The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-26
BY THE MAILS.
WARRINGTON, July "a, ls47.
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BY THE MAILS.
WAsHSoroN, July "a, lss7
James X. Polk
The President Of the United States constitutionay
industrious Generally 1t is your lean men who
the most nveterate workers We might cite Jack
son, Wellington, Broughsm, Guzot, Clay, Calhoun
Walker, and others. as examples. But, on the other
hand, there the of Napoleon Taylor Webster
Benton, Buchanan, and others, In good condition,
whose lives present the evidences Of untiring
siduty to business, to say nothing of Cass (who il
rather what the farmers would call -beisd than
fatD Dixon H. Lewis (who is bona fde fat man, and
others Still we think the balance is in favor of the
leaner sort Cassus Cesar Hannibal scipio suwarrow
rrince Eugene, Tslsyrand Metternch Bolivar and an
ihhumerabe multitude of active business fellows may
and ths ns lean kline The PEpss Of
an exception, fat men; and their lives
II ancient tales be true,
Nor wrong these holy men,
lave been as uniformly quiet luxurious vouptuous and
onotoenous Inc wives OF the Moors fat INDECENT
and luxurious We have but the the examples of Nsno
leon and Louis PhiPpsto prove that men ars not
the table and choice in their selections of cool \.
In appointing their official subordinates And we hold
TINS VIII be without exception excepting the emasculn
ted attaches Of Oriental seragos that where there Is
surplus OF adpose or oleagnous matter the animal
preponderates over the intellectual however strong
the intellectual grasp and capacity Of such may be-
The case Of the usrious Fastaf striking instance
Amsterdam notorious for their abdominal rotuudi
not more than for their proverbal coincidence and tor
aty ., They eat sleep and grow fat The entsrprsng
long Our aldermen proverbally while our law
yers are thin The class partske
largely OF good dinners the Others upon tho at
mospherc sustenance Of the law Your cooks and but
chers are fat while your editors OF thought and
constant labor, are as attenuated as John Tyler
Therefore, We consider that we have made out strong
argument that between your fat and lean men, the lat
ter class in all in all countries under ali govern
great results have been the working bees Of the hive
gious the propagators of revolutions and the srsst
agents in every department of the work progress
James r. Polk, President Of the Unite states il lean
man Our argument in favor Of the tribe presents in
his behalf the strongest vndication His whole history
corroborates the postulate that for to be thin,
with good living at his command is prma (acfe owl
dence that he Is man Of industry Such il the his
tory OF Col Folk At college he example of dill
gence In his studies In his subsequent career
cialy upon the stump in Tennessee npettor had
to rise early and travel hard to keep pace with him dur
ring the day half dozen stump speeches Of an hour
or two each and forty fifty miles rdo horseback
were an ordinary days work for July electioneerng
and the Eastern States we can bear testimony
were the labor to his fellow jewellers who we're
mere lockers on at the oppressive weight and amount
| OF holiday duties imposed upon him.
The time Of the President is arran ssd and classified
WIN the rgdness OF the business hours aud half hours
for meals in the factories ut Lowell the looms and
operatives work as general system of machinery Go
10 Lowe-step into one of those great mlsselect one
OF the thousands OF the fair daughters Of the North
VINO are there employed, example. Observe her
attention 10 the loomher face may indicate all the vir
tues and high and amiable Of the true American
woman, but in the mil, and the mill going and at her
active loom her eyes have no expression, the
preston OF total abstraction She looks animated
piece OF machinery careless Of your intrusion and
your fixed observation the loom she tending For
thirteen hours in the day she is thus cut of ex
change OF thought and sympathy but the machine
that is before her Yet in the intervals the day and
in the short evening hour that she steal from Sleep
we doubt not she may Dc found attractive from her In
teiigence and sprghtly conversation. and charming
from the vitality and that are d,ffu..d
lei ness urye no lrss
The daily routine of the President is under a some
even during the long days of summer ahead Of
him In the winter. Then he has to read over his
morning letters and then his breakfast and The
morning papers then he receives his official visters on
official business, then the public In general III II be not
cabinet day. large proportion Of whom cali relation
to Offices from all parts OF the Union and from all parts Of
the world Frequently an old friend will bore him for
an hour or two about nothing at ALL which great In
fction Like the factory girl the President Of the
United States learns through the duties Of
the day with the mechanical solidty regularity
it with brief polteness he his head to the next
customer In waiting and at leave 20 depart 1t
him. he will answer your appeal for an Office az an ut
ter strangely entirely to your satisfaction but call
next day and you perhaps discover that he has
tery forgotten the previous interview remembers
not word Of the conversation at that time Necessity
has imposed the duty Of dismissing trifss without
thought, and office seekers are dismissed the more
readily the ground that 1t is duty to take
care OF their cases but their The President has
other matters to absorb his attention
Upon the more important question of the general po-
icy of the administration, We believe that Col Polk has
LIST. According to his oath to the constitution
I'd In consonance with his pledge to the Baltimore
Convention
3D. In obedience to his obligations To the marty ssct
ing him.
4th With view to his personal popularity in the Pre-
sidential catalogue.
To the first Of these articles may attribute the de-
feat OF the River and Harbor bill To the second the
tariff OF 40 the resurrection Of the the
demand for the whole OF Oregon and the war
with Mexico, They we're the offspring, not Of Col
Polk administration, but Of the Baltimore Convention
To the tnird consideration may be set down the dis
charge OF all the Tyerites beginning with Mr. Calhoun;
ana TO the fourth the marked attention and untirng
dngence 10 duty OF the present incumbent, day and
night, since the day Of his Inauguration To the full
extent we can conscientously support the President
AS a man Col. Polk is emphaticay q republican His
easy, neghborly and communicative manner with the
people NJ large TOO natural TO be His style
OF conversation when oil duty is lively and agreeable
ana MS knowledge Of the distinguished Of the ge-
neration going out of power makes him TO a younger
man edifying and instructive He IL fond OF a good
anecdote, and will laugh at 1t like honest man.
ms mouth wide open lie Is yet dgnihed without ostcn-
tation ana with all apparent Cancellation OF temper Is
Bid ana nilexibe in his opinions and determinations.
lie viii not suffer long unnecessary encroachment up
ON his time and II you don Z leave HIM when your bust
is concluded he will perhaps have foreign minis
ter in the next room demanding his immediate attend
ance Though not exclusively cold water man,
Col Polk is abstemious and never tempted beyond .
frugal DINNER however tempting the bill VI fare.
| Asa public speaker his voice Is clear, musical and
well modulatedhis manner earnest, animated and i'm
pressvehis style plain, strong, methodical and elo-
quent us simpnclty lie involves
| IN overwhelming torrent OF lava but he speaks az
tempore what man of good would write upon de-
liberation We regard him as among he best OF hand
| speakers in the country
By and large President Of the United States he ia
studous, industrious, and interchangeable with dignity
becoming the station and simplicity ms proper witha
lie IL acrimonious only from necessity and AZ timss
BLUM in his good morning. only the pressure of
time As party man he is faithful to a \ air as a poll.
tcian believer IN the tactics Of the party discipline
AS man the highest character Of all he is aable and
yet perhaps constrained frank and yet reserved but
withai an agreeable aud Intelligent companion all day
long he has the time In every character he done
good service, except as man Of family and we hope
that he Will speedily get out OF this war with Mexico
and never try the experiment again have no time
to read over this long story to 1t H. but viii
trust the typos to make IL out THE DOCTOR
WAsHISoros, July ~, 1s47
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