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|)ionttr & democrat.
SAINT PAUL
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Thr la* Ktwinliirr.
The //mix, Wed him lay, pai-i-ed three hi!!*
and a memorial originating in tiio Senate
and considered various other bills in dill rent
stages. The bank bill fame up for further
discussion, ou the clause requiring oue tilth
of the nob's iu circulation to Is l secured by
•pccie in the vault# of the bankers. With
out coming to a vote, the House adjourned
Iti the Semite, the gri atcr part of tin. <*••#
lion was consumed in u discussion upon the
quitd'iou whether the Senate should appoint
a Committee of invtutigation on the late
election returns. After a great deal of
time spent, and the manifestations of ill
feeling on the part of sum? of the Senators,
the Senate adjourned without deciding the
mutter.
Iu the II mi. Thursday, the general bii'i
liens was forwarded, ami three Senate bills
passed finally. The House bill introduced
by Mr. Stkvkns, ami referred to a select
committee, and afterwards reported back to
the House for adoption, providing for a re
vision and compilation of the Statutes, was
considered in Committee or the Whole, and
elicited a generul discussion on the rcs|>cc
tive merits of the new code and the common
law practice. The bill Humes MohkhSiikr-
BCR.vk, Aaron CooDltliil and Wit. Hol
i.insiikal), as Commissioners to revise ami
codify the laws of all previous sessions und
of the present session of the legislature, an 1
to prepare such laws as are necessary to
carry out the objects ol government. The
main part of the discussion was upon the
question of inserting a provision in the lull,
defining the code. whether the new code or
common law. u)sm which the superstruc
ture should f>e erected. The friends of the
bill were opjioscd to inserting any instruc
tion in the bill, proposing to tiring in u sep
arate bill, designating the |miver< and du
ti'W of the Coininissioiiers. A eomprnmi.*'
was iff ctisl by depting a substitute which
merely up|*iinh-d the Commissioners und
designated the work to be done, but left
them without power to act until the le_ >
latuiv would ugr ujsin a cish-.aiid pre'-enlx
their duties. Tie bill, as amended, was
passed.
In the .S’-,,, tie- main business ol tin
day. was the dejs-ition > f the report of tie
comiuitt e in the ease -if Ham t! I. Vs. 11l s
In til - ll Tri-lay, tie only bill of
general importance acted upon, was the one
providing fur the payncnl of the < x|S’iw s
of botli of br.m< lies the Constitution il Con
v- nti o wl.i' li was [usasl thrmigliCommittee
of th" whole, and or h r I engross< d for a
third rrailing. The bill providing for an* x
tension ol time It the payment of taxes, was
umended Oi o . w itmisey and M ek'r
counti's from the provi-ions of th" bill, und
then referred to a CornraiUss; to report it
bark with hum l ii' nts. *o lint it would e\
• mpt personal ["perty a- wed as real '**t ,te
for tie- time «[»-■,!l*v|
In the 'lr.gt, aft> r considering rcvi-rai
tolls ir, t’oiumitti*-, among linn the II uu
stiad laiw, without recommendation, tin
bill fr <ii r-iicf of the Crislitorn of the
State vis tuk nop and [m—. d by a vote of
tves 22 n<»*
Th" II oi «/. -atudiy, [rs.ss-il a lurg nuin
ber of Uoail lid's through a *>coad read
ing. and the Tat Kxtcn- on Hill thre igh a
final reading. Jim- Hank H I was again up
for discission. The eighth «rcti'in. requi
ring a specie dep-nit in the bank" of one
fifth of their circulation, had another hear
,ng. hut all att. mpts to strike out nr acre nd
fa,l. d, and the section remain- Th" elrv
entb wetion wa* amend'd so as to require
three hundred inhalutaot« ia every town
whrv a b.t kis I'sa'ed Without coos d
ering tie bill any further than this sect.on.
the House adjourned
In the SemUe, oar or two un.mpor’ant
bills were [sjt to a final [«■-->?' i and the
r.-tnaimbf eg the arwion was taken up in
discassi'KJ on tbr power of the .“--nate to
exam.ni mto the "lection returns tie" urn
elusion being arrived at trial the rxeoat* had
no auth/wity in the matter
The /fsAU was engaged moat of Mured* v
in '.he cornud" ration of the bank bill, having
f>*rl id's] i'a roomierotion in Committee of
the Whole. Hut to be sum that nothing
objectionable or loose in the bill hod escap
ed amendment, tire House determined to
have the bill reprinted before ordering its
engnwsincnt. There are two amendment*
yet neceasary to bring it within a constitu
tional bill. Otherwise, the bill is very (air,
giving honest bankers all the latitude neces
sary for honorable banking, awl protecting
them from the’eompetition of dishonest men.
