The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-05-23
The Omce HOlderS In the Field.


The Pro-Savery Democrats of the Tenth
Council District had their convention the
other day at st. Peter for the nomination of
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention,
and made the following selections:
For Delegates at Large.-CHAs. E. FLAxDREAU, Of
Nicollet, and RErBES BUFFERS, of lie Sueur.
For Rsprsssntatire Deiegates-FRAscrs BAAsEs, Of
Brown; W. r. McMAHAs, Of Blue Earth; ]. r, BRowS,
Of Sibey; -- MAGxER, Of Nicolet, and A. C. DUNN,
nominally OF Farribault.
No delegation was present from Steele or
Waseca Counties, as there are probably no
voters on the Slavery side Of the question in
those counties to make delegates of; and con-
sequently one vacancy was left on the ticket
to be filled from one of those counties here
after, provided sympathiscr with Buck AZ
ricanism Gin be scared up in all that re-
gion.
We call upon the people of the Tenth Dis
trict to note the name of the gentleman
who heads this ticket, and to remember the
position he already occupies in public affairs.
He is the government Agent Of the Sioux
Indians and because he is that agent, with
about a cool hundred thousand of Govern
ment cash under his control, is the main rea-
son why he has been nominated by the par
astes of the Slave Power who manage these
things in Minnesota at the bidding of their
task masters at Washington. We do not
pretend to say, or insinuate even, that Mr..
flandreau is going to unlock the public mon
ey safe of which he has control, and take
gold therefrom to absolutely buy votes; but
those Of us who have seen the operation of
these things in this new country, know the
po'oer of moneyed Federal Office holder
when he goes into the field as partisan can
didate. There are thousand little fat jobs
and contracts to be scattered about in con-
nection with the disbursement of this fund,
which can, and no doubt will be, used on
this occasi n to secure all the votes possible
for Mr.. Flandreau and his colleagues on the
ticket.
We trust the people Of the Tenth District
will be prepared to meet this great odds ar
rayed against them by the Pro-Slavery Ad-
ministration which now rules the country,
and on the day of election give Mr.. Indian
Agent and his adherents rebuke which
they will remember the remainder of their
days Let it not be said that they have
bowed to the money power of the pompous
Federal office-holder, in order that they may
be humiliatei by seeing two Pro-Slavery
Senators at Washington next winter, voting
all the while with Douglas to extend slave
ry all over the national domain. This case
needs looking to. Mr.. Flandreau and his
ticket must be defeated. The Republican
people of the Tenth District can do it if they
will.
The democrats of the Eleventh Dis
trict also had pow-wow at Minneapolis or
Thursday, which was attended only by 9
few Of the faithful about town-scarcely any
of the country precincts being represented
They nominated miserably poor ticket
just for show, as not a sensible man connect
ed with the affair supposes that any one o
them stands the remotest chance of bein,
elected: Our old neighbor-in-law, A. c
SMITH, late Register of the Minneapolis
Land Office, was present and threw in hi
little might to help along the cause of South
ern Niggerdom. We doubt if he had at tn,
time heard of his removal, although his sue
cessor has been in st. Paul several days
One OF the leadiug participants in this meet
ing ras the knor- Nothing Delegate from Min
mesota to the Philadelphia Coarentiou rhie)
nominated Fillmore for President! So i
would seem the union is now perfect betwee,
the Buchananites and the Fillmore Amer
icans."
Republicans, it is time to 60 to work i,
earnest when such combinations as these ar
formed. We have only few days to worl
until the first Monday in June rolls around