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THE FOREST.—SUNSET.
" When good Little Goody Two Shoes had finished her
ten sets of letters, she invited a great number of her poor
ltttle Companions to meet together under an old oak tree,
and there she taught them."—Old Stofy.
The Demon Envy, Mr. GLIN D ON.
Hatred and Malice (his attendants), Messrs. Scowl and
Growl.
The Bad Boy's Compact with the Evil Genius, and what
followed therefrom.
HAUNT OF THE 'W 0011 NYMPHS IN THE
ENCHANTED DELL.
May, Miss WENT WORTH.
Bluebell, Cowslip, Violet, Wild Thyme, Golden Broom,
Speedwell, Daisy, Buttercup, Wood Anemone, Primrose,
Colvolvulus,Wild Rose, Traveller's Joy,Celandine, Hearts-
ease, Fox Glove, &c, (her attendant Wild Flowers), by a
host of Coryphees.
Pas de Forget-me-not, Miss LYDIA THOMPSON.
Pas de Double Heartsease, The Misses GUNNISS.
Ballet des Bouquets, invented and arranged by
Mr. OSCAR BYRNE.
WOODY AVENUE, LEADING TO BUTTERCUP
MEAD.
" All hail to thee, thou first of May,
Sacred to merry sport and play,
To wine and jest and dance and song,
And mirth that lasts the whole day long.
CELEBRATION OF MAY-DAY AND FESTIVAL
OF THE MAY QUEEN.
OUTSIDE OF LITTLE GOODY'S COTTAGE, MILL
BROOK, AND ANCIENT BELFRY.
" Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, with
my Bow and Arrow."—Old Nursery Legend.
The Sparrow, Mr. Take-an-Aim. The Fly, Master Buzzy.
The Fish, Mr. Gillbut. The Beetle, Mrs. Gamp.
The Linnet, Master Downey. The Owl, Mr. Whit-to-Whew.
The Lark, Mr. Highflyer. The R6ok, Mr. Blackcoat.
The Bull, Mr. Roarer, with a Horn accompaniment.
The deed done. Impressive fate of Little Cock Robin,
and his marvellous restoration by Good Nature, who pro-
ceeds on her radiated Path of Prisms over the World
Harlequins, Mr. CORMACK and Mr. ST. MAINE.
Columbines, Madame BOLENO (her first appearance here
these two years) and the 'Misses GUNNISS.
Pantaloons, Mr. G. TANNER and Mr. DEULIN
JOHNSON.
Clowns, Mr. HARRY BO LEN 0 (his first appearance here
these two years) and Mr. C. LAURI.
Scene I.—GRAND HINT 0' NATIONAL (THEATRE)
EXHIBITION OF FUN!
The Meeting of all Nations—Gold Washing and Gold
Finding—Armstrong'sßreech-loader—theExhibitionßells
and Belles of the Exhibition—Clown rings one of the Belles
--a Belle Savage—the Majolica Fountain—Clown's new
Vapourizer—Cent. per Scent—Striking Two—the Exhibi•
tion Club—a Medicated Vapour Bath—a Piping Bullfinch
—(Raree Airs)—the Australian Obelisk makes a decided
Move—a Toad in the Hole—a Long Nap (2,000 years)—a
Bed in the Coal Hole—Froggy would a-Wooing go—a sud-
den influx of Strange Visitors and close of tho Exhibition.
Invented and Produced by Boleno (Registered).
Pantomimists—HAßßY BOLENO, Madame BOLENO.
CORMACK, and TANNER.
Trip Storm liaise—Madame BOLENO and Mr.
CORMACK.
Landlady, Mrs. Graball ; Page, Master Bellbutton
Housemaid, not yet engaged; Visitors, Cabmen, Sweeps,
Shoe-Black Brigade, &c., by Artists too numerous to
mention.

