The herald., 1837-03-24
her habits The sun Of the roafers and locofocos has
set as seon as dawned. Begone blsckheads!



sickness, necessity, or on business One has JUST
died, from cold caught at the Inauguration. Some
little commotion has been experienced In tne new ca
binct but IT soon passed on ana all - aga,n naI,o
il would not do and was glad 10 ask pardon and re-
turn to his allegiance The idea of his being can
didate for the Presidency quite novel here, and
seemed 10 have been confined to himself alone tie
is not one to entertain very lowly opinion Of his
powers services and has quite ambition
enough 10 aspire 10 that elevated rank. He has
tanly been before the public long time and il must
be mortifyng 10 his pride TO find that has
thought of him for President. He is, however, man
of taent--an able dcbater and quite as competent to
discharge the gh duties Of the chief magslracy as
the one who now fills the presidential chair, though
he IS not precisely so cool, acute and dexterous.
Van Buren, wears his blushing honors meekly-
rides horseback along the Avenue, in company
with his son. pulls of his hat bows gracously TO all
he meets, and exposes the bald head of Caesar TO the
public gaze. Old Adams moves along on the foot
walk alone, without looking at any one and occa-
slonaly dropsa tear he proceeds for the blindness
of his countrymen and the suffering condition OF tne
slaves, whose petitions he was not permitted lasi ses-
sion TO present He is an eccentric man, ana mas
been "more sinned against than SHINING.
The following will illustrate his charac-
| poor man who had once been in prosperous cir
cumstances, had paid the debt Of nature which was,
perhaps the only debt he had been able to pay for
some years before his death and friend, the only
that seemed to remain to him, found it necessary
u
neral He called upon several officers OF high rank
in the government, and Others with very poor sue
cess. His reception very cold, and, and ne was
about TO give up the attempt in despair when an
Adams:
| "What," said he, "caIl upon that iceberg! 1t
would be folly. would as soon think of asking for
aged and shall proceed no farther"
Try il, nevertheless" said the gentleman; you
can fare worse than you have done, and you may
get something
The benevolent young man was finally prevailed
upon to visit Mr.. Adams, then believe, Secretary OF
State He looked over the paper, which contained
brief but eloquent appeal to the feelings Of the hu-
mane in behalf of the deceased. Mr. Adamss coun-
tenance changed-he took out his pocket book-there
were but two notes in it, Of $40 each which he hand
ed TO the young man-said not word, asked not
question: but dropped tear and seemed to be deeply
affected. The youth retired, and afterwards called
upon the gentleman who had urged him to apply 10
Mr.. Adams, and told him of his success.
Sir" said he, show egregously have been de-
celved in that man. thought him cold booded and
heartless, and have found him kind, charitable and
benevolent. From others received dollar or two,
which were given with great reluctance, and accom-
panied with complaint that they should be called
upon for such purpose; while this man, without
uttering word and with great senslblty has given
quite enough TO effect the object desrous to
compsh shall never, hereafter, be deceived by ex-
ternals."
While Mr.. p. was FIRST clerk in the State Depart
ment, one oil the SuOOrdlnaeS IN tnat once was lying
at the point of death. Several applications were, as
usual, made for the suation and Mr.. b. was prevail
ed upon by Of these applicants to speak to Mr.
Adams in his behalf and get him to appoint him.
"Is the gentleman dead" asked Mr.. A. with the
tear, as usual, glitterng in his eye.
"No, sir, said b., "but he is moi expected to live
ill night"
"Take away the papers, sir; no one shall have his
place till know that the poor man Is buried. He
may recover, and if appointed another, should be
guilty of an act of Injustice Tell those who are APP
plying that shall receive no applications till death
has created vacancy"
to me by one on whose veracy can rely, are credit
abeto the heart of this venerable statesman.
While giving anecdotes, must not forget the fol-
lowing, which are told of two Of his predecessors
Jefferson and Madison.
The government which Jefferson administered was
then in its infancy and regarded as sort Of political
experiment, which, though dangerous to the legt-
mates of the old world by It's example, would be oi
very short duration, and crumbc IN pieces b.:
the weight and ooseness ofIts own elements. As one
efis founders he determined, by every possible
means TO give an easy play 10 IT'S machinery and
regular and constant motion 10 all It's parts he was
anxious that the American Court should be like its
Government characterised for its simplicity and Dig
nty and he wished TO set an example, alike remote
from low vugarity the one side and false refine
ment on the other a certain foreign functionary
who had a high opinion of his own Importance and
great sticker for etiquette, which Mr. Jefferson
detcsed, went one morning to pay hm a visit ofcere-
mony; and found the philosopher very cody ana de-
liberately drawing on his boot prepared with shoe
brush TO give il a touch with his own hasds after he
had put it on His ambassadorial dignity pro-
dIgously shocked at the sight ofso degrading
patton in the ruler of America. He was struck dumb
with surprise but the President relieved HIM by apollo
gsng for his neglgencen not being prepared for the
honor of his visit stated that he had been engaged III
business all the morning; was not aware Of his nten-
ton 10 call on him, and that being plain man, he did
nofke put his servants 10 unnecessary trouble The
Ambassad ,r soon after retired entirely satisfied in his
own mind that government could long exist The
head of which was his shoe black, and under
which so litt!e attention was paid to suquette.
Nr. Madison was kind, gentle and concillatng. He
was considerably annoyed, n all his Successors have
since been by applications for office, of which
were of a most extravagant character person from
the iar west, who quite llhterate, but who had
very lofty notions of his importance, had come
10 Washington and made application 10 Mr.. NJ. for
the governarshpo of one Of the Territories, then vacant
The President informed him he was sorry he could
not obllge him. he hal few days before made the
appointment. He next applied for n Judgeshp and
when Mr.. NJ understood that he could scarcely read
and knew no more Of law than Sancho Panza, he
smiled nj the man impudence and Of course put HIM
Off The office seeker was not disposed, however, to
give up so easily and renewed his application for every
vacancy that occurred down 10 the humble birth OF
Messenger Of one of the Public Offices But finding
that he was not likely 10 be successful even IN this
his pretensons decreased with the pressure of his ne
cessities; and one day he called upon Mr. Madison,
and aft, asking for several situations with.u suc