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Sibley, Henry Hastings— Continued.
His last appeal for a railroad from Lake Superior to St. Paul.....205-207
His last act in Congress........................................................... 207
Obligations of Minnesota to...................................................... 208
Remarks on the congressional career of..................................207-209
Post-congressional career of......................................................... 211
Election of, to the territorial legislature, October, 1853................. 211
Fights the charter of the Minnesota & Northwestern Eailroad Com-
pany............................................................................212, 213
Secures a proviso in the Minnesota land bill............................... 213
Fights the corruption of the legislature of 1855.....................216, 217
Exposes the corruption in a memorial to Congress..................218, 219
Asserts the power of Congress to disapprove and disaffirm territo-
rial legislation..................................................................... 222
Exposes the corruption of the Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad
Company........................................................................... 218
Asserts the right of Congress to annul a fraudulent charter........... 219
Elected president of the Democratic branch of the convention to
form the State Constitution................................................... 224
Elected, 1857, first governor of the State of Minnesota.................. 222
Chastises Hon. John Sherman of Ohio........................................ 228
Financial panic of 1857........................................................... 229
Opposes the " Five Million Loan" to railroad companies............ 230
Votes against amending the Constitution to favor the loan............ 231
Construes the amendment in favor of the state........................... 233
Requires a '' priority of lien'' on the property of the railroad com-
panies before issuing the state bonds....................................... 233
Yields to the mandamus of the supreme ^ourt and issues the bonds 234
Hindered, by Republican press, from negotiating the bonds........... 236
Ceases to issue the bonds......................................................... 236
Requires foreclosure, and delivery of property to the state, by the
defaulting companies............................................................ 236
Denounces threatened repudiation........................................236, 237
His relation to the bonds.....................................................237-239
Error of the supreme court................................................... 238
Vindicates the law against mob violence.................................... 239
Recommends —
The organization of the militia................................................ 239
The amendment of the laws.................................................... 239
The arrest of lawless Indians..................................................... 239
The pursuit of fugitives from justice.......................................... 239
The encouragement of immigration............................................ 239
The reduction of election districts............................................. 239
The necessity of normal schools............................................... 239
The opening of the university.................................................. 240
The promotion of agriculture and commerce................................ 240
Close of the administration of, January 1, 1860........................... 240
His political relations in the year 1860: — a Douglas Democrat...... 243