The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-03-27
Committee.
SPECIAL DELEGATES.
For the Minnesotian.

SfEC1AA OGAG0A AG0e
For the Minnesotian.
MEssRs. EDITORS AT the large meet
ing held in Mazourka Hail, On Thursday
evening, the propriety of sending dele
gates to Washington, to, urge the ratitica-
ton of the treaties, was discussed calmly
and temporarily, and the result was, re-
fusal, at present, to send such delegates.
As the meeting stands adjourned until
Saturday evening, when the proposition
may be renewed, l will state some Of the
reasons why, in my opinion, no such mea-
sure should now be resorted to.
/. There is not the least evidence that
the opposition to the treaties is of kind
that can possibly be diminished by any
such means.
2. 1t does not appear that the treaties
are now in any danger. Every thing is
working favorably at present. Our Del
egate is clothed with the entire, undivided
confidence Of the Territory, in all the ex-
ertions he is using; which it is of the
very HIGHEST IMPoRTANcE-nay, indis-
ensable to his success, that he fully en-
Joy. Let him seem TO be shorn of that
influence, in the smallest degree, and our
Delegate, and through him, Minnesota,
loses her strength and influence. know
it is not proposed to weaken but to
strengthen our Delegate out if special
delegates be sent, they must either be sent
destitute of any special trust, or they must
be sent to share the duties and trust now
reposed in him. ..-
3. 1t is impossible to send special del
egats, who may seem to be designed in
the least degree, to supercede our trusty
delegate, Mr.. Sibley, without producing
more or less jealousy and distrust. Their
plans of action and his, would be in dan
ger Of conflicting. Even their represen-
tations might not exactly coincide with
lis. They might be injudicious, pertina-
cious, too importunate in their fresh zeal,
nd ser .ously prejudice the treaties. ''Let
well enough alone.' Enough is as coed
as feast. Many suit has been lost, by
calling garrulous witness upon the
stand, to make evidence cumulative, upon
fact already sufficiently proved. In
the management Of matters Of delicate di-
p.omacy, there is always hazard from the
injudlcious management and policy Of
novice, untried and unskillcd. Ii it be
true that Gin multitude Of counsellors
there is WISDOM" it is more true, that
''too many cooks spoil the BROTH We
have too many smart men in st. Paul,
who fancy they were born for Senators
and Ministers Plenipotentiarv, who are
really robbing the jack-planc and the
hammer of services which they owe to
those instruments. No other town but
Dubuque has SO many smart men.
4. If MIR. Sibley desired such aid, he
would ask for it, and should at least be
consulted about it, before il is volunteered.
What would professor of obstetrics say,
who had case in hand, taking its natural
course, doing finely, if the PATIENTS hus-
band should send in, without consulting
him, f,co greenhorns, with knives and cal
llpers, who never saw case in their
lives, to hurry the thing along, or try the
Casarean operation ? The business of
the Senate must take its regular course;
and you can no more change its order,
than you can change the order of cars
while running on railroad, and put one
before another. They have no convenient
way, like our legislature, of "suspending
the 5lst rule" and hurrying measure
through, like dose of Croton oil.
D. Mr.. Sibley sent for Mr.. Dousman,
one of the oldest Indian traders in the
Northwest, because he could furnish some
useful information to Senator's and would
act cordially with him. The only proper
inference from that, is, that if he wanted
to consult with any other persons, he
would send for them. AS to the usual
lobby influence, we have in Mr.. Steele.
Mr.. Nelson, and other gentlemen now in
Washington, men Of as much infu ,rc, as
any we could send, who are hard at work.
Gov Ramsey will soon be there; and he
will Of course, and without any freshly
delegated authority, do all in his power
for the treaties.
6. What sort of figure will special
delegates cut, sent by the people of Saint
Paul, instead of the people at large from
Minnesota?
Other reasons there are, which have
not now room for, why the next meeting
ought to adjourn, as Col. Robertson ad-
vlsed the last meeting 10 do, without any
action. You who are really the friends
Of the treaties, l beg of you to be dis
Greet and remember the motto, ''let well
enough alone.'
take the liberty, in explanation of the
above views, 10 publish the following ex-
tract from letter just received from Mr..
Sibley. Yours, SC. 10 i.<.'f 3
pa JAMES M. GOODHUE.
| -r ~, -. '-sirf
Washington, Feb. %, 1852.
MY DEAR SIR The treaties will not