New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-25

Royalty is sacred. aud must do things. eve, -.
least, in grander style than belong. to mere an,
jec,.. The rule holds good among the Deuo.,r,--
Whenever a President travels like hurn,, ~.
acting as every gentleman must, who rough, !, =
the country the local Democratic press recona..,.
mar, eous and suggestive, and the other Drro,..,-
papers copy it, When Mr. Van Bureu tr,v.l.d !.
Virginia, The Richmond Fnqa,rsr contained -
describing the Democracy Of his turn-ou. ..s ~.
he aetually had his trunk strapped on behind ~.
coach; upon which The Hhrg asked in blaa, ssxo,
Where the devil should it be strapped o. ,.
When President Pierce visited New.York ~
witched the world Hith his borsemsnshp, eest;..
wet through at the came time in shower, be sr.
rowed dry shirt Of msR who kept shopq-
posi,c the Crystal Palace, which amazing n
of coudescension wss Democratically noticed ia
such terms, that the lender of the shirt came on
ard protested tha, be did not consider j. in that
light. These enormous unbendings from dsait,
have recently been performed by our bachelor
President. He-ve brea;ssse thick as We record
it-actualy stopped at some County M,
and ike the rest Of the travellers, pulled d
erays,, coat and waistcost, and washed Es
face out Of the pro bono publico bsiu.
Really, i. makes one q little sshsmed Of hum,
nature TO find the Democratic press emphasrins
such stuff The President travels as the rest a
his fellow-citzens. and at stopping.plsc washes
lis face The probabilities are that the Prsc.
Dental face wanted washng-s right good scrub.
bing-ior II is not young and not smooth. and
must have harbored no little of the Hyins dirt Of
the locomotive If the President lad not washed
his face on the ground that the pabGe basin wN
not the thing for public man. wha, would the
Democracy ssy' Would they make ii an srgu-
msnt against his reelection Would they exclaim,
1--WE likes dirt. bu. We hates pridel' II the
washing in the wssh.bssin aforesaid is such
.,upendcus piece Of condescension. would the nca.
hing in the wash-basi aforesaid b. the con.
verse, Wepause for reply; and while the reply
i. coming re record another piece of Presidential
humility inst PIT forth in the Democratic press;
The President, i. seems was visiting Wheatand.
and the way he proceeded there from the termiuus
is thus described: ARRIVING al COLUMBIA, ne met
"a country friend with pun and somewhat tas
worse.for.wear vehicle, wiz whom he rods
"down to wheatland, no one slon1' The road sas'
"peeting that it contained the President OF tho
United States, the incumbent Of the highest OF
" fee in the world" Prodigious, Where was
coach-snd.siI, with liveres, coachmen. Aun.N!s
and Positions for the head of the House Of Ian.
caster A President TO drive in common vehi-
Gle with country friend, and nobody know Is!
Where were the big drum, the gong, and the 70
ciiersus crowd of offiee.seekersl Did be ever
take such drive before Was he erer freed
from the comorant crew-inccg. for single boar
up to the time Of that lOwly association with No
country friend! Probably not; and herein msy
lie the unTecognized cause for democratic wonder
ment.
His Majesty" said ITavre merchsnt, describ-
ing the visit Of Louis Philippe to an American
packet ship "came suddenly aboard; and there
.ssas no American Consul ready 10 do the official
"honors. Suddenly, however, the Consul cams
"breathless aboard, aud began to express bis re-
greet at not being there sooner, when his Majesty
condescendingy said 'Ah! ali you waited to-
put on your bnckram coat Then, after tho
- nip had been examined, the Captain begged his
g Majesty aud suite IL partake Of cold cut and
g some vine. Msrshsi Soult found the MsdrirS
" too strong for his taste; and the King wanted
" some cheese, and cut it Just as you you'd cut IT.
In hearing this, Therstes replied, after the sbo'e-
quoted model, How the devil sho'Jd he cut iti"
and fell t. musing on the inherent jeems plashey
Of our common mature.