Iu the Semite, the tax extension bill, as
amended in the House, was adopted, except
as relates to Pine county, which was not
exempted. Some State Koad bills were
passed filially, und also two bills relating to
the powers ol Justices of the Peace.
The only business of moment befwru the
Ho use Tuesday, was the further eon-id''ra
tion of the Batik Hill, which is now in a
very fuvorable condition lor passage. It
was not ordered etigrotsacd tor a third read
ing, because several lengthy sections were in
troduced as amendments, which gave ri-eto
discu-siou, peuding which the House ud-
journed.
The Semite was employed nearly all day
ill discussing the Homestead ls»w.
Il'.'ioatrnit Kl"ll|ltlli"
The principle of homestvud exemption is
one which accords entirely with justice, and
with the liberal sentiment of the age. It is
found'd upon the ideas that every family is
entitled to the secure possession of u home,
and that the welfare, dignity mid stability
of the State ure b -t secured through the
absolute iiidepend"uee of the families which
compose it. l lic idea is liln'ral, just, und
lleinocrutie. We are, therefore, grntilietl
that an eflort is being made in the present
Is'gi-ldtureto incorjiorate this principle upon
tin- laws of our State.
The bill now b fore the Senate is correct
in principle and detail. It rc-ognire* the
sac redness and inviolability of the home, and
protects it from sale except llirotigh the
voluntary action of its owners. It is an ex
( mpt ion of the homestead, instead ol un ex
emption oi a specific amount ol property in
value.
Wbent.be doctrine of homestead exemp
tion was first broached, it was universally
scouted at as furnishing a legal covering
for fraud, and us calculated to destroy all
credit, public as well us individual, Ky
slow degrees, however, its justice has forced
it upon the attention of the pimple, until
now it is coming to be regarded us the true
exemption doctrine throughout the country
It bus Ims'ii in practical "["'ration in a few
of the Mutos for severul \nir-, und it* work
inge ure satisfactory to all closm s, cnslitor*
as well as debtors. The exemption of a
homestead by value, is a solecism and u
fraud. It is not a homestead exemption ut
all. tint u mere money exemption.
W'e hoi*' the bill now I* fore the Senate,
or one founded on the same principle, will
[mss both Houses, mid Imconic u luw. We
would wish to it [hiss without u disMent
ing voice. If there should be ojijuisition,
howeter. we heq*' it will not be found among
Heinocratic Meinlc rs. who are here i-speeia!
Iv representing the int-n>t« of th" [s ojile.—
tip," witiin to such a ineus'ire would come
with fat gr afet jiropriety from lUqtublieans
from tin- «lass allied by symputln and di
sc nt to the her'slit.iry n f rcen'iitivisof th"
money power ol the country, which is al
wa s at w.ir with tlie |ieo[>l" and their inter
'-t. Aln i ocmtii majoi ty <ould not re
turn to til o const it ti'-nts tsaring a more
grateful of! ring to th" justice m. I iilx rality
of their principles, than a law protecting
from all the chanci s of misfortun or profli
ga v, the I. -mestead- of tic families of Min
nesota.
