Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-12-10

| stance not long before the war of 1S1o-seling
the improved part of his estate, with the best
buildings of the country upon it, to pay debt
incurred in a mercantile adventure to assist a
young relative, and going into log houses in the
forest part to begin new home and farm. He
was attached to his friends and to his country
aud never believed any report to the disercdt
of either, until compelled by proof He would
not believe in the first reports of the surrender
OF General Hull, and became sad and oppressed
when forced to believe it. He never gave up a
friend in doubtful case, or from policy OF cal
cuiation. He was firm believer in the good
ness OF experimenting Providence. and i'll the
eventful right, Judgment and justice of the peo-
pie. have seen him at the most desperate part
OF his fortunes, and never saw him waver in the
! belief that all would come right in the end. In
the time of Cromwell he would have been u Pu-
ritan.
The character of his mind was that of julg-
| ment, with n rapid and almost intuitive precep-
| ton, followed by instant and decisive action. 1t
was that which made him a General and Pres
ident for the times in which he served. He had
| vigorous thoughts, but not the faculty of ar
ranging them in regular composition, either
written or spoken: and i'll formal papers usual
ly gave his manuscript to an aid, friend, or
secretary, to be written over-often to the loss
Of vigor. But the thoughts were his own vgo-
rously expressed, and without effort, writing
with rapid pen; and never blottering or al
tering: but, rs Carlyle says of Cromwell, hit
ting the nail upon the head he went. l have
Il great deal of his writing now, some on public
affairs and covering several sheets Of paper, and
no erasures or interlineations anywhere. His
conversation was like his writing, a vigorous
flowing current, apparently without the trouble
of thinking, and always impressive. His con-
illusions were rapid and immovable, when he
ing in minor points to his friends. And no man
yielded quicker when he was convinced, per-
fectly illustrating the difference between firm
ness and obstinacy. Of all the Presidents who
have done me the honor to listen to my opinions,
there was no one to whom | spoke with more
confidence when felt myself to be in the right
He had load to carry all his life, resulting
from a temper which refused compromises and
bargains, and went for clear victory, or a clean
defeat in every case. Hence every step he took
was contest, and it may be added, every con-
test was a victory. | have already said that he
was elected Major General in Tennessee-an
election on which SO much afterwards depended
by enc vote. His appointment in the q. s.
regular army was conquest from the Admins
tration, which had twice refused to appoint him
a Brigadier, and once disbanded him as a volun-
teer General, and yielded to his militia victories
His election President was a victory over po-
liticians-as was every leading event Of his Ad-
ministraton.
ba An exchange paper says that both poll
teal parties have been disappointed-the Wings
in the result of the Presidential election, and
the Democrats in the man they elected