ter. For so doing, he deserves praise
rather than censure, and we believe the
country will sustain him in this course.
We think too much of the feeling of re
ligious tolerance among our people—too
much of the catholic spirit which is writ
ten in our Constitutions, to suppose that
any such objection can have weight in
determining the election which is to take
place in the present year for the office of
Chief Magistrate of the republic. We
never wish to see the day when a ques
tion of religious faith shall determine one
of our elections.
Facts and Fancies.
The Black Hawk finds no difficulty
whatever in nivigaling the Minnesota as
far as the mouth of Blue Earth. On her
first trip, she found four feet water at
the shallowest place, which was below
the so-called “ Rapids.” On the Rapids
there was six feet. ' She left on her sec
ond trip Wednesday, with a good freight.
Capt. Hall intends removing a few snags
which are found at certain points, and
then the Minnesota will be a better riv
er for navigating, so far as water is con
cerned, than the Mississippi between here
and Galena. The accommodations on the
Black Hawk are of the first order, and
the officers competent and accommoda
ting. We hope every stranger who vis
its Minnesota will take a trip on her.—
She will go up twice a week.
The Supreme Court of Minnesota,
Hon. Chief Justice Fuller presiding, and
Hon. David Cooper and Hon. 13. B.
Meeker, Associates, is now holding its
annual term. The Court House not be
ing finished, the Court is held in the
Methodist church. The business, it is
thought, will be completed early next
week. The following gentlemen were yes
terday admitted to practice in the Supreme'
;and District Courts of Minnesota:
jVan Etten, Theodore E. Parker, De Wittj
C. Cooley, David A. Sccotnbe, William 11.
Welch, Clias. L. Willcs, Lucas R. Stan
nard, Edmund L. Hall, Warren Bristol,
William H. Woods.
Hard talk down in Missouri, between
Benton’s friends and the anties! The
following is a specimen. It is what Mr.
Yories, one of “ Old Bullion’s’’ attorneys
in the Birch case says, speaking of the
recent postponement of the trial at Boon
ville. The “ fancy sketch” will certain
ly be a production worth reading :
“ I merely wish to state at present,
that in your next paper I will publish all
the facts, connected with the application
[made by Birch for a continuance. Suf
fice it to say at present, that nearly two
were consumed by the arguments of
counsel, about some spurious depositions
[filled by Birch, and upon Birch's applica
tion for a continuance. Benton all the.
time insisting upon a trial. As Birch
‘designed the statement above alluded to
(and which was in reality drawn up by
himself) for political effect, I shall in my
communication next week, make a sort of
lancy sketch ol some, of his foul moral
deformities ; the contemplation of which
W’oiild be sufficient to make the veiy Imps
of Hell blush for shame, and shield their
faces beneath their sable wings.”
The hurricane of Monday was the heav
iest blow ever before known in Minneso
ta, according to the recollection of the
“ oldest inhabitant.” The greatest damage
done in St. Paul was in the vicinity of the
capitol (where Mr. L. M. Oliver's house
was unroofed, several other dwellings
blown down, and Mr. Bazil’s carpenter
shop destroyed,) and west of that locali
ty. Mr. Irvine’s dwelling, near G. W.
Farrington’s was lifted from the founda-
tion, and only saved by a large tree from
going down the hill in front. Part of the
roof was taken from Rice's (formerly
b idler’s) large brick store on Eagle and
St. Anthony streets. On Kittson’s addi-
tion two or three slightly built houses
were destroyed. Other and more slight
damages occurred in different parts ol
town. The hurricane extended through
out the country. Up the Minnesota river,
trees, two and three feet in diameter, were
twisted off and carried some distance.
No better or finer carriages are man
ufactured in the United States, than those
by Oviatt & Co., of Talhnadge, Ohio. We
state a fact we knew long before we came
to Minnesota. Willoughby &. Powers buy
at their sale warerooin in Cincinnati.—
Just take a look at, and a ride in, that su
perb barouche they have lately received.
It takes them all.
