Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-04
WEDNESDAY,, JUNE A, 1854.
TIN pREsrD sxr AVID HIS CABINET.

TYIE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET.
The Editor Of the New York EUsniag
Mirror draws some very lively portraits of
the President and portion of his Cabinet,
suggested by their recent tour to that State,
With the President the writer is personally,
and we should say intimately, acquainted,
II we may Judge from the just and striking
outline presentedin the following paragraph.
We have seen him (the Editor remarks)
at all hours of the day, before breakfast and
after dinner, alone and in crowds, and a
more cheerful tranquil, equable, agreeable
man we have never met. ,r>
Never having indulged in any excuses,
his constitution is sound, his health good,
his spirits buoyant, and his countenance
fresh and smiling. Being six feet tall, well
proportional, and the handsomest man IN
the company, the President required no in
PRODUCTION to be hailed by the multitude,
who could Instantly identify him as the rep
resentative of the living majesty of twenty
two millions of freemen. Take him for all
IN all, Willard Fillmore is one of the, most
remarkable men our country has produced
remarkable for his appearance, remafka.
bic for his fortunes, and remarkable for. the
dignity, the prudence, and the wisdom OF
his Administration. He has been charged
with lack of promptness and energy; but
we had it from the lips of Mr.. Crlttenden,
that when the Presidents mind was made
UP, General Jackson himself was not more
decided and energetic in the execution Of
his purpose"
All that is said Of the Presidents person.
al appearance is rue to the letter. There
IS an adage, none the less true, however,
because trite, that 'prettyis as pretty does, "
and Mr.. FILLMORE loses none of his beauty
when measured by this standard. Every
official act of his brief, but brilliant admin
istration has been handsomely executed
Varied as his good qualities are, the great
characteristic of the man is presented In Mr..
CRIrTENDEN's remark. Firm unflinching
and decided, he has lowered in a terrible
crisis, above the angry elements around,
and conducted the ship Of State, through a
sea of unprecedented troubles to haven of
comparative repoSe. One threatening little
cloud still fingers in the horizon; but we
may trust that an undimned Southern sun
win soon shine upon happy, harmonized
and undivided people. If the gale should
come, however, the pilot viii be prepared,
and the emergency met with all the decis-
ion Of old Hickory himself
Every one is so familiar with the Inca
ments of DANIEL WEBSTER, that we need
not republish what is said about him.
''Black Dam is daguerreotyped, if we may
use poetical expression, on the tablet OF
the peoples memory, and no additional
touches of the brush are. necessary to in
vigorate the picture. The writer goes on
TO say
OF yohnJ. Crittenden, we can hardly find
words to express the warmth of affection he
inspires. Next to Henry Clay, no man liv-
ing is so loved BY his friends. Genial, jo-
vial, convivial, witty, wise and eloquent, he
possesses every element for private COM
panionship and popular applause. The only
thing he lacks is personal political ambition;
with his stimulus, he would long since have
been the peoples successful candidate for
the highest honors in the nation. In his
speeches on this occasion he has walked up
the enthusiasm of the masses to pitch OF
frenzy, and his old white head, like the O.
rihamme of Navarro, has been the signal for
cheer and rush whenever it has appear
ed. 'Long may it wave"
Postmaster General Hall has left the i'm
preston of prompt, practical, efficient bu-
siness man, possessing no ''taking qualities"
withth people; but relying solely upon the
faithful discharge of the duties of his sta
ton, for all the honors that are to be deriv-
ed from it. Though very quiet, he is evil
IDENTIFY wide awake, and unites in the dis
charge of his arduous office, the learning of
the lawyer, the shrewdness of the politician,
and the downright energy Of the business
man.
Mr.. Secretary Graham has left very ia
vorable impression upon the New Workers,
IN general, and upon his fellow-travellers
in particular. He is handsome looking,
thorough bred, heightened Southern gentle
man liberal in politics, polished in man
ners, eloquently patriotic in his devotion to
the Union of the States. A man of great
refinement, cschewing all the smaller, as
well as the larger vices of politicians, he
neither smokes nor swears; and as for drink
ing, he makes il a mere matter of ceremony.
The President it is well known, only ''goes
I through with the motions of the glass, leav-
I ing all the emotions to the older members
of his Cabinet.
!, We regret that another member Of the
Cabinet did not accompany the President on
I. his tour. His friends in this region would
have been gratifed to look upon his picture
sketched by the accurate artist ofthe Mirror.
What is said of Mr.. GRAHAMs personal ap-
pearance Mr., HINTS efficiency and the elo-
qaence ofthe Attorney Gen, is equally true of
the Secretary of the Interior, MIR. STUART,
/. who occupies front rank position among
the first men Of the age, and needs nothing
% qualify him for still higher station than
the one he now fills with SO much ability.
DIP ESGLIsH.-The Richmoxd Whig-
whs.e Editoris about as competent to speak
On the subject as any one in the Stste-says
mere are parts of Virginia where dialect
myers which carries one back to the Eng
ssh OF Queen EIIzABErH'S day, andis more