1 It* 4 (»il#%l< «l Ml «if lli» i Jnli'i llnttfil
The s«a' of II >o -lons lt*si u , from th-
I tistriet conq»ise«| of SlMTburne An-'kaotsl
Manomin comiti.-*, t . tic- Senate of tins
State, h iving t** n contested fij- Jolts Hus
,<IV K-'j . Ol.' of the Opposing euildl'iutes at
th<- last elect ion a committ'* of fiv wa* ut-
poinU«l Ly \\tn »!mrt’v %ft<r itP or
ganization. to rejs rt ujsin the case. This
Committee mud' a report a ft w days since
atsl vwts r liiv was s. t apart for the eommle
rati m of the Rcpor* The point* re-lied
upon I v the cotit. s'arit were fir-', that ill*- -
gal vot< s had l**n ' *vst in M inomin county
more than enough to overeotue the majority
receiv'd by Ibvrtt. in th' • tdire district ,
him) secondly, ti.at H'srtt w.»» in* iigible on
urcount o‘ an alleg'd non r l-t.'v in the
district for an month- preriota to the f lee
. tion. "lh*: eveletee to S'lhe'antiate tie-*"
alegation*. was entirely negative inita'har
vti f. the witoonafw testify ing that they m
j lieV"l illegal vote* were fast, hut were tuia
, hie to say for whom they were cast atid that
they I d not know Mr Haant. to hive re
* ik*i in the district more than fur at/I a
ha f months before tie- election Th" major
ity of the » mmitbe repf.rted that from the
rvid-t.'*- befoo' tkiem they couhl arrive at
no o*her rfiry losi m than that neither of th»
allcgationa wire proved, arid that therefore
Mr. Basra was entitled to his arm'.—
After a foil diaruaa on by .SetjaUsw, (a coo
■Hwed report of which will he fownd in ano
ther colnmn, the Henatc derided by a vote
of yeaatolJ nay*, that Mr Baarn.
•as «tlit>4 to his seat
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT
Paper Mwwag.
We have *howti that to paper money tie
long* the true paternity of conuniTvial ns
vulsiooa with all their aftendunt evils : that
ulternat*' expansion and contraction is u ms
cess ary law of pa|tcr money ; that even
while the expansion process is going ou no
one is really lieoefitted thereby , whereas, tm
soon as the contraction commences, every
btsly must suflfvr, aid before it ts'ases. myr
iads will Ik* ruined.
No one. we apprehend, will, at this du\,
dispute that j».i ja-r money expands credit;
indixd, that this is the design und object of
paper money ; ami that this expansion im
parts an artificial mid undue stimulant to all
kinds of busiuess. If pa|icr money did not
expand credit.—it it did not enable ertdit
to pass rs money—it would not be issued.
The issue of paper money involves consider
able exp»n«e, and it would be iliflicult to
find Hunkers so [iliilanthropic as to incur
this expense mcrvly for the conveuiemv of
the public if they intended, or wore com
js'llixl to keep e|jecie in tlcir vuitlls for eve
ry dollar ol j*aj«t they circulated. Of
• nurse, Is'lore they would do this Hunk*
would cease to be Hanks of i-sue und be
come only Hanks of deposit, ills' "lint und
exchange n very profitable und Itnnora
bli kind of Huukiitg, by the way, when le
gitimately und wisely prnctieisl, and the
only kind of Hanking which, in our opinion,
the wants of the world ut present require.
It is idle, therefore, nsevery practical Hunk
er und intelligent man "f businc-s very well
knows, to talk of Hunks ol issue which shall
keep ou li.iiid u dollur in coin for every do!
lur of their issue; in other words, that shall,
at all times, be able, with the specie in tin ir
vaults, to ruleciii their entire ein illation. It
is ulwurd to cxjtatiute upon the great fan
citd roininen ial [imiaeea a pa|s-t't urrency,
uvery dollar of which shall reprisent a dol
lar in coin. Such a thing is impossible in
tlie nuturc of tilings, excepting us un occa
sional accident. Tor what Hank will go to
the expense of manufacturing and keeping
up paper money if it can us well pay out
the coin* The mere suggestion will pro
vok" a derisive smile upon the fins- of the
slirewd [irartieul Hanker. I*i»|s-r money is
issued. Is'cause it enables cmlit which is
not money, und which ihsu not represent
inouey, to pass und circulate us money. If
papiT money did not elUs't tin* object, if it
did not to ii certain extent antctitiit" rndit
for actual money,— if it did not [startially
nu pens vie gold ami silver coin, which is the
only luw ful money, it would not Ic use)
There would lie no motive or object lor its
use. It is to enable the Hunk to gain the
profits upon the loan of it* credit that it
issuca paper money. It a Hank which Ims
£2o,mm in coin k<s p* out a circulation of
£2‘iO.ooo, (ami in prosperous tune* llmt i<
when the expansion is going on- it inav,
alld often ibs-s do this.) the linnk gain* the
interest on £IBO,OOO. Hanks, therefore,
will ordinarily keep out all the circulation
they possibly can, in order that they mav
reap the profits ol the interest which tto %
receive ijj*ui the exec** of their [hi [s i ix ms
over and almv the real momy which th v
have in u«c.