Travel to Minnesota is largely increas
ing since the treaties were ratified. The
Nominee and West Newton this week
were piled full—state-rooms and cabin
floor.
In addition to like favors from the
clerks of all the steamboats the past week,
we are under obligations to Mr. Mullen,
the “ grocery keeper” of the Ben Camp
bell, for very late St. Louis papers. By
the way, Mr. M. is most rigid, on all oc
casions, in obeying our Liquor Law. No
consideration can induce him to allow
people to drink at his bar while the boat
is in any of our ports.
Free speech, for the abuse of which,
law and public opinion are the only rem
edy,—is a right secured to every Ameri
can citizen. In case of personal insult
only, has the citizen a moral right to seek
personal redress. Rowdy annoyances of
a public speaker, be he in the house, or
in the street, can never be approved by!
the cool judgment of any good citizen.—
Democrat.
This is said in reference to the “ rowdy
annoyances ” which prevented Gen. Ri
ley from delivering a temperance address
on Third street, on Friday evening of last
week. We are glad to see such languge
in the Democrat ; more especially as it is
a pointed rebuke of the conduct on the
occasion of certain officers, elevated to
power mostly by the labors of that jour
nal. Rut let this pass. We hope never
again to witness such a scene in the
streets of St. Paul. On the other hand,
we have a word to say of Gen. RileyJ
He may be, and doubtless is, a very good
temperance man—devoted, zealous, dis
interested, and all that. But there are]
advocates of the cause just as well, and
perhaps better calculated to do good, who
may have a way of accomplishing their!
end slightly different from Gen. Riley's
His abuse of such, who arc citizens—lov
ed and respected citizens, —of long stand
ing here in St. Paul, helps neither th<
cause nor the General. “I am holiei
than thou,’ the General should recollect
was the cry of the Pharisees of old, de
nounced by our Saviour as hypocrites. W(
are ready to do our share in protecting
any man in his right to speak in tin
street, or any where else he may choose
and upon any subject he may choose, so ii
be not treasonable; but when it comes to'
unwarranted abuse of a justly respected
clergyman, who does not require ribbons
and medals to endorse his temperance prin
ciples and conduct, we are compelled to*
take issue with the General.
The ratification of the Treaties of course
would settle the question of representa
tion on the west side of the river, at least
so far as the lands ceded were concerned,!
even if members of Congress had not up-j
set the calculations of our Democratic
friends of the “ organisation,” in relation*
to the matter. We had not intended, after]
our article of some weeks ago, to again re-]
fer to the matter—always an exciting one,?
and the cause of more bitterness between'
citizens of opposite opinions than any'
other question that has ever divided our
people. But in some of our jokes at the
Quixotic feats of our opponents last win-]
tor. it appears we, unintentionally, trod'
upon the corns of a former fellow-soldier]
of the quill, Mr. Jas. W. Vincent, who*
was then at Washington ; not recollect-]
ing at the moment that lie was not then,!
and is not now, as formerly, in his old po-j
sition, where he could measure swords!
with his cotemporaries. We will cndcav-]
to be more careful for the future. j
Col. Goodhue crossed the river for
first time with his new ferry boat on]
Thursday. We have not yet received an]
invitation to takca trip uponthisnow and]
essential craft, but presume the delay is]
for cause which we will appreciate as]
proper and right. When we do get a]
chance to travel upon her, our readers]
will know more about her speed and ac-[
commodations. Persons can form some]
estimate of the necessity of a ferry at St.
Paul from the fact that teams constantly
line the shores, wishing to cross. Col.
Goodhue, we feel sure, has built a boat
that will answer every purpose.
Persons wishing blank deeds and
mortgages can now be supplied at the
Minnesotian office. We have just printed
a large lot of these blanks which we are
not ashamed to brag upon. We think
they will be pronounced far ahead of any
thing ot the kind ever got up in the Ter
ritory.
The heavy rains of Monday last and
Wednesday night were very acceptable
to the growing crops. Every thing looks
revived and fresh.
