Butte record., 1856-01-05
NUMBER 8.

a generaGssimo, he has nevertheless
held the office whole year, and groacn
fat upon 1t! Is not the fact an incred-
ible one? Gen. Hanison, who in way
Of preparation for the Presidential
chair,went through the hardening pro
cess Of long border warfare,-had
frequent and terrible fights with the
Indians, and although ali over match
for them with their tomakawks and
scalping knives, was killed in about
month, by the more unrelenting and
ruthless warfare of politicians: Gen.
Taylor, a grim and swarthy old war
Tor, trostbitten, sunbplnt and tough
ened by almost whole life spent in
skulking fights with the savages,. and
IL open conflicts with the Mexicans,
was supposed to take to the Presiden-
tial chair good health and an iron con-
stitution. But what is a conflict with
cruel, cunning and stealthy savages,
to that Of keen-witted, sagacious and
remorseless politicians. He bore up
stoutly for year against their attacks,
wearing out his strong constitution by
slow degrees, and then died. Polk,
cool-tompered, stern, unexcitable man,
somewhat experienced in political mat
tcrs, but not very old, struggled man.
fully through one term, and had life
enough left to get comfortably settled
at home, when he died.
But President Pierce. with political
experience comparatively limited en-
ters upon the duties of the Presidency
with Marcy on his right hand, and
Gushing on his left both unambitious,
inexperienced men with great disgust
for scheming), remorselessly pelted in
front and rear with hard shells and
soft shells, and diagonaIly by great and
little giants, and get he grous fat!
''Now in the name of all the gods at once,
Upon what meat doth this our Cesar feed.
That he is grown so fat!e
1t must be that he cats all the oys-
ters, while his hard and soft friends
quarrel about the shells.
A member Of Congress, a short time
ago, said that his occupation Of hotel
keeper had been sneeringly alluded to,
and then went on very conclusiyely to
show to his political opponents, as we
thought, that he might hang out with
the same propriety over his desk in
Congress, as over the door of his hotel
at home, the syn, Accommodation
for man and beast" The political
| pugilists who seek to provoke a fight
with him,we think will find themselves
as cheeTfully accommodated as travel
ers do at his tavern. In speaking Of
the duties Of hotel keepers, and the
shortcomings Of the political hotel
keeper at the White House, he took
occasion to say that President Pierce's
father once kept tavern. This cir
cumstance at once accounts for the di-
/ plomatic ability Of President Pierce,
on the supposition, that ''just as the
twig Is bent the trees Inclined" for
every one knows what an excellent
school a tavern Is for the encourage
ment Of diplomatic talent. The man
agement, fnesse, discretion, and pru-
dence there taught, must avail much
in making a diplomatist, if there is
any virtue in education. Il is, there
fore, more tEan probable, that Prcsi-
dent Pi rec received an early bias to-
wards diplomacy, and row is in his
natural clement, consequently growing
/ fat upon the chice.
A distinguished French writer whoee
life was chiefly spent among ambassa-
doIs and courtiers, gives precedence to
certain qualities for a successful diplo-
matist, which are dramatically the
opposite Of those Chesterfield so much
lauds. They are not brilliant quail
ties, but are solid, reliable ones, and
/ are Ly no means rare III the world
They are contained in he following
extract" Wits have not always been
good ambassadors and vain men have
generally been the dupes of'the nation
they were sent to dupe. The best
ambassador is the plodilng, dull man,
who proses and bores his hearers, until
he has fairly wealied out the patience
of those whom be is sent to; such char
acters have generally succeeded in
gaming for their courts what they
wanted" Yes, and such characters
the world over, are pretty apt to sue
ceed in gaining whatever they set their
hearts upon. Our own observation Of
the almost uniform success which waits
upon t4ose persons in every depart
ment and sphere Of life who possess
these qualities, gives US an undying
faith in the truth Of the observations.
Who Will hesitate to add their testimo-
ny to the fact that the persevering, en-
ergetic, brazen faced, rhinocerous-
skinned Ounce, all over the world, ,meets
with twice as much success in life, as
the modest, sensitive, quick-witted,
man Of genius!