New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-28

The intrigue aud management BY WHICH oena.0rs
Benton and Linn Of Missouri, procured the an
ne1aticn to that already large State Of tho vau-
able and extensive tract known the Platte Par
chase" is pretty well known. The who's ssery q
told, with much selfcomplscency, in Benton'S
Thirty Years in the Senate" The two Senators,
BY personal solicitation, playing the amiabe, ana
button hole influence with their fellow Senators
from other States, and with the members OF The
other House, sided that annexation through Con-
gress in the most quiet and noiseless manner pos,-
bic, 30 that the measure was com 1leted and the
game bagged without the public attention being In
the slightest degree attracted toward what was 60
ing On. An intrigue Of very similar character ID
rnJtrstood 10 be noY on foot q. Washington. Of
which the object is TO make very similar territorial
addition to the already szsble State of Iowa. 1t is
true that this annexation would not involve as the
Missouri annexation did, violation pro tanto of q
solemn compact, to the disadvantage Of the Free
States nevertheless if not designed to do 80, it is
at least almost certain TO inAict not less stealthy
and still more serious blow at their prospective po.
litical influence.
A certain Senator is, we are informed, exceeding
" busy in seeking 10 procure the immediate annex.
alton to the State Of Iowa Of that portion Of Min
nesota Territory between the present western
boundary of that State and the Missouri River.
This is measure which we hope will not be adopt
ed. if at ALL until it has been fully considered aud
all its consequences weighed. So far as mere e1-
tent goes, the present Territory Of Minnesota is an
ply sufficient for two States, and if there is fertile
land Ell ough for the purpose, and the thing can be
conveniently done, two free States ought to be
erected out of IT, Blu. with this erection of two
States the cesson to Iowa above referred to and the
western boundary proposed to be given to the new
State Of Minnesota would seriously interfere That
western boundary, instead Of extending to the Red
and Sioux Rivers ought rather to stop short at the
nineteenth parallel of longitude west of Washing
ton. That would give to the new State of Mime
sofa all that portion Of the present Territory within
the basins of Lake Superior and the Mississippi,
except indeed limited tract about the head waters
of the Minnesota River. The INSTRUMENTATION
between all parts of the new State would then be
easy and unobstructed, while what remains CT the
old Territory might be erected into new Territory
and ultimately into new State. This portion
would include the fertile valley of the Red River,
and that portion of the present Territory wateredby
the Missouri and lis tributaries which, together, if
not quite equal TO the Mississippi and Lake Supe-
rior portion would still furnish ample resources for
State.
The valleys of the Missouri and Mississippi are
separated within the present Territory Of Minnesota
by a high dividing ridge, destitute OF timber and
water known as the "Coteaux do Prairie de
Sioux" and very difficult to pass. This ridge would
correspond very well with the proposed western
boundary for the new State along The 10Th parallel
of longitude, ard is natural feature d altogether
too much consequence to be overlooked in the ar
rangement of boundaries. Without reckoning much
on the immediate valley of the Missouri, from which
in this portion of it apprehend that not much Is
TO be expected, and Immediately east of which lIes
another desolate dividing ridge or table'lad
scarcely available except as buffalo range,
| and known as the "COteaux des Prairies
| du Missouri" we should stu have for our pro-
posed new State three extensive and fert 10 valleys
-tho,e of the Red River the Sioux and the Aux
Jaques or James, the two latter tributaries OF the
Missouri, and both navgabe for steamboats, through
very considerable distances. The cessiOn to low,
above spoken of would cut off from our new State the
lower valley of these two riyers which we are not
in any coalition to spare Take away this, and the
| eastern slope also of the valleys of the Red
River and the Sioux, and the cry would be raised
that there was not enough of fertile land left of the
present Minnesota Territory to furnish the material
| for new State.
But even suppOsipg that the tract of territory on
! which coyetOus eyes have been fixed with view Of
annexiDg it to Iowa, were no. needed for the pur-
pOse above indicated, s.i if it is to be annexed
anywhere, it certainly ought to be to the Territory
| of Nebraska rather than to the State Of Iowa.
With all its vast territorial extent, the portion Of
habitabe land within the boundaries of Nebraska is
sufficiently small; and even of that small portion,
the part south of the River Platte which forms an
almost impossible line of separation between the
northern and the southern parts of Nebrask, rs i.
now it, ought if the least regard is paid to the con-
vepience of the inhabitants and the indications of
nature, to be restored 10 the Territory of
Kansas. Indeed it was only separated
from Kansas for the purposes Of the mis-.
cradle political intrigue Of which the Kansas
Nebraska bill was the miserable fruit-a fruit, by
The way, which has proved little better than salt
and ashes in the mouths Of those who attempted to
delude the public, by its fairseemipg exterior and
by their own example 10 swallowing it, into accept.
ing it for something palstable and nOurishiug Should
this portion of Nebraska be reanneIed to Kansas
as in all probability it will be-shall Kansas come
in SIS Free State, then the necessity of provid.