l ie' whole ih sign, objift and 'll et nl p»-
[s r money, then fort, is to ex tend and ex [Mind
rndit. This evpansiiHi ne<-essarily gives i .
ud husiiii s transactions an artificial -'inei
ftii*. It create th" tsdief that there is more
money than there actually i*. and rn- n m l
iqsin this Uiiel they enter into el end'll
trunsacti'iii* I Tin new proycts, und • tn!>ark
in '-nlarg'd eub-rpris<w, under this erroneous
Is li'f in "o',* i|ii' nee of this abundane<
ol money. th« [.ric - of lalior and of ull cAm
in'si On'S, and of all kind- of projs'rty, are
gr< ally uppre i.,led Hut ull this i'- un arti
‘i i! and not u mttural cooditiou of thing*.
Traiisartions ineriase, and prn-e* go upas
long as tiie c.x[i«ii*ion eoritinue* Hut (!"• ex
p-i -ioneiiinol routinU' forever. There fii'i-l
Is- a limit to tb« un- ami < ir uiution of ert-iil
a*ni"iHy llie extreme tension of th* vy-tiiii
i» at i'/igtli n-a* Isvl, and tis u eons sth re
re.il Ibe banker* can loan no more ol
th'-ir er'-dit. ’lies*' win relying u[s»n tlie
(lu ll -i a"'- of the money market, |i»v< Is-rn
exterslii g tis-ir traosietions ar«l in< urring
fn-sli rcipore nilitic-, un* if*" t'dly find tls-im
wive* eu'ta ’*-• in tlg ir areti*tom'd bank a'
eotinn'sl .’.o' - Ihe morcy market tighten*.
Tie- nob* of lb" bank - begin to route If'in*
for red<-niption l lie cootrarti'Hi which itas
romrrs need, uier'-as**- a-sl " ill 'vtitinue un
til the opposite extremity of : <• are in wlie b
the great [s-ndnl im of eo run T' 0.l Unite
a* tion* utsW Us- credit mors-y tor
r-re-r (ire dlaU.w. lias Iss-n re n tad 'I Is debt*
which «-re- i r*-ate*J by tne ‘ X[«irisi«o. m'i*t
Is- li'iaidatrd by thecootrai te«i Tliia w- re
[sat. is tb*r iie-'s-airy arsl inexorable L*w o
tU »y*b m.
The evil* which muit t*-"'-saucily reoult
from tie- ['fart iral opeiaiion ot -'l'd' a *y»-
l»-m are *uTiriently ap|rkr< r.t arsl one
would sup pore that they laid lie-n mfiicte*!
with *uffjn<nt severity awi oft'-n enough
ojan thee/,minere :ai worM.ioiomleat* ttsre
ontlie ksaoc whirh they w, [dainly an-l forci
bly •/■orb.
TV firet list otiviooa *vd arsl l<arei-hip
• bah tlie rre-dit mrm'7 lystea eatuila is
that debt* which have been creat'd at the
current valuation of property, commoditira I
and lalmr. during tlie [writsl of t-xjiaiision, j
must tiuallv be liquidated during a [u-riodol
oontraetion. wheu thw value of money, rcla
lively to projs-rty, coin Dualities ami lalavr, j
lias appreciat'd |a'rha|w twofold. To pay
debt* contract'd according to the old valua
tion with means t'stiniot'd according to the
new, necessarily involves u great sacrifice.
