The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-03-26
A Talk with the Next President.

"I told a man the other day." said the
Senator, s'when he commenced trying to
nump me about my intentions, for the
benefit of some New York newspaper,
that hadn't forgotten the picture in the
old elementary spelling book, of the milk
maid arranging what she was to do with
her chickens before they were Matched.
But then, he continued, should be a
very curiously constituted man if | did
not do some thinking as to what my,
course ought to be, in case [ have to as
sumo the duty to which these proceedings
point And there's one thing I've fully
made up my mind to- whatever else may
be done, I shall try if the power is put in
my hands, to bring the Executive De
partment Of the Government into har
mony with the Legislative l don t be-
lieve the President ought to be sort of
Grand Lama, reigning in seclusion up at
the other end Of the avenue, and never
letting us know what he wants OF intends;
all the time taking Congress by surprise,
and holding aloof from members, so that
there is no inducement for com arison of
views before both sides are committed"
Il don't believe he continued. that
President ought to be setting himself up
as policy maker. When [ am asked
l.
discharge the Presidential duties, [ gen
policy. Its the duty of Congress to
adopta policy, and the duty of the Pre-
sident to execute it. We've had trouble
set up policy for themselves, and force
Congress into its adoption by the use of
the Government patronage and other
wise"
I ought not to close these fragmentary
jottings of things MIR. Wade said in the
course Of an evening talk, without ad-
ding, for the comfort of many very good
and very innocent people who have been
misled by the jocose inventions of not
over-friendly newspapers-that in the
course of the whole conversation there
was not an OATH Mr. Wade can not, to
be sure, be given certificate for entire
freedom from the use of unevargelical
as more profane than the great majority
of Congressman, or to describe him as a
man affecting tremendous oaths of Pc
culiar and unique blasphemy. A more
absurd idea has also been somewhat pre-
valent. Respectable newspapers have
spoken of him as a drunkard. Remem-
bering that Irwin Mcdowell, who never
drank anything even as strong as coffee,
was currently believed to have been
drunk through the whole period of his
active service, Mr.. Wade has done we'll
never to notice such SANDERS. | know,
however, that many good people will
thank me for statement which [ can
Mr.. Wade for long time, and have often
l.
when other Senators were intoxicated. l
meyer knew him to be so, never heard Of
his being so, never saw his natural hear
fected, and have rarely seen him join in
alarmed at his Radicalism, may appre
bend from the prospect Of Mr.. Wade's
becoming President, it may at least dis
miss the fear that we shall again be dis
graced by sot in the White House.
Mr.. Wade's early educational advant-
ages were those of the pioneers. On
these he has steadily built, through
long life of intellectual activity There are
W better read men in most walks of
English literature in the Senate. Pro-
badly there are not three better historians
To this day, he leaves the skimming of
his immense newspaper mail to his wife;
and one climbing the two flights of stairs
that lead from the floor of the Washing
ton House to the parlor, is very likely to
find the Senator deep in some new book,
and the good matronly woman by his side,
interrupting him from time to time, to
read some extract from the papers Of the
evening, that it concerns him to know
1t is pleasant domestic picture and
the American people will not be sorry to
learn that it is from such scene that
their next President is to come.-Cor. of
Cincinnati Commercial