Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-07-10
Buchanan Becomes A GOd.Send.
From the Minneapolis Ga1e.te.

from the MlnneapoIS GaL..te.
A contemporary thinks that James Bu-
chanan is god-send, as he will bring the A
merlcan people to repentance the first step
in the road that leads to Heaven
The KnickerbOcker remarks that this idea
reminds them of another. In a certain vii
lage in Ohio, resided a family consisting of an
old man named Beaver and his four sons all
whom were hard "pets," and had often
laughed to scorn the advice of pious though
very eccentric minister who resided in the
same town. 1t so happened that one of the
boys was bitten by a rattle snake, and was
expected to die, when the minister was sent
| for in great haste. On his arrival he
found the young man very penitent, and anx-
ious to be prayed with The minister calling
on the family, kneeled down and prayed in
the wise:
"Oh Lord, we thank thee for rattle snakes:
we thank thee because rattle snake has bit
Jim: We pray thee to send rattle snake
to bite John; send one to bite Bill send one
to bite Sam and oh, Lord, send the biggest
kindOf rattale snake to bite the old man; for
nothing tut rattle snakes will ever bring the
Beaver family to repeantance!'
MIR. Buchanan is the political rattle snake
an all wise Providence has placed in the ex-
ecutive chair to bite the citizens of this coun-
try into rebellion to Presidential dictation
and official corruption.
The following suplication is arranged to suit
this latitude and longitude.
"Ch Lord, we thank thee for sending that
rattle snakc-we thank thee that he has bit
Douglas, and Staart, and Broderick, and Gen.
Shields, and Walker and Wise, and Bell ,and
Crittenden and Stanton.
awe thank thee that he has bit Starkey and
McGrorty ,and Rutan, and Mastersau Bray
and Foster, and Graham, and Mackintire and
Rauch and Scoield, and Simpson, and Talbot,
and Thompson, and Wilson, and Lord, we
earnestly wish that he would bite each and
every one of the cOrporars guard of Lecomp-
ofsustaining the President with all his Kansas
wickedness upon him especially let him bite
Col. Stevens, who has always professsed to
be opposed to the Lecompton policy.
"And, Oh Lord, let him bite Henry NJ.
Rice, who has belied the public sentiment
of bis constituents; and Gov. Sibley, who
uph olds the "wise and patrotic' administra-
ton of James Buchanan; and Franklin Steele.
who aspired to General Shields seat in the
Senate and oh Lord, we ask thee as special
act of grace that he may pitch into and bite
sharply the editors of the Pioneer and Demo.
crat newspaper at St. Paul, SO that we may
hear no more "REGRETS' at the passage of
Anti Lecompton resolutions by the Legisla-
ture.
"Let him bite Congressman Phelps and Jim
Cavanaugh, and Agent Joe Brown, the Indi.
an Juggler, and Judge Chatfeld and Dave
Wright, of the Belle Plaine Enquirer, and
Cotton, of the Chatfeld Democrat 1.-THE only
Lecompton editors in the State )-and let
him" bite Sam, 'and give back bone to these
who once worshipped in the midst of dark
lanterns-and Lord, to come nearer home, let
him bite tho Sc Lecompton Democrats who,
are trying to get that good citizen and faith
full public officer, Samuel Hidden, turned out
of the Minneapolis Post Office, because he is
Douglas man. Nothing but bite can
save them from everlasting reprobation p