Thibodaux minerva., 1856-02-16

MR. HALE AND THE PEFslnENr.-The New Wi
Times says that fortnight ago Senator Hail.
New Hampshire, accompanied bv his wifi. .,
daughter, called upon the Prcsdei,. at one of "e I
public receptions; the ladies We're received bv ,l ls
President with his accustomed nraciousn.ss we
urbanity of manner; but, when the Senator ,;N anu
self approached, President PIERCE Turned do,' 'l'
atey upon his heel and presented his back ~ .i
visitor The movement was executed in sro,, lily
manner as to make the indignity marked -.
unmistakable. Mr.. HALE's remarks mon ."' :,
Presidents message in the Senate are s,nnoa., 1ne
have been the of the exhibition Of no,.s 4"
feeling. f~''onal
The President did right, and no man o., ,.:.,
reason ccnsurc him tor not receiving the bvno'':
teal hand OF essc who had Just been almsn,!p
so grossly III the senate. 1t is true that tho d. l""
sItlcnt's mansion should be a neutral oron,i "
Washington, where men from all section as IN
Union, and of every variety of opinions NAV ,n "'s
toeXchange the clvllities and urbanities which
always mark the conduct OF gentlemen vot ''o ~
man clothed i'll the Senatorial toga and in,"1. ""en
with the dignity and Importance which his oHoa -
supposed to mpart, publicly and scands|wO.lv ~ ~
duces the .hiei Magstrate-not only as por,;;c.n
but also as a man-hc must be devoid of al sA"' '
OF proprety and honorable feeling to call upon bs
person whom he has lavishe his ahusa , u.', s'e
,rl. a
in his official capacity the President is exnectad =,
extend to visitors at the executive Mansion ~
HALE has some good points, we are told hut .ba'
are very much obscured by his valsarisrs and ronaf
brusquene>s. In the present instance he has s~s;
bited an mperturable insensibity to the aneps,
OF social life, add Il total disregard of the conra.
tonaI rules OF good breeding. The President served
him right; and if he is a true type of the Ahol;
tlonlsts they all deserve the same treatment
The Times notices as a sad sign of the State oe
our intepoltica relations, that there is great do.l
of social prescription at Washington this wine, %"
the part OF the leading members of Congress- f,on,
the slave States. Several Southern memho.. :.
says, have refused to be introduced to pent,on,o,
from the North on the score of their known onno
stion to slavery. While We sincerely regret tn soo
these exhibitions of the decline of the eut;t.at.
cordlafe between the two sections, it cannot he e,
pcctcd that Southern men should be SO angelic IN
their natures-so forgetfu and forgving-as to
desire to hold social communion with those Abo;.
tionists at the North who are continually yIfv;ne
and abusing them in most offensive manner
never referring to them without stigmatizng them
as ''slave hunters or 'ssave- breeders
BEAUTIFUL DocTRINE.-The Rev. DR., Bellows
of New York, recently delivered an excellent ad.
dress On mirth, in the course of which he remarks.
'For my part say it in all solemnitv have
become sincerely suspicious of the piety of those
who do not love pleasure in any fom | cannot
trust the man that never laughs that is always Sc.
date that has no apparent outlets for those natural
springs of sportiveness and gayety that are peren
NAL in the human soul know that nature takes
her revenge on such violence. l expected to find
secret vices, malignant SINS horrid crimes spring.
ing up in this hot bed of confined air and imprisoned
space; and therefore, it gives me sincere moral
qualification anywhere and in any community, to
see innocent pleasures and popular amusements
resisting the religious bgotry that rowns so unwsely
upon them. Anything is better than dark, dead,
unhappy social life-prey to ennui and morbid e1-
ctement, which results from unmirigated puritanism
whose second crop is usually unbridled license, and
folly"