New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-29
MINNESOTA.
THE RESULT OF THE STATE ELECTION.

Correspondence Of The NJ Y. Tribune.
ST. PAUL, M. T., Dec. IL, 1857.
The Boards of Canvassers for State officers and
the State Legislature have beth been in session here
for the last two weeks. The labors of tho former
body have about closed, but few matters of detail
remaining before the result will be declared. AL
though there is not the shadow of doubt In the
mind of any honest man that ex.GOv. Ramsey and
the entire ticket for State officers, including Su.
preme Court Judges, received a majority of the
legal votes cast, or, in fact, majority Of all the
votes east, whether legal or bogus, the majority Of
the Board of Canyassers- -compFisns Sam. Me-
dairy, Territorial Governor editor OF TIC OHIO
Statesmen, and the "wheel-horse Of tho Democ-
racy whenever the concern requires strong pull
to fetch them out of dirty dough, and Joseph r.
Brown, ex-Indian trader, ex-Territorial Printer,
Sioux Indian Agent, father of q small generation of
halfbreeds, and Professor Of Skulduggery-insst
upon counting in the whole vile returns Of all the
vile men who have tried their hands at msnufactur-
ing election returns, thus giving H. H. Sibley the
certificate for Governor by about 200 majority.
The single Republican member of the Board, Mr..
Galbraith, has fought these returns manfully, but
has been at every step Overrued by his colleagues.
This decision Of the Canvassers will doubtless be
final; for, however indignant those men may feel
who are knowingly deprived Of their rights, the
Courts of the Territory being presided over by tho
agpointees Of Buchanan, elevated expressly as
reward Of featy to party, they are virtually without
tribunal to which to appeal.
Neither branch Of the Legislature has done or
attempted to do much business. A Message was
sent in by Gov. Medary, which was read and re-
ferred; and efforts have for some days been made
TO appoint day for the election Of United States
Senators. H. NJ. Rice and Gen. Shields are the
nominees of the Democrats for these posts. To
Rice, who has very faithfully and satisfactorily full
filed the trusts and attended to the wants Of the
Territory as Delegate, there will be substantially
no opposition from either party; but Gen. Shieas,
| Judging from present appearances, WI not get OH
so easily. A very strong opposition to him has
l developed itself from his own party-suf1clentiy
strong, in fact, to defeat him. should the sores not
become healed before coming to vote. Of course,
| all the healing balms known to Democratic phar.
macy will be applied 70 these distressing cases with
| what effect "noas rerrons." If the Republican
party of the State contained man of commanding
talents and acknowledged integrity and hailing
from outside of ST. Paul, he could be elected in this
contingency to Represent in the Senate for four
years. But unfortunately the party contains no
such man.
In common with the inhabitants of the entire
country the people Of this Territory are feeling Sc
verely the hard times which you of the East have
naugursted and sent upon tour through the cOun.
try. Yet the effects are felt not nearly 80 severely
as portion of the Eastern press and, fear, your
own among the number, would have their readers
| believe. Claiming to be one Of the |" Friends Of
The TRIBUNE" addressed in q scrawl OF crows
tracks in the WEEKLY not long since, am particu-
ary susceptible on the subject Of misrepresentation
of my adopted home which may appear in my ia
yorte journal, however inadvertently. Take notice
that am making no tread charge Of wllful wick
edness; but express a'esspcion that The TRTl'-
UHE has some slight preference for the southern
| over more northern portions Of the West, and that
sions az itself paragraph that will help to fortify
this preference, it is prone to copy it. Nor is q
preference if such there really be, altogether ilog
zeal or unexplsnable, separate and apart from the
vulgar theory of corner lots A magnificent Terri
tory has been wrested from the savage grasp Of the
Slave Power to be cOnsecrated forever TO Freedom
| The Tribune has been largely instrumental in
winning the batte and it is but natural that it
should cherish fathers anxiety for the future pros.
perty Of the bantling which has for 20 long been
the object of it's sympsthies and its aid. But let US
have fair play. -. ,-7
We are NOT bankrupt out here, unlessyou consider
Temporary inability 70 pay debts promptly in what
you of the East choose to call "money, bankruptcy.
| We are not starving, We are not freezing Iven-
ture the assertion that in no other community has
| the financial tornado mad less havoc. The crops
are mostly abundant, and more than sufhcient for
our home wants We have and expect to have
plenty to eat, drink and wear and, If our Eastern
creditors win take farms, houses, stores, mlls, in
settlement Of debts for money borrowed, we can
pay our debts and that at once, to the hast dollar.
Over 81, 600 900 are now due to the people here.
| about fof the two items Of lumber and furs, from
towns and cities on the river a. far down % st.
| Louis, and from Eastern furriers. However inGg-
| ni6cant this sum may seem to Wall street man,
l il it could Be promptly collected, Il would 90 far
toward Iquidatine the foreign indebtedness Of OUT
citizens. Twill venture aaotAeY assertion, that n