Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-19
AN INTERVIEW WITH OLD; ;ABE.-.HIs Ur-
FITNESS OROfaCE,

AN INTERVIEW WITH 0LD;ABE...HIS UN
FITNESS FOR OfhCE
We find in the St. Louis Journal an in.
tere'ti"g letter from the Washington CORES
p"ndent of that paper, from which we cx-
, tract the writer's opinion Of the white hous
occupants:
Since my last have been presented t,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln, at one of their pub
lie receptions, and passed at half hour il
the white house, observing and taking notes
MIR. Lincoln is haggard, nervous, thoughtfu
and disposed to tacturnity. His eyes indi
cate the use of stimulants and narcotics
His manner, when speaking, is of the free
and easy school, apd, when not under re-
'traint, decidedly jolly, and calculated to
make friends among the upwashed and
nnterrifed.'
hf's bearing and conversat ion soon forced
the conclusion upon me that he i. neither
qualified BY experience nor education for the
office of president. So painfully conscious
Is she Of his deficiencies, that old man Blair
contro!a hip in his douestic policy and
Seward in his foreign policy. On military
matters "O'd Chepul,epcc's" dictum is law
and gospel. On the appontm alone is
he president, displaying nepotism unpre-
cedetted in the histc Of this government.
To- such an alarming extent was it at first
carried, that some d,sinterested (l) and
sensitive senators eSpostulated to soma pur.
pose.
Mrs. Lincoln, under the schooliug Of Mrs.
lonfgomcry Blair, whom experience and
associations have made CONNIE IL fuut be-
gins to wear her honors with some degree
OF confidence. ease and dignity, and un-
donbted'y will, under the tuition Of her ac-
cornplshed instructress, soon be enabled to
preside at state dinner; and over the house
generally, in manner, if not az fait, a,
least acceptable to the most fastilious and
critical Of tu beue agonee.
People will talk, however, particularly
the envious and captious OF her sex. and
many are the funny sayings and doings at
the White House greatly exaggerated, Of
course, by going the round of the diplorp attic
circles and tho :rcIels.
give YOU specimen as currcu. among
the genus homo:
Gov. Yates, Of Illinois, familiarly call
ed Dick Yates, called to sec the "Bie Jo-
Kerr and was informed by tile usher, the
president had given strict order to admi. no
one.'
Gust take this card to him. said Dick,
as a1 tue Governor of Illinois, and his.
particular personal friend, and have come
all the way from Illinois to see him on very
important business
The president, who was surrounded by
delegation of stiffed necked patriots read
tho names on the card, ordered Ills instan.
taneous Admission, and met him with I'm
glad to see you, Dick; haven't been able |
to say Pisistratus the name of one Of Bull |
wer's characters) since daybreak = 'Phan-
cy the pheeiinks' and establishment Of the
delegation.
In giving his views Of the military status
OF the capitol, present, and prospective, he
says.
haye good reason to believe the Presi-
dent, Seward. Cameron and Scott still favor
a peace policy; but old Satan Blair, Gree
ley and Chase, who are already 'pipe-lay-
ing for the succession, overrgIes them and
controls the cabinet by outside pressure
odd Chepultepec' is suspected ofinten-
iouaI lukewarmness, and am Of tho opin-
ion the hlood-letters are right