New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-07

The State Of MINNESOTA viii knock at the
doors Of the UniOn st the opening of the next Con-
gress, demanding admission with cogency thai.
generally fertile soil, threaded in every direction by
important Davigabe -ivers, with an immensty Of
the finest timber to be found in the United States,
betting water courses which afford chesp and mex
haustitIe power for its manufacture, End present
population of $50 900, there is every probability
that Minnesota, in spite of the conceded drawback
of her severe though bealtbfu climate, will
have population of One Million at come period
within the next ten years. How important then
her rapidly increasing WEIGHT into the SCALE Of Free
Labor and the Rights of Man.
A Free Constitution baS just been sgreed IN by
her sDamolous, doubl..hsaded Convention, and
there is no doub. Of its adoption by nearly rnaui-
nous vote. Tue election, at which it will be rati
fed, viii be held on the second Tuesday (l3ta) Of
October, at which time Legislature, Governor,
Judges, and three Members of the present Con-
gress VIII be chosen, beside (for forr,'s s,se)
Territorial Delegate; and there seems to be cur
rent understanding that whoever is nominated and
canvasses as candidate for Territorial Delegate on
the side which shall prove triumphant shall be one
of the two United States Senators to be chosen on
the assembling Of the new Legislature. No more
important election will be held this Autumn 10 any
State.
A DeuDcrstic correspondent Of T!s Herald,
writing from st. Paul On The Both ult., gives the
following truthful exhibit of the grounds Oh which
his party hopes for success in the pending contest
In the election Of such officers chosen by
general ticket the Democrats will be likely to win so
far have been able TO calculate the chances, for
the that they have at least an equal number of
voters to start on; they have all the wre-workng poll
tioans Of any marked abiEty; they have the best
speakers and thc most money
That the pro-Slsyery Democracy have moiety
Of the yo.ers in Minnesota we do not think they
believe; but that tbeJ haze nearly "s,l the wire
working politicians" nearly all those accustomed
TO political speaking and 1.-THE most money" is
undeBiabe. Ii is great thing for party in such
q contest 10 have on its side tbe power that estab-
lishes mairoutes appoints postmasters, gives con-
tracts for army transportation manages and Offices,
and makes lldian payments; but wien to all these
bats for the ambitious and the vena i ids awil-
pgness 70 help its partisans in gigantic schemes of
peculation, it becomes al but iuvincble. la the
ate private sale to favored su.ier of the Fort
Smelling Reservation, under power obtained OF
Congress by an expires. assurance that the sale
should be public and fair, the Federal Ad-
m;nistration has put bonus OF at least Half
Million Dollars into the pockets Of the
Democratic wire workers Of Minnesota, through
fraud more <candalcus than was ever before com
uIitted under the auspices of any Cabinet. We do
not say th.t the President or Secretary Floyd con-
scousy conniyed at this grab; but we do say that
they allowed themselves to be used By the perpe-
traitors in full view Of the mOnstiOus and glaring
prcfgacy of the job. 1t is bat little while since
| he Pre.iden. was sounded by leading AID infa-
enal supporter in behalf Of proposition for the pr
yate sale of another Military Reserve precisely a,
Fort Snellir was sold, " hen Mr. Buchanan a. once
very properly repeled the suggestion as an i'm
peschmsnt of bis official integrity, informing the
startled Legctator that no such transaction could
tuSe place while he filed the Presidential
| Chair Yet just .uch transaction hd,
| tten effected in the Fort Smelling case, and the
President star 6s responsible for it to the Nation
His leading psitissns in Minnesota are manitestiy
| fetp in the .wtdle; Lis green Secretary Of
! Ns5 bhs allowed h1srll 10 be u.et ia c'csgn-