The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-19
President Johnson's health for e

eral months past has not been good
Occasional attacks Of severe lines
have pEeEeEted him from seeing Wis
tors. His enemies, amongst the eA
tTemists, have been darkly hintiu.
that the malady with which he IA Al
tiieted, is that of the "Inaugurati0l
Day. We have recently seen gentle
men Yhc- are familiar VITA the facts
having gathered them from the best in
formed and most reliable sources in
Washington. They state that theae
unkind inuendoes do the President
the grOaleat isiustiee. His habits are
strictly temperate
| As specimens. of what the extremists
say We copy the following
From TIE NsW York Democrat gRepuhlcan.)
The Minister Of the Interior has or
dered new temporary residence to b,
selected in the neighborhood of Wash
lngton for the President, on account of
the unHholesonne nature of the White
House during the summer months
We sincerely wish that this removal
may be Effected with ali possible speed.
because the state of his ExceIlency's 4
health begins TO be alarming. We sun
pose there is not one now that is not
struck with that frequency Of attacks.
to which the President is subiect
Since he entered upon his functions. he
has At least once every month been SO
SICK that he could give no audience
for two or three days Quite recentlv
ne returned il such an alarming condi.
ton from an excursion down the Poto,
mac, on which he had started in exhu-
berant health. s.e
Now, if the odions White House is
the fault Of all this, as seems to be the
opinion, and the secondary operations
OF Its miasmatic influences extended
even down the Potomac, it q certainly
high time 10 remove the Presidents
residence, not temporarily, but perma-
rently. In this Connection it is notice
able, that the sanitary condition of the
White House seems 70 have, within the
last SIX months, frightfully deteriora-
ted. Lincoln lived there four wears
with little interruption, without being
subject to frequent attacks Of sickness,
and whenever ne really was sick,
which happened rarely, this never pre-
vented him from seeing persons, as
now happens almost regularly every
four weeks.
Nov, what may be the cause of this
remarkable phenomenon? Is it the
pestilential condition of the Man
sion Well, then, find other more
salubrious quarters for the President
Or, is his physical organization SO fine
as TO be more easily affected by exer-
tion than LincOln'sf In that case
spare him as much as possible, esge
cially as regards applications for offsce |
and pardon (which even under healthy
circumstances had better, in nine cases
out Of ten not be granted
Surely We are not among those who /
maliciously insinuate that from time to !
time the President suffers from the per /
nicious effects Of poisonP No, mol |
Far be it from US. Still, it is the part
Of wisdom to be prepared for the worst,
and should there be any foundation for
such insinuation we would suggest the
utmost caution and scrupulous suryeil-
lance over every thing that enters His
Exeeilency's mouth.
At all events, it is of the higest i'm
portanee TO the people to have the
alarming condition of the President
accounted for and remedied. In the
present political condition of the coun-
try We will and must have q Presi-
dent in sound condition, physically and
mentally.
[ETom the St. Lous Westiche Post. Aug. III
The frequent attacks of " "indisposi-
tionP are beginning somewhat TO lex
ercise public opinion, and we must
confess that the character of these
attacks is not much calculated to dissi-
pate the anxiety Of the public. We
are given all sorts Of explanations.
Now We are told that the White House
Is dreadfully unwholesome place Of
abode; then that the oficeseekers are
driving the President TO madness next
we have the old poisoning story in all
possible variations. As TO this last ex-
planation we have never put particle
Of faith in it, and have always held and
that on that Inauguration day
Mr. johnson had simply taken a horn
or two too much. Still we did not then
Join in the universal hue and cry
against the Vice-President, because we
we're not disposed to judge too harshly
Of a human weakness, and therefore
did not quarrel with Frank P. Blair, Sr.,
for lending his supporting arm 20, and
taking home the President. But
#, as there is every Indication now, the
of Mr. johnson is getting
10 be a normal condition, and the
whisky speculating Blairs always sup
ply the supporting arms, then it is
time for patriotic citizens, high time to
see ne rePit5lica detrimeuta'n caPiaL