Nebraska advertiser., 1858-11-04
Dem0erafIe thinkers

anan foaE a walk inthe grounds OF the
White House for FIVE minutes before
breakfast on the previous daY, IN Gampa-
nv with Col. Titus or DIR. AtChisOn that
IN the afienno0n he took his usual nan
and, to the surprise of his attendants, td
not snore: that IN the evening he wrote
a letter, and used an adhesive envelope,
supplying moisture thereto by an appli-
cation of his tongue, and that Miss Lane
took carriage exercise at her usual hour
IN a baruuChe. An approach to this IS
being made weekly by st~rOlling a~neCdOte-
m0ngers, whose reports find admission
to- the columns Of papers that ought to Of
fer better matter TO their reader4 From
some motive or other, or probably from
HnapmotiVesa at all, but in esheer efl0res-
cenceOf folly, these gentry are trying to
make It appear an astonishing CirCums-
lance that President Buchanan does not
assume the airs and state of a European
monarch. A few weeks ago we had a
long letter IN one Of the country papers,
telling us Of the writer's having seen Mr..
Buchanan taking his turn at the common
~wash-basin of a relay house, having re-
fused the use of a private room up stairs,
wiping the presidential face with the pu-
bic towel, and tying his Grarat at the
common lOoking-glass. The correspOn-
dent was astOnished, not that MIR. BuGha-
nan, being a gentleman of decent habits
and accustomed all his life TO cleanliness,
should deliberately prefer to perform his
additions IN a common wash-basin IN pub
lie to making them IN a private room ap-
proprIated to his use exclusively, but that
the President Of the United States should
wash his face IN company with private
citizens. 1t was the equality and not the
publicity of the affair." which struck him.
Another Jenkins has more recently
been RECALLING US in the columns of the ~.
Y. Observer with an account Of a vlsIthe
paid to the SAID MIR. Buchanan at Wheat
land. That such stuff as it contains should
find a place ina journal making more
than ordinary preteusIons to gravity, Is
of Itself sufficient to suggest an enquiry
as 30 what we are coming to-. The letter
itself Is pIece0f dull ~absurdiry,, and Is
only worthy of notice for the light IN
which the writer, and we dare say, many
Of his readers no doubt regard the Presi-
dent Of the United States. He is through
out treated as an exact counterpart of
European s0veTeigns, and the broadcast
surprise Is expressed IN every line at his
not initiating them The dulIard who IA
vurs US with his experience, finding him.
self IN Lancaster, and finding that Mr..
Buchanan was frustrating at Wheat
land, felt himself bound, as dullardsgen-
orally do to hunt up the not0rietY, and
nftlct a visit on hIm-an operation winch
these disgusting bOres always dignIfy
with the term-%payIng their respects"
Having brought the gentleman 10 pay,
we are told N a tone Of profound aston
Ishment thuthe came out Of his parlor,
received bus pursuers IN the hall, invited
them to sit down and chatted with them
IN hIs own house, with as much ease and
l good humOr as any other gentleman
would display under like circumstances.
The ext incident Is an emetiG of the
most powerful kind
Nothing about this truly great man Is
more wonderful than the ease and sim
pllCItY OF his manners IN private life. He
throws off all reserve, and makes hrs WI
sitor feel quite at home IN his presence.
Winnie we sat there, a rough, labOring
man, walked ID without a coat, and salut-
7 ed the President, Good morning, Sir,
and handed him some newspapers The
rich br0gueJ betrayed the mans nation
atty. Mr.. B. replied with a calm smile,
0 'Thamk yOu,' took the papers and the man
left"
D Think Of an Irish laborer, Ii his shirt
sleeves, approaching the President In his
{ country house, handing him a bundle Of
newspapers, and saying Good morning,
Sir ; , and more wonderful stilL, think Of
the President saying Think Yuu," and
smiling calmly"
We next learn that the Sunday follow
: ing b above astounding circumstance,
the same great man walked two miles to
church. "His feet - when be got there,
says the VeraGIOus correspondent, "were
covered with dust, amt the perspiration
t stood Onhis forehead" Think Of the au-
dacItY OF the dust IN covering the feet of
{ our Chief Magistrate, and Of the. perspi-
ration IN standing on hrs forehead@
'NAT Will AI CL4ACLCA JIG CluLC4f
'the congregation made no STIR they
neither rose from their knees, nor bowed
Il to hum, nor Cheered him. nor IN any other
way made fools Of themselves, nor desc
Grated the buildings our traveller Is
astOunded. After church the President
walked devOutIy, be adds, aand entirely
{ unattended through the streets Of Ian
caster" We do not pretend to know
what sort Of a gait "adevout walk Is, OF
what sort Of a train Is expected to follow
{ the Presidentof the United Staresthruugb
I the streets Of a country uwn on Sunday,
but we do know that the publication Of
{ such rubbish as we have quoted above IS
calculated to make both the President and
the writer's Of It Iaughing stock Of the
= public. There Is Just as much aunIuev-
Ism, snobbishness and folly displayed IN
Z such gossip as this, as In the most arrant
nonsense that ever appeared In any Court
q Circular VIII these rowing Hockheads,
who make a practice of cooking I'D des-
: criptIOns Of peoples houses and reporting
what great men have for dinner, ever Be
got to remember that It IS aImast inexeu-
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