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For the Frederick Douglass' Paper.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA.

SAINT PAUL, April 5, 1855.

FRIEND DOUGLASS:—Since writing to you last, much has transpired in this section of the great West. The railroad sharpers, with the aid of cash, have carried through their measure, by bringing up members, that, previous to their election, were pledged against the fraud[.] They passed their railroad bill over the Governer's veto. It is stated that fifteen or twenty thousand dolllars were expended this winter by the company's agents, in buying members' votes, furnishing liquor, and giving suppers. A more gigantic fraud never was perpetrated on the public. By the passage of this bill, two millions of dollars, north of Minnesota's lands, are transferred into the hands of these few Wall st. sharpers, without any recompense to the government.

We had a tremendous wind storm on the night of the 25th of March, doing much damage throughout the country, damaging the Suspension Bridge at the Falls of St. Anthony. I have been informed that it will cost the company at least ten thousand dollars to repair it.

Dear sir, I neglected to inform you of the contemplated Republican Convention, which met in St. Anthony on the morning of Thursday, the 29th, and continued their sittings until Saturday forenoon. There was quite a large number of persons attended the Convention. They were principally Whigs and Free Soilers, with a small sprinkling of Democrats. The revolutions adopted by the Convention, I give you below; but how they will take with the mass of Minnesota's politically bewildered sons, it is hard to conjecture; but, I think from appearances, that a majority will fill in with the new party, at least they will on the start. But splits and quarrels must ensue, as two-thirds of the voters of Minnesota are office-seekers. Many of them are broken-down politicians from other States.

MINNESOTA.