, 1861-07-15
Anecd0te of the Presidenf.-The Prep.
aratfon Of his meAsAEe-The Report
Of tho Secretary Of Waf-.Tho Secfes
lafy OF the Treasury

Correspondence Cincinnati Com11erclall
WAsHINaToS, duly 9, 1851
frequent the hotels and capitol, none is found
(saTe always the secession spies who abound
ilere,) who docs not heartily endorse the pstri,
otic message Of the President. Tested By
Etrict rules of criticism it certainly is not, in
point OF style, a great State paper. It Is Lin:
the message was writer. and complete before
it was shown to single member Of the Cabi-
net, nor Was any change other than merely
verbal ones made thereafter.
4 characteristic illustration of Mr.. Lineo1n's
rartiality for strong peoples phrases, may be
mentioned in this connection. When the
proof sheet OF the message was under Cabinet
consideration, it vas suggested to tho Presi-
dent that the phase 'sngar-coated," in the
I paragraph whore he speaks OF the Southern
! politicians having studion=ly dragged the
| minds Of their people with the srgaf.coated
| keresy Of States Rights, Was not exactly d.
plematIc, and might provoke censorious criti-
| cism. lie considered moment and replied,
s.No, let 1t stand it is 3 word the people use;
they will know what 1t means" Aud 50 it
| stood
| So eautioug and anxious was the President
| TO collect all the public sentiment possible
from Representative men arriving in the city,
that after the messageWas sent to the printer,
| and until o'clock Of the day 1t Was sent in to
| Congress, blanks were left for the number Of
men and the amount Of money. At the last
moment the blanks were deliberately filled
as they now appear. The legislation Of Con-
gress will come fully up to the recommends
| lions Of the message, and the people will soon
have the qualification of seeing the great ma
chinery Of the Federal Government terribly at
| Work to e1tirpate treason.
The Report OF the Secretary Of War Ia an
elaborate, comprehensive, and statesmanlihe
paper No one acquainted with the very
mediocre abilities Of that officer, and espe.
cially with his entire innocence Of any knoW1-
edge Of good composition Or cultivated style,
need be Io1d that he did not write the Report.
The forcible style and artistic completeness OF
the document led men to look pretty high
among political writer's here for the author,
and It is really considered that to John ".
Forney belongs the credit.
But more complete yet, aud far fuller In it,
plan and purpose, is the report Of the secre
1arY Of the Treasury. From the great pres
tige with VI ich Mr. Chase entered upon hi:
office, and from the eteadiness with which thf
people had learned to lean upon him as tht
With pride and interest for this document
| And seldom have e1pectatlons been so fairly
realized. The report pisces the country il
full possession Of its financial status. Th.
: host Is reckoned, the cost is counted, ant
every man in the nation Hho can read ia com
existing and proposed financial policy Of tn
| Government The demands are, indeed, enoI
| nous. But this is not diplomatic war or
war Of conquest; it is emphatically the peopse'
war and, more than any war eTer waged be
fore in the world, It behooves the peopla t
= | f11tnish forth literally the means to prosecute
struggle, every result Of which will inure t.
: the prosperity, liberty and security Of them
! ! selves and those who will come after them
} While the figures with which We have to des
} are certainly Of enormous magnitude, the
are BY no means alarming. And the bold
: | vigorous and effective manner in which III
: Chase proposes to meet these demands, no
, only shows him equal to the emergency; bu
: insares him the gratitude Of the whole cour
tIY.