The man who lias given hi* obligation lor
£20.000, as tin* purchase price of cvilain
property in the time of expansion, and is
rail'd u|H>n for iiayment iu the time of eon
tructiou, when the pro|s rty purchaacl has
depiveiat d |s-ilutps one half, iltss, il In' ivs
|v.unis, sillier a corresponding loss. Now, it
is [s-rhvtly obvious ihat. if tlie contraction lae
general, involving the whole, o ru large s*'e
tion ot tin* eonmnreiul world, it is absolute
ly impossible I hut all the debts contracted
upon tlie former Imm* ot vaim-, should be
p.iid ill full up ou the n w basis of xulue
Kvery kind of j-r, '[•» rty and comimabty
which is the object of comm'ice liuv
ing depreeiatt'l iu its value relatively to
money, debts eon'.iaetcd when tin- prii s
were high eaiiii lie liqui'iati*l when the
prices are low without loss lulling some, i
where. Tin' depiveiat ion being general, a
loss equivalent to the per cent, of deprecia
tion must, in the process ot liqnid.il' m. In'
borne either bv llie ereditois "t lie <!■ liters
If the debtor pays bis debt iu lull, !c bear*
ull (In' loss ; il lie pays only such proportion
of it us is indented by the ratio will'll the
new value of Comni'Hlilies has to the old, the
creditor bear all the loss. This i- mi im vi
table result of the proeoi-s ol expansion and
contraction, which, as we have wvn. is tin
necessary law of pa|ier iitniicy. I'rneticnliy,
however, the result is much more deplora
ble. In a vii t inujority of iiistainrs. llie
creslitor sustains a imn li greater |iro|nii'tion
of the loss than is indicated by the jar e ut. ,
of general dcpreeialion to which we have
referred. The experience of |*ud eotmnni'
rial revulsions has shown that, in case* ol
toreed liquidation, not mi average of ten
cents Oil a dollar of the debts ik ever paid
Indeed, the records *lloW that, ol the £llO.
000,000 ol iiulebtednesa that w< lit thremgli
bankruptcy under (lie late national bunk
rupt law. /re* than one (enl no u ilollm u\ln
rerr pmil. We may safely estimate that
the debtor* who have Incii or sliull Is- emu
[s'lled, by the recent commercial disaster*,
to sus|M'inl tin payim lit of their obligations
will never, oil un average, pay ten cent* on
a dollar of their imlebtidnes*.
All this is tin* direct and unavoidable re
suit of the |iu|*'r money system. To this
must Is- add'd the dire panic, and the inciil
rulublc siiffi-ring and <h*trew, mid tin' wide
*pread ruin which sure ly follow in the wake
of every commercial revulsion. Upon this
towering aecuniulationof evils, must still In .
laid another more serious, [» ihu|i*. than all
the other*, mid which has recently eullf'l
down tli" [siwerful ami pungent aniioadver
sion of the l/uidoii hinri, viz: the gctierul
mid r;qiid demorali/ation which the undue
spirit of »|*'eulation produced ami fostered
by credit moiny, in eogemleriug in III" com
men al work). Thi* is tin-in wt ahirming
re 'ill of the |" a lieul <>|* rati'ili "I tln*-y
--tern and niie which "lioiilil not fail tit engage
th''earnest ecHi-nleriitioii ol every nuuali-'t,
jiat riot and < hrintiun
Sow, pray wliat g'ssl d'S-» the |iH|«r
money system afford to ollwt against this
a’ray nfevill’ We huv already shown
briefly that even during th" [* rhsl of appa
rent proqs'rity- that is. while (Is "«pui,.
sion i< going on no one i tm.ly is rn fitted
bv tin- system. II th" priee ot labor i* in
■ r fl. so i* that of the in < '-«sane* of life
It we get more for what w> sell, an do w pay
more for what w< buy. If th" value ol what
we have to dispose of ha* Is* 11 enhanced, so
likewise has the value of that which W"
w.sli to acquire. We gain nothing, tliere
|r< n[Hin this score. We can purchase no
ut r<- of the noceasari'-*. eonvenicnei** or •!'
ga'i- ■* "f life, or of anything els'- of which we
mix Stand in rX'*l. with our two dollar* of
credit mors v in th" stale of things which
ti n' money l.a* induced, than we could wi'h
our si*' dollar of real money, if erestit money
hid had no existence.
W" gain nothing by tie- system during
t : js-re d <'f expao*ion, und yet run th*
hazard of teung utK-rly rnifs*l by tlie
contraction Hut *ay* one: Barely tJ**- ■
Jtunk" gam by [aife r rnois-y or tlcy would
' issue It : hh1»"I you have ju*i shown
that they i-atte it for tie- very |«ir|ei«" of
tl< profits which it aflorel* But it must
I* le/rre- in Mind that Hanks are merely
*> • « <<ir|e»ration* —ne re legal exi>t'fi'*»
and that tie- practical question i" not wheth
er the Hatiki are the gaTH-r*. bat if th*
stockholder* of thoM- Hank* are Isih fitted
by f«*|** -r an if my- The profits of the Hank
are <J conrsa very largely irereased by
rr,' an* of its paper iasnr* are) it OOQOdrpiently
mak'-a la*rg< r di vale rids to its stork Ixilder*
But A has b*wo clearly ihowa uprm reliable
da’s, that tbr per r*-r,l of in tease upon the
stockholder * divkh rala Bkt d by pa[i*r
i» leu than tie- per cent, of in'teaw
gfcfi the prm* of the articles >jf living <-f
footed by the mum' nnans. If, therefore, tlw
stockholder wisin'* to apply hie Hank divl
dond* to the nmint. nance of himself and
family, he is Hr loaer by (taper money. If
tie desires to iuveat their amount in other
species of property, ho will find that the
ratio of inoreaso in Um> value of Uiat pro
perty has been t|uite rt|ual to that of the
increase in his dividends. We poroeivo then,
tlmt not even the stock holders of ihu Hanks
gain by pijs’r m»ney.
