WASHINGTON, _January 11, 1858_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I have received from Samuel Medary, governor of the Territory of
Minnesota, a copy of the constitution of Minnesota, "together with an
abstract of the votes polled for and against said constitution" at the
election held in that Territory on the second Tuesday of October last,
certified by the governor in due form, which I now lay before Congress
in the manner prescribed by that instrument.
Having received but a single copy of the constitution, I transmit this
to the Senate.