St. Cloud Democrat., 1863-04-09
dressed in 4 plain suit Of Black which had
a worn look and I could see no sign Of

watch chain, white bosom or collar. But
all men havo come vanity, ana during the
evening | noticed he wore on bis breast,
an immense jewel, Of the value Of which
lean forms~no estimate. This was the
head Of a little fellow, about seven years
old, who came with him aud for while
sat quietly beside him in one Of the great
chairs, but who soon grew restless and
weary under tho long drawn out speeches
of the men in the desk, and who would
wander from one Member of the Cabinet
to another, leaning on and whispering to
him, no doubt asking when that man was
going to quit and let them go home; and
then would come back to father, come
around, whisper in his car, then climb on
his knee and nestle his head down on his
bosom. As the long, bcny hand spread
out over the dark hair, and the thin face
above rested the sharp chin upon it, it
was pleasant sig ght. The head Of great
and powerful nation, without badge of
distinction, sitting quietly in the audi
ence getting bored or applauding like the
rest Of US; soothing with loving care the
little restless creature so much dearer than
all the power he wields-a power. greater
than that exercised by any other human
being on earth. II .... :.
God bless our native land, and preserve
to us this simple, paternal yet powerful
Government Of the people! No grinding
of the poor by enormous taxes, to support
royal pomp and parade! No starving of
the million that the few may dauut in
fancitul robes or fash in burning diamonds!
England, the purest, most economical
monarchy on earth, what would it have
cost her people to have made their chief
ruler presentable on such an occasion ?
Yes; and God bless the honest, careful,
steady going head Of our Government in
his earnest zeal for the common welfare.
When Mr. Adams took his seat, Mr..
Maynard, NJ. G. from Tennessee, was in
troduced. He is tall, spare, hollow
chested man, graceful, polished and gen.
tlemanly, Of partly Indian origin, and bear
ing the traces of that race in his long
straight black hair and square features.-
He spoke of the recent marriage Of the
Prince of Wales, Of its expense and pa
rade, and the contrast of the starving op-
eratives of that country; then went on to
show that the object of the leaders Of the
Rebellion was to destroy our Republican
form Of government and place us under
monarchy where we should have similar
contrasts of prodigality and penury. His
speech, though eloquent, polished and
philosophical, was not of that kind calcu-
lated to awaken enthusiasm in popular
multitude and was not received with much
applause.
Either before or after Maynard, forget
which, Commodore Foote was helped up
on the stand amid sucA roars of applause,
and talked about ten minutes. He is a
little fellow, very lame from wounds, has a
short neck, wore ridiculous little bob
tailed coat, such as all naval officers do, is
stiff as Washington's monument, anything
but graceful and not bit hand
some; had bad headache; talked poorly,
what time he got talking amid the cheers,
and hobbled of: Talking is evidently not
his vocation; and I can think of nothing
he is good for except aogging the rebels in
the name Of the Lord. wish we had a
few more of that same sort; for if we lose
him we shall lack variety in our assort,
ment of great men. BY the way, he more
nearly resembles Gen. Fremont in features,
than any other Of our prominent men
have seen. e
Gov. Johnston, of Tennessee, was in.
troduccd aud rapturously received. AS
he took the stand some one called out,
"Give it to 'em, Andy| When he began
I was utterly surprised to hear him begin
to tell us about his state Of unpreparednesa
the importance Of the occasion-what
he was going to say to us, and his deter
mination to begin at once, as he always
did, and be brief! Thinks I, can it be
possible that Andy johnson is going to
bore US, to riddle US through and through
with little gimlet holes? From his repu'
tation it appeared incredible, but the evi:
dences were not to be mistaken, for when
ever speaker begins by telling you he is
going to begin, and what he is going to
say, and what he isn't going to say, and
thu short time he ia ooino tn sav Il in. v1u