Much less is the manufacturer Itcnclittcd
by paper money ; for during the |rriod of
evjiunsinn he is enm|rlled to (my so high f<>r
the raw material and h>r labor as to lender
it extremely difficult lor him to com|irto
with foreign manufactures and renlinc any
profits from his business , and during the
|M<riisl of contraetion, he c\|sric!. • (ipial
iliffieully ill disposing of his Mares at all
without low-, Irsides suffering severely from
the fuilurvof (hose to whom heliaspreviimslv
given credit. Still less nre the mercantile
and tlading ehlssi'M t*enefiited by |m|ier
money, for they it is who have to iienr the
brunt of all the revulsions which are tie
eei tuilt offspring ol the |iii|mt money system
We have already shown that in it to -r lie
fanner nor the laborer is beiM'litbsl by pop, r
money. In n like manner, it may bo shown
that no one is h.'iieHtlcd by it nlm hss nnv
thin# to loss. Why, then, we iignin it 1%
emitinuousystem lath nod only with evil?
I*ih out itgr mi itl |i» Kuil^tMtih,
Mr Htakkkv, iim'lolht from lluinscv emin
tv, has intrisluisd into the 11 mis'ol Reprc
sentatives a hill, providing lor the i temp
lion of all emigrants who may arrive in the
Stall'helwesn the llrst day ol April, Ih.'iM
■Uni tile sumo dale in I Mill, from process ol
law lor the recovery ol nny debts which
they limy have coni metis! outside llie liinils
of the Stiile, previous to the Hist ol April.
I HftH ; ai d also provides I lint no judgim-nl
or execution shall ho rendered by nny Com if
iil Hu < Stair, for debts of the eimraetn
blmoo ditfllbol, within the time s|iecit! d
This hill is objoeted to, by some |s-r«i.|i' ; on
the ground o| mieoiislitiitimislity I lit"
ol.je.ti., ii, wo think, is not founded in Inc',
as it ills'* not interfere with the creditor a
right to *t*k relief thrmifdi the Initeil
States Courts No Slate j.. under ohlign
tnilis to puss I*WS for the collection nf debts,
and the passage of such Is in# u voluntary
matter, their purtiul abrogation is certainly
a subject within the province of the ls#is
luttire.
Another objection lias l«* n ur#ed,throii#h
the AilvntiHi, that such a law will tnduec
the cmi#ralion of rasr'als fioui other State*.
This objection fails, from the fart that the
rascal* generally will find themselves within
the jurisdiction of the United Stale* Courts
even if they rornc here. The advantage of
the law is. that it will givo aid to many a
poor man, wins*. liahilili.a, in the States,
range from f 100 b> f 1 ,000. arsl whms end
itors are of that eluss (hut would hnrrar*
him, just Is'esuse each one's account is so
small, tbut he imaginm tlm debtor can,
without difficulty, pay hi* claim It is a
will established fact that parties who owe
thousands have ulwuys a Is tier chance to
ree-tslilish themaelvea in husiness than the
man whose debts only amount to hundrids
This law will give encouragement lo many
n poor and hottest man, who would willingly
pay his debts : but who llnd* himself unable
to do so, in tlu< older Htntes, where imnpo
tition is e|isu . land high, slid Inter plenty
snd at low rales lie Imiks to the West,
where the reverse of all this exists, and wh. re
la has reason to hoj* lie will not only ob
tain a competency, but eventually be urn
bled to pay Ins debts To obtain this < lass
ol «migrants, there ran Is- no objection in
the Sts'e n| Minnesota making lite rs' laws
for tin in And this low may he of grat
Urn-fit and induce many to rone 1 to tins
Mtate, who otherwise might seek hones in
other Western Htab's or Territories
(.«> I'»,h«r «... Kansas
fiov. I‘*< ski. who was imugarat/ej on
the I'.#th inst. a’ Harrisburg, I'a , referred
in Ins inaugural lo Kansas, and that he
believed Im ejprr-ssssl tie sentiment* of the
[»opie i,l rennsyivama, us well as hi* own,
in d- daring that ah <gialifud electors ol tie.
