The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-05-29

Twice 10 the Whito HOuse to SEQ bin, hut
ho was busy with diguitsry, with some one
who had como to toll what to do, and how
to save the Union, and l was within ten
fec: of him, and not allowed to lock at him, !
So fate compelled me to come away, and
not see tho President Of . great nation -
W, II. Russell was sent by tho London
Times to note down the actions Of the
Yankees in their great Revolution. This
Times is tho largest paper in the world, and
has on its editorial staff as much talent as
ell the New York Dailes. It isa London,
il Is Eugland as she thinks, tho Sa1on's no.
ton of bigneSs-a Gothic pile, built by
strong men, who admire size and force
Russell 10 the cleArest bead in England.
He works with bis pen as though II wero q
chi,ol, and plays whist with Seward, to no,o
bis oye, his attitude, bis hoad, and how II sets
on bis shoulders, aud bow no reads. and
what he says to "Fred.," his son, and how
thoy act when European notablcs call on
them. suspect his eyes may DO dark, for
he sees quick and deep, aud thon he sits
down and carves away at bis picture, and
leaves it not ill every line is drawn distinct
iy. Ho shows ability to torture. burn. daub,
distort and render ludicrous. Let me give
your readers bis portrait of tho grcat Yam
koe Lncoln
"Soon afterwards there entered, with
shambling, loose, irregular, almost unsteady
gait, a tall, lank, lean man. considerably over
six feet in height, with STOPPING shoulders.
long, pendulous arms, terminating 10 hands
| Of extraordinary dimensions, which, howev.
or, were far exceeded in proportion by his
| feet. He was dressed in an il.httiDe,
wrlnklod suit of black which put one in
mind of an undertaker's uniform at fu.
neral ;.round his neck rope of black silk
was knotted in largo bulb, with flying ends
projecting beyond the collar of his coat.
His turued.down shirt collar disclosed a sin.
ewy, muscular, yellow neck, and above that
nesting in great, black mass OF hair, brist
ling and compact like ruff of mourning
pins. rose the strange, quaint face and boad
covered with its thatch OF wild republican
hair, Of President Lincoln. The impression
produced by the size of his extromities, and
by his Tapping and wide-projocting ears
may DO removed by the appearance ofkind.
liness, sagacity and awkward bon homme
of his face. The mouth is absolutely pro
digious {; tho lips, struggling aud extending
from almost ono line of black beard to the
other, and are only kept in order by two
tho nose itself, q prominent organ. staudI
out from tho face, with an enquiripg. anxiou
air, as though it was shifting for some goot
thing in tho wind; the eyes, dark, full an,
deeply set, are penetrating, but full of a
expression which amounts to tenderness
and above them projects tho shaggy brow
running into tho small, hard frontal space
the developomen. Of which can scarcely b,
estimated accurately, owing to the irregula
flocks of thick hair carelessly brushed acros
il. One would say that, although the moutl
was mado to onjoy joke, it could also ut
ter the seyerest sentence which tho hoac
be ever moro ready to temper justice will
mercy, and enjoy what he considers tb,
amenities Of life, than to take a harsh viov
Of mems natures and Of tho world, and I,
estimate things in an ascotic and Puritan
spirit. A persen who met Mr.. Lincoln il
the street, would not tako him to be what
, according to the usages of European society
is called o gentleman 1t would not b
possible for the most Indifferent observe
to pass him iu the street without notice
As he advanced trough the room, he ev
IDENTITY controlled desire to shake hands a
round with everybody, and smiled good-hu
morodly till he was suddenly brought up b.
the staid department of Mr.. Seward, ant
, the profound dplomatic bows of the Cheva
lier BertinnAtti."
No reader can fail to soc that Mr.. Rus
! sell has the close uye of an artist, bu
through his picture runs a vein of malicou
fun, that dignity and manhood could no
4 restrain. He was unoonscously .makin
q facos for traitors to laugh at. The pictur
is historic and valuable. Cicero was tb
" coarsest man in Rome, had a square brow
O big mouth and nose, great hands and fee
n deep, gray eyes, faco, as a whole, alto
gether ludicrous; yet he was the mobiles
!, heart in Rome, full of kindness, constant
!" told stories. joked with bis friends an
,r praised his enemies; yet he wrote his ia
a mortal orationS, one of which he aunche
=. at the head of Catalina the traitor. Thes
|. two men not only resemble each other po
nj sonaiy J, but their hearts are alike, both nob
Ia Their rude figures show parentago frol
a different races. Sinai was bold, bare an
m rugged as a mountain, yet God touched
w with His hnger. and graved on its ston'
In the eternal laws of right. Mr.. Lincoln rel
a, resents the law-the Ark of the Covenan
IA cannot restrain myself from giViU
10 your readers another portrait of Presidel
"a Lincoln--a sketch that strikes at the int
Iy r!or. spiritual man, as We 6ud him define
mr. ted by Hon. A. @. Riddle, in bis last spee'
n in Congress, demanding that the Preside
u. should be sustained. This speech is,
ul far, the most vigorous statement of the ca