Scene 2.—EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF INTER-
NATIONAL LODGING-HOUSE.
Lodgings I Lodgings I Lodgings I—HouAe Full—A Fair
Sample of a Cabby's Fair—A Foreigner all Abroad—Harry
Boleno's return to his Old Quarters—Somebody's Luggage
—Nobody's Luggage (Oh, Dickens)—Ny Lodgings are on
the cold ground—ADamp Bed with Sheets of Water (which
are always damp)—Bottling Spirits—A Policeman on Duty
—Coming down with the Dust—Clown and Pantaloon re-
solve to change their quarters—The new Bedroom Door—
the Exhibition Early-rising Bedstead—Clown makes an
Impression—Oh, rest thee, my Babe—A Novel Extin-
Nisher—Put out the Light I Put out the Light—A Squally
ight—Clown gets rid of a Lodger—Both Child and Nurse
are fast asleep—Clown gives them a drop too much—a new
method of getting off to sleep—forty winks—Harlequin Box
and Cox (up)—'Tis when to sleep the World retires—the
Vision—an unwelcome Visitor—The Shades of Night and
the Night Shade—Look on this Picture and on this—List,
oh, list—l'm always with you—l'll warm yer—Oh, slum-
ber my darling, and sleep while you may—Visions light-as
air—the Nurse—the Child—the Great Sensation Scene and
Denoument.
Scene 3,—SHELL-FISH SHOP, COBBLER'S STALL,
AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE!
A Neat Trip—a Trip less Flat—Flat Fish, Flying Fish,
and Ground Bait—taking in the Natives Childish Games,
Boyhood's happy days—Arrival of Fun—Sudden appear-
ance of an old friend—Clown goes a fishing—Gets a bite
which prove to be a nibble for him, Garotting with a Ven-
geance —the strong Arm of the Law—Clown in a Fix—
Lucky Escape—Clown gets a Ticket of Leave—the indus-
trious Cobbler that Lived in a Stall— Clown finds a pair of
Bootsi and gets Awl for his pains—a Rally and a Jump—
heo"lihas a taste for Music and Gives a Concert, in which
play a Solo on the smallest Banjo in the world and
12 will play
Garden Pots—Pataloon has Five Bars rest—
Clown gets Drummed in and quickly gets Drummed Out
Again—A Supply of Natives--a fair Division—the head of
the force and everybody taken in and done for.
Scene 4—THE ISLINGTON AGRICULTRAL HALL,
,
AND GREAT DOG-SHOW, CAT-SHOW AND
FLOWER-SHOW.
Flowers of Loveliness and Flowers of the Forest—going
to see the Green Bushes—Heartsease and Tulips --coming
in Pears (pairs)—a clearing Pair—Fruits of Industry-
-Music, the Food of Love—l calculate not—Music hath
Charms—not so always—Where's the Police ?—Opening of
the Great National Dog Show—Port Whindepda—enadcrlßraoruk—gdeatn.
Impudent Puppy—Carrots and a Turn-up—Clown
Pugnatious—a Dog-MA—Deg cheap
Clown keeps the Dog \Tata-I: hich
ghoeneenttoeret—hetheWa
to Barking—Clown and Pantaloon .
Dogs—
Sweet Sounds—Calculation, Maltiplicattios dna,wnan, danlid-exaatcioant
—Clown's Cat Show—Cats-up and Ca
for the Garotters—Descend ye nine—Dogs' M
Kill-Kenny
eat—Cats'
Meat—a Jolly Dog—a Pair of Tabbies—the
Cats—the Seat of War—How it will all end—a
Catastrophe
eatFroipghhat
for a prize Cup—Catalessis—Catacresisa
which leads to a Cataract of the Feline Race, and thus
ends the Catalogue.
Scene S—(Comic)—EXTERIOR of MARINE STORES,
PUBLIC-HOUSE, AND SAILOR'S HOME.
Invented by Mr. J. Cormack.
C. LAURI, D. JOHNSON. ST. MAINE, and the
mi,s,., GI-NNTSs.
Nantirol Hornpipe, by M. ST. MAINE Ind th,, Misses
GUNN ISS.
Set a thief to catch a thief—and he will go the " whole
Hog or Nono"—A Sailor, half Seas over, mistakes all he
Sees—Old Aunt Sally proves herself, rayther— Shell
hands wanted—and secured by Hook or by Crook—An-
cient and Modern Warriors—Hearts of Oak—Our Ironsides
(not Cromwell's) Al good metal—the great Drainage
Question—Pretty Poll of Wapping—she was such a nice
young Gal I with Old Ballad, " the Lass that loved a
Sailor"—" Home, home, Sweet Home"— The Sailors'
Home—time to go home, but before:doing so we introduce
you to
Last Scene.—(Danson and Sons.)
ENGLAND'S GLORY AND RICHES
BROUGHT BY HER OCEAN WAVES I

Box-office open from Ten till Six daily. Doors open at
Half. past Six, commenco at Seven.
Acting Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.