Territory should have a full opportunity to
participate in re electing the delegate* to
th*' Constitutional Convention and also al
low'd ati un<|ualifi<*i right to vote on the
constitution after it was fraue-d (if course
th*»c who failed to vote could not complam
of a posts ding win. h went** without th) ir
purtici|mting.
The rest of tb< address is hieal , it grss
in for a reform iu (sinking. It op|ssu* tl*e
issue of small no'**, ami an increase of
banking capital under the pnsa-nt arrang>.
rusVit
HlNKfMto Im (an^riM.
M r learn that a temporary delay will pro
bably occur in tie admiaoon of MinmwoU,
by reason of tii« im/mipletisaa of the ropy j
of lire ( 'oustitatioa which was forwar'M to
Coogrew*
The XVastilna>»n t'nlun.
We know of no journal in the Union,
making pretensions to liigh character, which
equal* this assumed organ of the National
Administration in absolute and inexcusable
mendacity. It* issue of the 12th instant.
ooutain* an in-tunoe of its cn|>aeity in this
rw|MK’l, which we think will fully bear out
our statement to its fall extent. In nn arti
cle referring to the Indiana Slate Prim.-
cratiecouveiitioii.it print* the resolutions
adopted, with the exception of thut which
expressly t oil,,cm* the (ss.itinn of Senator
Poi'iila*. and slutes that no other rc*t»lu*
tinn* tlmil tins." wlceli it publishes were
adopted bv tlm convention. It then pre
tends to tteiMUnt lor the passage of the
•' I tough.* r, solution ” after this fashion :
Tlum»M 1 >*’in• »«*»utlo W’itt*' nfllcir* w**ro t
with oiid 1011-lit© Huptfrin
Iviolutl ol I'uMit hintriii4it>ll. It » Out
•Mir ot lltf-r t'rtlccns wild “ <% I ><»Hjrlt»-* mill,” to
11-44* thd i lirH*«’oliij. y i»f III* tiny, uritl oml ho tl®
x Inn*. l !ho iioiiniu'ihi hd<mu«d ho ooulit liot
ippro>d th<* ir«f!iitiitn<t. IIU ttdi’llnnUon, r«*
itiiiml whoitlk hrfoi lh«* roiniiiOoli |»r»|»o»t*<!
(«• itlpuirii, iim l«* it net »‘»*tii v lo ti«»t«l Nil •Xtr»
•«'»f*itn» it |i»ttht. Miii> < t Old ildhyitoi hi«l
ftUfitlv hit ld| th> i liom - lilt* imih «»nt «* ii I*«
Im I I.* ell lit* • ‘tigl'lv Imut n in dv«*ry t« rt voto
ti • DM\cntifii tlurm.; tin tin), hut it lit'* i«l
jem n»l .-i w --11.11 tin) uiulritook to id\f*i*«i 0»«
iii lutii of Oiffntlt -ilk«*titl«iii At n k»*iv lit«
limit tlid v t)itl - ml 111 |i»lt*»liiti Old rdttnluUtill
i«4 }it Uiliml in I s. 4 ' .\«i'i4»n ». /n/f/nffiiffr, 1 “ 1 1 by
n-4 iinulutct! \»*t** \\** iiibuiit, liowdviT, tlmt
tin* n*«olothm, ptmm Inn Ur mit'li cirnitiolun
« *•«. » imiot ut-crpH-tl foi ii in• >lll4*lll n« (In'
tl*l«* 4*\pn ’on of itlf M-litilildVltH nf tlm thill
4 4 fit if (I til •» ; |f ...ft tl Ihc t.l'l li»t4 Itllimill) id
pul t« «) h\ Itl . Miilltlttm Hihl mt/lh'.i 111 (till MM
* jull,
\ plain showing nf llgures will eonvict
the f .non ol deiilHrriitc misn pi'esentalion
it 10 1 fals. li.ssl llie totill of vole* cast iu
convention .hiring llie .lay sossihn, on tie'
m \erul ptop'isilions before it, ranged troni
...at to .'.77. The euti.o vote east mi tlm
i,solution which, It says, cannot lie justly
Ink. ii ns the sense of the llemncraey of ludi
nuu was HU; HTH being in favor, and lift
against it. A majority <>f the eonv. ittion
on its largest vote ,‘i"7 is 2ki ; e.irw"
nuently this resolution was u.loplcl by a