The Galena Advertiser has the follow
ing just remarks upon the retirement
from that establishment of B. F. John
son, Esq:
“For one year past, this gentleman has
been Asistant Editor of this paper. The
term tor which he was employed having
expired, lie retires with the friendship
and good wishes of every person connect
ed with this establishment, llis abilities
as a writer may be judged of by much
that has appeared in our columns. He is,
moreover, a gentleman, and a correct and
conscientious business man. In whatever
he may hereafter engage or wherever he
may be, may happiness and prosperity
ever attend him.”
The Western Standard is the name oft
paper just started at Tiffin, in this State
by George L. Wharton. His motto is—
"lndependent upon all subjects ; neutral
on none.” Mr. Wharton, formerly pub
lished the Whig Standard, in that city.—
Ohio S'atc Journal.
Send it on, George.
The map of St. Paul, by Geo. C.
Nichols, is out, and a most elegant one it
is. We doubt not it is as accurate as a
map of our emporium can be, considering
the multitude of difficulties under which
any surveyor must labor to get up a good
diagram of St. Paul and its numerous adJ
ditions. It can be had at the office of
Conway & Nichols, Third street, and at
Lc Due and Holler’s.
Sartain’s Magazine of the last month
contains a well written notice of Henry
C. Carey, Esq., the well known Ameri
can writer upon Political Economy.—
With Mr. Carey, this is a practical
science,—none of the abstruse theories
which we men of this age learned at
school, only to go forth into the world
with ideas not worth a tithe our parents
paid for beating them into our youthful
noddles. Mr. Carey's papers upon the
[policy of our Government in regard to
.the Tariff have never been answered by
.the advocates of Free Trade in this
.country, and never will be—because they
‘arc unanswerable. We are sory that Mr.
C., on his recent visit to Minnesota,
'could not stay longer with us.
I “ Resignation of Secretary Gra
’iiam.—Hon. Wm. A. Graham, (the Whig 1
for the Vice Presidency,) has’
resigned his post ns Secretary of the 11
|Navy, but will continue to act for a fewj
[days, at the solicitation of the President.”!
I We think Mr. Graham has acted prop-'
erly in this, and doubt not it will add to]
his strength before the people. ■
“ Extent of Minnesota Territory.]
I —Minnesota territory is slated to be'
about four times as large as the State of
( Ohio. Its length is six hundred and!
seventy-five miles from north-west to'
’south-east. The centre of the territory'
is about twelve hundred miles in a direct?
line from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, 1 !
‘one thousand miles from the Gulf of?
Mexico, and three hundred miles from*
Hudson’s Bay.” I
I The above is in many of our exchan-]
ges. It is strange people will publish]
such nonsense, when a correct knowledge'
of our geography is so easily obtained.—]
t The centre of Minnesota only “three*
hundred miles from Hudson's Bay!”—]
.Well, that is news to us, indeed—news]
by the northern route. f
Mr. M’Kenty, of this p’ace, will sella
some line meadow land situated near St.]
[Anthony, at the St. Charles Hotel on!
Monday next. The reader is referred to]
his characteristic advertisement. {
| In the House of Representatives on the
28th ult., Mr. Sibley gave notice of his]
intention to ask leave to introduce a joint
resolution to-morrow, or at some subse
quent day, for the purchase of the “ Halfi
'Breed tract,” on Lake Pepin, in Minne
sota Territory.
I A lecture on Educational Science and
Scools will be given by Professor!
jS. R. Sweet, on Tuesday evening next at
Methodist Church. All are invited!
,to attend.
| Mr. Champlin, the engineer in charge,
[informs us that the Point Douglas and St.
I Lou is river road is progressing rapidly.
|Thc portion under contract was let to Mr.
:Corbett, who is pushing it forward to
completion with energy.
| The officers of neither the “ Fourth of
I July celebrations,” at St. Paul having
.sent us the proceedings, we presume they
[desire no further publicity of the same
what has already been given them I
jWe believe everything passed off to the!
.entire satisfaction of all concerned.