THE LONDON PAVILION.—
Messrs. LOIBL and SONNHA MIT vlt beg respectfully
to announce that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place
on THURSDAY EVI.:NING next, the 29th inst. They
acknowledge with thanks the very liberal support hitherto
awarded them, and trust their future endeavours to please
and entertain will prove sufficiently meritorious to meet with
a response eq ,ally gratifying. On the occasion of their
Benefit a special programme will be arranged representing
such a galaxy of talent as was never presented to the public.
The LONDON PAVILION, Tichborne-street.

120 PERFORMERS will appear at the
LONDON PAVILION on THURSDAY NEXT,
the PROP lETOR'S BENEFIT. Novelties in abundance
will be produced ; all the favourites in London will be there ;
the bill of fare will be prolific in sensation and artists of ex-
traordinary skill; in fact, the entertainment will be one of
a,tonishing magnitude—brimful of talent, and calculated to
please everybody.

RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
L Open nightly for Promenade. There is added to the
above elegant Establishment a Grand Conversation Saloon
Reading Room, and Smokin Et Lounge. French, Gorman, and
English papers taken in. The musical arrangements under
the direction of Mons. Boulcourt.
The Band is composed of the best Musicians in the metro-
polis. Admission ls.—Manager, M. Grenet.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-JULLIEN'S PROME-
NADE CONCERTS will take place at the above
Rooms on TUESDAY, Jan. 27th. On this occasion the Pro-
gramme will include Selections and Arrangements from the
Works of the following Masters :

Mozart—Rossini—Meyerbeer—Donizetti.
The Dance Music from the repertoire of the late M. Jullien.
Admission, is.

Manager, M. GRENET.

JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS.

JULLIEN has the honour to announce
-0-11- that his FIRST PROMENADE CONCERT in Lon-
don will take place at the
ARGYLL ROOMS, on TUESDAY, January 27.
On this occasion the Programme will include sele-tions and
arrangements from the works of the following masters :
MOZART, I ROSSINI, I MEYERBEER, I DONIZETTI.
A Grand Quadrille from Howard Glover's Opera, " Once
too Often," and the ballet music will be chiefly selected from
the repertoire of the late M. Jullien.
programmes and full particulars will be duly advertised.
Admission—One Shilling.
Manager, M. GRENET.

THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ;
containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by
innumerable superbly executed Models, illustrating, every
part of the Human Frame, together with a variety of highly
interesting Natural Preparations, Malformations, and Mon-
strosities. Open daily, from 11 to 10 (for Gentleman only).
Admission One Shilling. Entrances 29, George street, Han-
over-square, and 4f A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, Lon-
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Explanatory Lecture every Evening at Seven. Illus-
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stamps. Address the Secretary, as above.

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" Private industry acts for itself. The Govern-
ment leaves to every one the responsibility of his
acts. This system has not been followed without
contributing to the industrial and maritime pros-
perity of our neighbours."
The Emperor further stated his conviction that
France would attain the same result when she had
completed the bases indispensable to the establish-
ment of public liberties, and concluded by appeal-
ing to all to unite in order to arrive at this result.
La France of this evening says :
"M. Troplong will to morrow communicate to

he Senate the draught of the Address in reply to

his Speech from the Throne. It is said to be a
complete and formal appropriation of the Emperor's
policy, especially on the Roman question, and to
clearly express the sentiments of the Senate on the
protection which France affords to the Holy Father.
The Patne of this evening says :
" We learn from a sure source that the French
Minister of Washington has been invited to submit
to the American Cabinet a proposal for a meeting
of delegates to examine into the measures calculated
to facilitate a reconciliation between the North and
South."