chair majority of tin whole numls-r of dele
gates of b'.) votes This Would seem to
stamp ‘lie tvsohilioii a- the <|. lilwrale sense
■ I tl..* ronventlmi Tlmt there should Is. n<>
mistake mi this (mint, however, the eonvxn
tmti then nm.le the vote unanimous ; und
there being Ifl.’l .1 'legal, s in at ten. lance, it
follows tlmt the resolution was ndrpt.sl by
III!) vot. more tl.aii twietliirdsof Itin entire
cm vent ion. Yet hi the fin", of the*.; tacts,
which were known t<> the whole country al
the date ol the f .i.on'e artie|o t its editor, to
fabricate ma'vrial for it- daily misrepr.is'it
tulion of Senator It.icoi.sH. and Ills friends,
willully fsbilhs an important fact in the
manner we have shown. If a pnjwr which
is tint* reck hut iti Its record of current |«ol
'l'rs is worthy of Is'lii f, we are anxious to
know to what depth* mendacity esn sink
without retch ring its employers <«li<«i* to
tile party lill'l the |S'ople.
'll, llt*l*. 11l ItlPi-WSlHMlrstlsl*
We notice that since the discussion* ill
t ongress iihoul the merits of I' illiliitsterisiii,
which show.,l a difference xif opinion Is*
tween sundry Honlhetr |b*nio. ials anti the
I‘resident that very little hat; been said
about party excommunication, even by th.*. -
who were most violent in unchurching Hen
slur Ibit,it,*s for a like ofTenc*'. 'I lu re is,
after all, it *<■< ms, a real and marked .lirter
i‘tlllt Intso U iuvrrl/tilmil uml hrmllnler.
According to some m> mists of ('ongpws,
and a lew newspapers, those llemm'rnts who
dar<s| to sympathise with (lov.-rnor 'lwsic
in xm u W am. sk, against the view* of lh<'
a.lministrat ion, <|.«. rxt d decapitation ns su.l
den und as mereil.m us that which was vis
ited upon the |lukcof Ifuekitighatn ; hut we
fail to tear the cxine doetrite' urged against
th.ss p. irns rots who now presume to sym
pathi/e with limi. nil ’I w ki liI.SDKK \V At si «,
in opiswi-ion to the views of the same a*l
ministration. We don't entirely umhrstaisl
th» eon*' n. y involved in tie s.' d ffi r. nt
neslre of treating wlm apjs-ar to iis ex
artly parallel ea*.* I it |s»sihle that the
doetrine of \,lm'i,islralii.rttti Infallibility has
lareti abar,dom'd, und tlmt, afl.T all, Pot:o
i, as, ami those who Mieve with him, are to
la' sijff, red to r.main iu tie- Democratic
fold? Won't H.nator Ilmira, or Fitch,
or our little Irirnd the Washington Slur, or
nor big friend the Washington /'mori.cn
lighten us on tliia jsiint, and thus rtiahle us
O' determine our own ilnlui, ami let us know
wl ut the rule is going to he, snd how it's
going to work ? Ou*. h- r>*. in this comer of
civilixati.m, we don't know three things
“intimately, *ml they li .tls-r u*. We are
nervou*. ami tic rjucati.m ought to be settle.J-
T* It a* * I'lt I.IMV lo Ills a««th las*.
In Uc Hena'e, on the l.'ltli, memorials
with presented by Mr poi.ii.ts, invoking
CoagnsMional *»l for the establishment of a
line of telegraphic eonimuni.'alioi, from tb«
western Ixmler of Mireouri or lowa to Fort
lotrams- ami the Mouth I’a»* of the Rocky
Mountains- It was urged that the useful
neaa of Hie 0 k graph to the threatened Mor
mon war w.atld more than rompmaatc the
government for the appropriations made in
its behalf Tie- memorials were referred to
tka committee on MdiUry Afliiir*.