The daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1862-1863, 1862-11-29


fwefe given, and them the President,
bending under weight, ,o, mental anx-
iety which has ,worked, heavily upon
his physical frame, appeared with u
portfolio underahis arm, and, with one
orimore soldiers at each slde,f walked
rapid lytoI the carriage and d9entetod it.
Two officers Jumped in also, the door
was slammed, the guard galopod into
position, and the carriage, containing
the President Of the United States, was
,driy off, preceded by troopers, 1oIlom.
ed by, troopers, and fankedl on, both
sides by troopers. At a Very rapid
pace the party left the ground, and up
on reaching the avenue proceeded at a
hand gaIlop out Fourteenth street to.
wards the Soldiors' Home. .5d9aH ,
After contrasting the conduct above
related with the ''tree and easy" man
ner, Of all other Presidents, who walked
the streets Of Washington at all times,
unattended, and with the freedom OF a
citizen the editor of tn, Chicago Post
proceeds to give an explanation Of the
matter. He says: t:a-
"But Justice to Mr.. Lincoln and to
these who may have advised lliu to
this proceeding, requires that the rea
sons for the proceeding--we mean the
reasons furnished by public gossip
should asso be given. To tho ordinary
observer OF the cavalcads which dashos
to the Executive. mansion every morn
ing, and away from it evoty evening, it
will occxr that thc object Of the guard
is to protect the occu pant Of the .cArri.
age from assassination ur pc sunal vio
lence. This naturally causes the en-
quiryare such extraordinary means of
protecting the person OF the President
necessary! AM tso, why are they nee.
essary? 1t is in answer to these last
inquiries that we propose to relate the
current statements made in Washing
ton and which we give for what they
are worth. Ono sto y runs, that as
the President was returning TO the city,
on horseback, one morning some months
ago, he we fired ut Just within the
city limits; that the President. escaped,
and that with Voice, heels and every
other appliance used upon his horse, that
animal made such time to the Presi.
dents house, rs had never been equaled
before. In the run the President lost
his hat, and did not stop to recover it,
but reached his house in the city, breath
less and dust covered
The editor says that the official re.
port of the occurrance was, that the
horse of the President had become
frightened and ran eff with him. He
gives the gossip Of another similar at
tempt to do voloncc to the President,
and closes the article as follows:
"For OF or eighty years the Union
has lasted without an army to enforce
it's laws or to compel obedience to its
Consti ution. Fo. the same period the
Presidents of the Republic Eayo lived
through their terms unawed by threats,
and untroubled by attempts at person.
al violence. Their security has been.
in tho honor and respect Of the whole
people for the officer chosen by the ma
jorlty to govern the nation. AT last
1t has become necessary TO call armies
into existence to put down armed re-
sistance to the laws and the Constitu-
ton. Let us hope that, even i'll the de-
struction of Union, Constitution, laws,
Government and nationality, the world
willhot beIshoeked by the spectacle of
q people who, unable to bear the weight
Of adversely, have relapsed into barba.
rism, and made the dagger and The
bullet the law of the land, and given
to the assassin's hand the scepter Of
power. Let us hope that this armed
guard of Nh. Lincoln is only passing
show, got up for the anus +nent of u
gaping crowd, and that it has not and