Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-06-06
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From tbn ". Y. Tribune, May 20.


From the N. Y. Tribune, May %.
1t has not hitherto been considered
feasible for man, however snappish,
TO bite off his own nose; but, analogous
to this mordacious impossibility is the
Presidents passion for the Veto, which
has betrayed him into applying it to his
own visit to Boston, in the County OF
Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massa-
chusctts. Being invoked Geographically
by anxious parties in those parts to say
whether he would come or not, with
categorical precision Unanswered mol"
which proves conclusively that he will
never be capitally executed for politeness.
His decision will be a disappointment: to
those official Tri-Mountaineers who like
to ride, dine, and drink at the municipal
expense-the publicans and stable-keep-
crs will be grieved--there will be some
mourning possibly in the railway offices
over the blighted prospect of extra trains,
but we dare predict that there will be no
epidcmical agony; while, if at loss for
temptation, the dedication OF any new
piece of statuary of the out-of-door de-
scrption will infallibly draw in crowd
from the country to pay the expenses of
civic gala-day. No doubt, there are
great many people in Massachusetts who
would like to see the President; not be-
cause he is physically and intellectually
beautiful, but simply because he is a
much talked-of-man. Mr.. Johnson would
do as well as any other for the central
figure of .fete The Prince of Wales,
possibly, might be preferable; but the
President, in scarcity of notabilities,
would be better than nobody.
If His EXcellency will take our word
for it, we can tell him that the loss is
upon his side. He would have had u
lovely visit. He wouldhave seen, in the
first place, one of the cleancst and bright
est cities on the American continent.-
He would have been made Doctor OF
Laws by the University of Cambridge
He would have had the honor OF an in
PRODUCTION to Bunker-Hill Monument.
He would have been taken to see the
| Great Organ; and q thousand innocent
school-children, with their fresh, pleas
! ant voices, would have sung an Original
| Ode (possibly by DR.. Homes) in his
presence if not in his praise. lie might
! have been taken down the Bay to ea'
"chowder,u or over to Mount Auburn tC
reflect upon his latter end. The Free
and Accepted Masons would have gladly
greeted him aa n visiting brother. Ht
would have been coddled to his heart:
content; and yet, when all these deal
delights are proJfered him, he coldlS
telcgraphs back his eternal "NoW
There may have been agood reason fol
this. The President may have registered
q wise and solemn oath never to make
any more speeches; and, knowing thai
n visit to Boston without speeches would
be as impossible as punch without lem
ons, he may have prudently resolved tt
keep clear of any temptation to hold
forth Such motive would be laudable
but we can assure him that, at II pinch
there are plenty of orators in Boston who
could easily have talked all the time, and
would cheerfulIy have done so If request.
ed, i'm order that his silence might not
be observed. All these speeches are now
lost; which is such painful feature OF
the affair that we have no heart to say
anything more about 1t.