(From the limes' Correspondent.)
NEW YORK, JAN. 10.
The full details of the obstinate battles of Mur-
freesborough that have at length been received from
the correspondents of the daily press confirm the
impression on the minds of those who studied with
attention the first confused and often contradictory
telegrams, that General Rosencrans has rescued the
Republic from _ great humiliation by dint both al
consummate strategy and of high personal valour ;
hut that he has not, gained a decisive victory.
Rosencrans and Bragg are both in a position to re
new the struggle. Both suffered severely. Both ac-
quitted themselves as good generals and brave sol-
diers. And if the victory remained with Rosencrans,
as it must be conceded that it did, Bragg is not
crushed, but still bold and defiant and inclined to be
aggressive. The battles of Murfreesborough, severe
as they were, seem but to have been the preludes to
a still more tremendous struggle in Tennessee. In
the meanwhile Rosencrans is the hero of the hour.
His success is the greatest that any Federal general
has achieved since M'Clellan saved the capital at
Antietam, and the people are not only loud in his
praise, but express their gratitude by hoping that
they may yet be indebted to his military genius for
many similar favours.
The expedition to Vicksburg has not been so suc-
cessful. The fighting before that obstinate fortress
was as severe as at Murfreesboro, lasted as long, and
was accompanied by as tearful a loss of life on both
sides, but the Confederates, by superior generalship
and audacity, as well as by more intimate know-
ledge of the country, contrived to concentrate an
immense force at the point at a moment when the
Federal commander was utterly unprepared for its
reception, and when he was deprived of the antici-
pated assistance of the Federal flotilla under Com-
modore Farragut, detained below Port Hudson, 300
miles further down the M'ssissippi. The result was
a signal defeat of the Federal army. President
Davis, in a late address to the Legislature of Mis-
sissippi, insisted upon the immense importance to
the Southern cause of defending both Vicksburg
and Port Hudson to the last extremity. Vicks-
burg has answered his expectations thus far. It
remains to be seen whether Port Hudson will be as
creditably up to the maik, and whether the com-
bined forces of Gen. Banks and Commodore Farra-
gut operating against that place will be sufficient
to clear the river to that point. If they do there
will be a new struggle at Vicksburg more obstinate
than the last, in which both parties will put forth
their utmost strength, and which may prove to be
the greatest and most important battle of the war.
Notwithstanding the gleam of g 3od cheer thrown
over the popular heart by the gallantry and success
of Rosencrans, the general aspects of the war are not
encouraging to the Northern mind. Nothing is
heard from the army of the Potomac. It is neither
in winter quarters nor in activity. Gen. Burnside
is extinguished—perhaps in his own estimation,
certainly in that of the country—and his army
once the hope of the Federal cause, is dark in the
eclipse of popular neglect. No one speaks of it
or speculates on its movements or fate. The Pre-
sident's proclamation of emancipation is a severe
stumblingblock to men's minds. People begin to
despair of the fortunes of a Republic of which the
chief magistrate can find no weapon so ready to
his hand to damage his foes as an incentive to a war
of races. The Border States are moody and discon-
tented. Their slaves, notwithstanding that their
masters are or are supposed to be loyal, are assert-
ing or are achieving their freedom, in defiance of
Mr. Lincoln's limitations, and an agitation is spread-
ing, of which the results threaten to be disastrous
both to the white man and the black. But Nerc
continues to fiddle or to jest. Gold, the sensitive
barometer of the fears of commerce, points to the
high figure of 39 per cent. premium, the highest it
has yet attained ; and clear-beaded men of business
mistrusting everything else as unsubstantial and
illusory, are hastening to invest their superbundant