I The agent of the Mail Line authorizes
■us to announce that the Ben Campbell
[Will make two trips per week between
• Galena and St. Paul. She will be here
this evening. See her card in our adver
tising columns.
Mr. Collins, one ol the oldest printers
in Philadelphia, with a parly of his
friends, arrived by the West Newton on
Wednesday. They remain a few daysj
Wa suing to n, June 25,
Mr. Webster expects to leave here on
Thursday for Marshfield, where some*
important treaties with the British Min-*
istry arc to be negotiated. All other*
business pertaining to the State Depart-!
inenl will also be transacted there.
North and South.— Within a week
after the nomination of Gen. Pierce, the 1
Whigs of Maine achieved a handsome*
victory; and a few days afterward, the 1
Whigs of New Orleans swept every
thing before them! “Straws show which
way the wind blows.”— Alb. Jour.
Sodding a Railroad. —The editor of
the Chicago Tribune says he 44 took a
short excursion east, last week, on the!
Michigan Central liailroad, and was grat
ified to observe, at different points, a large
number of laborers engaged in filling up,
leveling and sodding the road bed. -
Where the work has been completed, the
cars appeared to be running over a beau
tiful green ridge, with no indications of a
road but the black iron rail. Mr. Brooks,
the enterprising Superintendent, is wide
awake to everything calculated to render
his road a popular thoroughfare, and he is
not unmindful of the fact that one of the
greatest drawbacks to the pleasure of
travelling over the railroads of the United
States is the clouds of dust and sand which
fill the lungs and nearly destroy the eyes
of passengers whenever they open a win
dow to get fresh air. So much has this
become a source of annoyance on the east
ern roads, that some of them have a sprink
ler run ahead of the train and lay the dust
with a copious sprinkling of water. Mr.
Brooks’ plan of sodding will probably cost
more to commence with, but not so in the
end, while it will be altogether a more
certain and effective remedy.”
Scott in Michigan.— Gen. John R.
Williams, a prominent Democrat in De
troit, and for several years Mayor in that
city, supports Gen. Scott; and so does
Maj. Jonathan Kcarsley, of the same
city, who was badly crippled in defence
of his country. These are important ac
cessions to the Scott phalanx.
Far the HliarMiu.
Mr. Editor —Among the recommen
dation* published in Le Due & Rohrer’s
catalogue of Standard School Book*, we
find the following:
“Parker’s Readers,” says the writer,
“being entirely free from Scriptural ex
tracts and sectarian dogmas, tliey will be
[received with peculiar favor by that por
tion of our citizens who prefer that the ‘
religious culture of their children should
be left entirely to their parents or to those
whom they may select for that purpose. .
Principal of Third-st. School, St. Paul.”’
Now, Mr. Editor, we have never ex
amined Parker's Readers, but if it is true
that they are entirely free from all Scrip
tural extracts , we must regard it as a
’fault, if they have not another, and we
are sorry to see that any teacher can hold
it up as a ground of commendation. For
aught we know at present, the above rec
'ommendation of the “Principal of the
Third-street School” may have pointed
out the only fault the books have.
| We know nothing of the “Third-street
; School,” but we must say that our judg
ement would be against intrusting the ed
ucation of a child to a teacher who regards
[the exclusion of the Scriptures as a pecu
liar excellency, or who can class that
-book with “sectarian dogmas.”
| We arc perfectly willing that all creeds
and confessions of the different religious
’sects, and all works advocating the pecu
liar tenets of these sects, should be ex
cluded from our public schools ; our sit
uation is such that justice demands their
[exclusion, if the state is to educate at all.
.But we arc not willing that the Bible
'should be excluded from our public
'schools, much less that its exclusion
'should be held up in the face of a free
people as a matter of congratulation.
) The Bible is the Magna Charta of our
liberties ; to it we owe our republicanism,
[our just laws, all that is good in morals,
and our civil and religious liberty. That
no “sectarian” book, it is the property
,of all sects and of the world, and each
man is accountable to lr’s God for his un
[derstanding of its teaching.
