The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-11

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iticians!
The letter below comes to us from source
entirely responsible, and from careful look
! er-on at Washington, who writes faithfully
as to the things he has seen since the inaug-
uration:
! To the Editors OF the Nanesotian:
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1857.
The news by telegraph, and the meagre
accounts which yon receive by the papers,
can but badly inform you of the actual state
of affairs now manifest at this ''great south
ern plantation" generally known as the Cap
ital of the United States. have only time
to inform you that the embodyment" of
Pro-slavery " Democracy" Old Buck
is very sick man. That soup, from the quad
ruped animals, at the National NAV have
formed the basis of his disease; but the Wis
itation to the White House of tue myriads
of biped rats in tile shape of office-seekers,
has vanquished the four-legged vermin of
"original SIM completely. The President
would willingly be restored to the national
diet, judging from his appearance.
1t would take constitution of forty horse
power stronger than was possessed by either
Harrison or Taylor to stand the pressure
brought upon the "uld man las these har-
pies term hin--and to withstand their never
ceasing opportunities He cannot eat--hc
cannot read the morning papers--he cannot
onio a ohafx ho11
or particular friend--he cannot retire to
rest or even retire to attend to the most pri-
vate of natures calls, unless he is watched
and beset by horde of mportunatc Dem
ocratic" ravens who seek to devour the pit
tancc which falls from the carcass of the pub
lie goose, whose roasting and carving is at
tie Presidents disposal.
am sorry to see men from Minnesota en-
gagng in this scrambe--not that all of us
would not rather see Minnesotans in federal
offices, SO long as the Territory lasts, instead
of outsiders; but our men cut sorry figure
IN helping along the mcrcenary "combina-
tions" here made to annoy the President
daily and hourly, and hasten him to his
grave. That he is tending rapidly in that d.
rection, even without the accelerating force
Of the Minnesotians to help him thither-
ward, is very certain. Unless the Office
seeking wolves draw off from the trail, he
will not live out half his term. Mark this as
a fact They are bound to kill him; and all
the poor devils expect something to "turn
up" under Breckenridge
Emerson has logged through his appoint
ment of Surveyor General for Minnesota, and
Rosser, Think will be retained as Secretary.
Other appointments not fixed upon.
Yours truly,
North WEST.
The above facts ar. more than confirmed
ly the following, which we copy from the
New York Tribune. Will cold Buck " live
under this blood thirsty hunt of tie tens Of
| thousands of hungry hounds? We scarcely
dare believe that such an event is possible:
THE gentlemen who do the dactic and the
reflective for the picture newspapers have en-
larged, in sentences more or less leaden, up
on the moral grandeur of the Inauguration
spectacle, nd have, with patriotic pride,
specialized upon the wonderland to S Y en-
yy--with which the hedlzencd ambassadors
must have gazed upon the engine companies
and the Pennsylvania militia. Admitting
that we had fine melo-drama on the 18th
inst, we have now come naturally to the
farce. We certainly do not think that the
diplomatic people ever witnessed at home
anything like this scrabble for place, this con-
test for collectorships and clerkshirs, this
pother about pest offices in short, if we may
use coarse word, this grab for provender.
The MalakOT was not more closely invt stcd
than the White House now is and we be-
lieve that no Russian soldier in that strong
hold was IN half So much danger of his life
as is our venerable President just at this
time. We can easily imagine without per-
sonal observation (for we have only asked
for the appointment Of our friend Cass) how
poor Mr.. Buchanan is baited, and buied.
and beset; how tho hungry bcggars do in
wade the privacy of bedchamber and of libra
~, and of parlor how the perpetual knock
ing at the portals sounds IN his ears like a
certain nnmentiona lie gcntleman's tattoo-a
reveille of continually recurring wretched-
ness. We all know what chronic bother
are the little girls and boys who come into
they to hordes of mendcan,s coming from
all quarters and bawling for more cold pieces
of pa,roi age than any President ever had or
ever will have? We never before fully APP
preciated the nursery line which babe our
childhood "pity the sorrows of poor old
man."
We do not know that this quadrennial
mania is comparatively higher now than up
on previous outburs.s; but as the country
expands there are more offices to bestow.
and, of course, great many more people
who pant to fill them. We only refer to the
matter now to ask these tormentors of the
President if it he really their desire to kill
him? If they are bent upon a mortal muir
der? Upon an assassination by worrying ? (!
Is Mr.. Buchanan to be drawn like badger
to be hunted like a foX-to be pestercd, per-
picked, harassed into an untimrly grave q
Do they want to make whted scpulchre |
of the White House? Are they in league |
with Mr.. Breckenridge to take off thesPres- |
ident? If not, let them raise the siege and |
withdraw their eager forces. Mr.. Buchanan !
is an old man: and however bravely he may
bear his years, yet we must remember the !
proverbial ounce which always proves fatal !
10 the camel's spine. We hear from Wash |
ington that the President is showing marks |
of age, and that his friends are really uneasy |
about his health. If this be so, it should re-
quire no H,ppocratcs to inform them that the |
best treatment of the illustrious patient will |
be found IN their immediate departure for
the rural districts. They can leave behind |
them their. petitions-tle certificates of their
virtues, the affidavits Of their capacities, the
evidence of the gross incompetency Of their
rivals, Jones, Brown and Robinson Mr..
Buchanan, with such aid, can make up his
mind without gazing upon their lean and
hungry faces. The double distilled extract
Of rats, which they g,yc to the President at
the National, was sanative in comparison
with this procession of spectres around his
official chair.
The na.on has twice felt the death of
President to be an extraordinary misfortune
In both instances, it lost good executive
officer, and in both found the constitutional
compensation for tire loss to be but dubious
solace The two Vices have turned ont bad
ly, and We do not wart third Acciiency.-
For various reasons. we should be very sor-
~ to see Mr.. Breckenridge President. and
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