dollars in houses and land. Within the last few
days there has been a perfect rush of capital in that
direction, and the chances are that it will increase
in proportion to the alarm of the public at the pros-
pects before the country. The ordinary ruck of
speculators has been wild with excitement, and
Wall-street for the last two days has. exhibited a
spectacle that is but too surely the sign and fore-
runner of:a commercial collapse. The probability,
if not the certainty, of an immediate issue of green-
backs—put down one day at 50,000,000 dols. only
"to pay the arrears due to the army," and on
another at 900,000,000 to meet the necessities of the
Government—has opened the floodgates of specu-
lative greediness. Men that were poor last Mon-
day are rich to-day, and may be poor again next
week. Madness rules the hour. Mr. Caase,
the the genres
magician whose potent wand has wronght -
chief, has arrived in town, alarmed apparently at the
efficacy of his own spell. He has come, it is said,
to consult some of the Nestors of finance and bank-
ing as to what shall be done to allay the excite-
ment.
The message of Governor Seymour to the Legis-
lature at Albany is more emphatic than his friends
expected. Cautious as well as bold, it is entirely
satisfactory to the Conservative party throughout
the North. Had there been six months ago a Go-
vernor as strongly pledged to support the law and
Constitution of the State, the Federal Administra-
tion would have been saved many aggressions on
popular rights which have scandalised it in the eyes
of the American people as well as of the world. The
habeas corpus would not have been suspended, inno-
cent men and women would not have been torn
from their homes and confined in dungeons and bas-
titles on the testimony of spies and informers, and
the Secretary of State and the late and present Se-
cretaries of War would not have been exposed, as
they now are, to the penalties of the State laws for
acts of injustice committed in obedience to what
they considered a Federal necessity. Mr. Seymour's
election was the first proof of their unpopularity
which Mr. Lincoln and his advisers condescended to
accept. Prior to that event they seemed to labour
under the impression that the Northern people were
willing to pay the price of their own liberty for
the restoration of the Union ; that whatever Mr.
Lincoln might " decree" or " proclaim" was as bind-
ing as the ukase of a Czar or the hatti.sheriff of a
Sultan, and that he and his Ministers were only re-
sonsible to God and their consciences for all public
and private injury and wrong which they might
inflict in the prosecution of the war. The Demo-
cratic victories undeceived them, and forced the
Adminstratiou back into the paths of legality.
Mr. Seymour's enunciation of his policy as Go-
vernor of the Chief State of the Union—a State
that has a Constitution as sacred as that of the
Federation will keep them there, unless
they choose to risk a collision that might end in
bloodshed. Of this, however, there is little proba-
bility ; and the little has been made less by the
vigorous action which Mr. Seymour has taken, and
which all the other Democratic State governors will
strengthen and extend,
When Mr. Seymour leaves the question of State
and individual rights, and approaches the greater
question of the War and the restoration of the Union,
his views are as rose-coloured as those of Mayor
Opdyke, General Banks, and President Lincoln. To
his mind, as to theirs, war is not wholly an evil ;
and geography seems imperatively to forbid a seve-
rance between the North and the South. He de-
clares that war alone will not save the Union, but
that if it is to be saved, as he hopes and believes, it
can only be by compromise and conciliation, and a
yielding to the South in the matter of slavery. He
either does not know or wilt not prematurely con-
fess that no possible compromise or amount of con-
ciliation—no guarantees whatever which the North
could or would give to respect the existence of
slavery in the South, would induce the Southern
leaders and the Southern nation to re-enter into