I We cannot but think that it is giving
too great an advantage to those whose
iaim is the subversion of liberty in all
[hinds, to exclude the Bible from our
:schools especially on their account. What
(harm will it do our youth, to read in
[school, without note or comment, the Bi
>ble ? What harm will its pure English
■do our literature ? What harm will its
[inspired Bepublicanism do our institu
tions and our sacred liberties? What
[harm will the reading of its just laws
land its high moral precepts do to a peo
iple who are to govern themselves, and
•choose their own legislators and iudees ?
What harm ? R.
1 Crrrspomlcncr ol the Mlnn-Mtlan.
■ Sauk Rapids, July 3, 1852.
(9 Messrs. Editors —From the mania
.that exists ior the “St. Peters” country,
[and the lew visits that are paid to this
flipper country, one would suppose that
they thought it the last verge in Minne
sota, whereon civilization and vegetation
rniight obtain a foothold. There are ma
lny, no doubt, who do not find their golden
dreams realized, even in the luxuriant
psoil of the Minnesota Valley, and return
to their homes in the East,
‘denouncing it, together with the upper
■ country, which they know nothing of, ex
cept from hearsay, and that information
; gained from men as ignorant as them
selves in regard to it; having never seen
|it, but who are ready to inform them that
|it bears no comparison with the “St. Pe
tcr s. ’ Influenced by these philanthro
pic advisers, they think it unnecessary
and a waste of time and money to look
farther. Hence we deem it but justice
to this portion of Minnesota, and a favor
to the immigrant, to inform him that it is
.broad enough, good enough, and beautiful
enough to satisfy all who may come to set
tle here for some years; and that for the
paltry sum ol they can continue their
journey to Sauk Rapids, a distance of 70
miles up the Mississippi, on the comfort
able and fast-sailing steamboat Gov. Ram
pey, commanded by one of the most obli
"ging and agreeable men that the tra
veler often meets with. Our word for
bit, no one will ever regret taking the trip;
sand they will see some as beautiful coun-
Itry as they ever beheld, with all the fa
cilities and advantages that are necessary
Pto make farming profitable and easy. It
(would be vain in us to attempt to de
scribe the beauty of its scenery. It is
.notoltbut bold, rugged cast that strikes
R' ,e hol ‘h‘r with awe and wonder. There
.has been no Hercules here, heaving huge
[rocks into massive piles to mar the origi
na beauty of its rolling banks, w)lich ° rc
dotted with a rich foliage of oak, that
° , 80 COOI and inviting that the passer
n ongs to spend an hour rolling under
.their protecting branches from the scorch
ing rays ol a meridian sun.
Arriving at Sauk Rapids, do not feel
discouraged because you do not find us
viemg with New England villages in
numbers, wealth, aid manufacturing es
tablishments, nor because you cannot lo
cate a farm in the centre of the place,
and dispose of it in village lots 50 feet
square, at ifilCO each; but examine and
contemplate for a short time its mighty 4
K; I ,OWCr ’ tl,at . ~ l! r ow* <»r into the
shade those on which New England’s
aT'r i l,a : ,gS ’ and which is destined, in
1 M ? y r* t 0 make il " hat L owell
and Manchester now are. Then step out
a, ,’ d examine the surrounding
that Lroad ’ rich > filing prairie
that extends as far as the eye see;
and not be unmindful of its healthy and
m\ igorating atmosphere that adds nerve,
and energy to the inner man ; and then say
f New England can boast of any place
that has so many advantages and facilities
to make it rich and prosperous. If * O ,
we have failed to see where. Then if
you are so fastidious as not be satisfied
and think you have not sufficient elbow
room, continue your journey to Crow
coin?’ * d nCC miles hr ough a
country unsurpassed for beauty, richness
;\ fter R ol . n ß ° vcr rich and spacious
portion of the Territory, and fail to make
i location satisfactory in every particular,
ien come to the conclusion that your
head is not right. To be sure, the coun-