It is equally vain to insist that under " no" circum-
stances will a division of the Union be conceded.
When such a great and unmistakeable " circum-
stance" as physical force is the ultimate and only
arbiter who can deal with the question ? The South
knows that its independence will not be conceded,
but it knows at the same time that it may be ex-
torted. Hence the war will continue till one or the
other party is conquered or exhausted, or till mutual
friends shall counsel them to peace, and bring to
bear upon the result the calm, cool reason of which
both are deprived by the blinding passions and
maddening animosities of the struggle.
Mr. Seymour speaks of the Northern Federation
as if it were as much a unit in interest, sentiment,
and passion as it is in Government. But this is not
the fact. The New England States are fighting for
the abolition of Slavery and a high protective tariff,
by which their manufacturers may enrich them-
selves at the expense of the community. The
Western States are fighting for free trade with the
South and free access to the ocean through the
great artery of the Mississippi, caring nothing what-
ever for the freedom of the black race, and disliking
the negro as much as New England pretends
to love him. New York, New Jersey, and the
Middle States are fighting for the restoration of the
status quo ante bellum, Slavery to be included if
necessary. In spite of the war, this great section
of the Union has a higher regard for the Southern
people than it has for the New Englanders. If
there be any real bond of sentiment between the
three antagonistic nationalities of the North—for
such in effect they are, or are rapidly becoming—it
is to be found in their common passion for being
the predominate Power in the world, and, as such,
dictating to Europe, and especially to England,
which they ignorantly imagine to be worn out,
effete, and at its last gasp. If the West could be
assured of the freedom of the Mississippi in union
with the South, and were not assured of it in union
with the North, it would prefer the Government of
Mr. Jefferson Davis to that of Mr. Lincoln ; and if
the Western and Middle States could effect a peace-
able reunion with the South by the extrusion of New
England from their political system, they would be
delighted to sacrifice that trovblesome and revolu-
tionary corner, and make a present of it to Canada,
or to itself, and agree to remodel the Constitution
in such a way that the abolition of slavery could
ver again be agitated as a Federal question.
But though Mr. Seymour may seem to believe in
the possibility of the restoration of the Union, there
are many symptoms that Mr. Lincoln is not of the
same opinion. It is not only his jocular recklessness
in regard to the provocation of what Mr. Seward
called " a social revolution with all its horrors, like
the slave revolution in St. Domingo," that shows
him to be hopeless of reunion, but the arguments
which he has employed to justify the creation of a
new State out of a portion of the old dominion of
Virginia. If the Union were restored the State of
Western Virginia, illegally and unconstitutionally
formed, would immediately be re-absorbed into Vir-
ginia Proper, its mock Legislature and Government
would be dismissed, and any armed resistance to the
legitimate State Government would be properly
punished as treason. But Mr. Lincoln anticipates
nothing of the kind. He has an eye to the future
boundaries of the Northern Federation, and states,
among his reasons for admitting Western Virginia
:into the Union as a separate State, " that it is the
"correct policy of the Administration to secure as
,much free territory as possible and ss ith as little
trouble;" and, as his principal reason, " that he is
bound to take care of his friends." A magistrate
who gives such reasons for an act of such grave im-
portance—an act certain to be annulled if the Union
be restored, and that can only remain valid if sepa-
ration be the result of the war, cannot believe in the
success of the effort which he is making to conquer
the South. Western Virginia, in the inevitable
separation which is to be the end of the war, must
belong to the North. That is Mr. Lincoln's idea.
He is, therefore, quite right in securing that
amount of free territory and in taking care of his
friends—leaving his enemies in Old Virginia, to
take care of themselves in that other Federation to
which their interests and sympathies impel them.
The change of sentiment which has gradually
taken place with regard to Mr. Lincoln is such
" that he who runs may read." At the commence-
ment of his unhappy career every one was inclined
to think well of him ; every possible allowance
was made for the difficulties of his position. If some
people doubted his capacity no one doubted his
honesty. Almost everybody spoke of him with re-
spect. But all this has changed. His inveterate habit
of inopportune jesting and story-telling has had an
injurious effect on his reputation. People have begun
to believe that he has no heart as well as no judg-
ment. He has taken the place of first buffoon. He
has become, without his knowledge, the Joe Miller
of the American people. Every idle jest or dirty
witticism that grows up in the rank soil of
great cities is attributed to the President. Every
man who is dubious of the reception of his own
ribaldry passes it off as the last good thing said by
Mr. Lincoln. Were all the indecent jocularities and
broad stories that are launched into the conversa-
tion of the people, and repeated from mouth to
mouth in every place of public resort as undoubted
sayings of the President, to be collected, they would
form a considerable volume. Every day increases
f
their number, and hundreds of. profane
ent of which he is entirely guiltless cir.culataeo.ewmji
ornament of his name, to the sad. dispoiaird
to the real
his dignity in the popular estimation,
impairment ethbtBthe
highest public
impaiiment of his usefuln
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at thoughtful
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three Republic,mootehsss
them,t
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of relief and gratitude if it were announced that,
ntrayn dw thhoe rwe.
mistrustful of his own powers to deal with the des-
tinies of the nation iii this critical juncture, he had
resigned the Presidency and allowed Congress and
the country to proceed to a new election in the
mode prescribed by the Constitution. Originally,
whatever was said in his disparagement was said
privately. It is now said publicly. Mr. Wondell