National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-06-05
Sketch Of Johnson Ad Interim.

How he SPENDS HIS TIME AT THE
WHITE UOUSE-GOssIP ABOUT
MS FAMILY AND GARNET.
I Washington Corrc poudence Chicago Tril.
uHel
Mr.. Johnson lives at the White
| House, like the quaint being he is,
confident Of acqui,tal, perfectly sure
Of his righteousness, and only dis
posed 20 quarrel with his counsel
every day, because it has not oc-
cured to them to tell how many DO
SitiOns he has tilled from Alderman
uf.
He rises a. early IS o'clock,
takes drop Of corn WhisIley and
lemon peel, and has a subordinate
to present him with the papers of
Baltimore and Washington, where
all matter referring to himself is
marked. Wnlie ~, hair and beard
are dressed, such portions ul these
arc read to him as lie has indicated,
and also select parts Of the Globe
containing admiring passages Of his
counsclS remarks OF the day before,
or the more personal part, of speech
cS fox the prosecution. AftpIward
d friend crops in, and one or more
Of his counsel and breakfast is q
grand council, where they sum the
actions Of the day before they do
them. After breakfast the counsel
20 to their hotels, where the state
carriageiS sent for them at II o'clock,
Mr. Johnson then begins to receive
people, most OF whom condole with
hin, and get his blessing. lie takes
to scrap book collections of his own
speeches between times. till the mail
comes at O'Clock with. the Western
newspapers, when the Secretary
| picks ont the editorial and CORES
p0ndCnce pertaining TO Mr. johnson,
and reads 1t. Meantime, halfhour-
! lY messengers arrive from the Senate
with news as to how the proceed
ings stand. Tile President questions
them less upon the situation than
/ upon the argument, for hc IS 0ne Of
those sublime sclfabncgati0n5 that
would rather get a sylOgism in his
favor than a new friend. rs to
newspapers, he is an cxtraordinary
Interpreter of them. He will calmly
listen to a whole column of scath.
and observing one fraction of con.
Siderati0n sowcd here in the column
viii pick it out and appropriate it
to feed his indomitable conccit.
"There,' lie says, "that writer
comprchcnds me; the rest of the
article is immaterial.'
People come in at intervals mp to
the time Of the arrival OF the New
York papers at halt past . or
o'clock, which is tie era OF the day
in Washington. Mr.. johnson ha,
a queer hankcrin% for the good
opinion of the ItjJWc-probably
supp0sing that a concern that could
be mercilul to Mr.. Davis, might
consistently, rclcnt to him. Dinner
at q o'clock, generally has one or
more of the counsel ut it; but Mr
johnson has not the poTcr to retain
even the regard of his counsel. Mr..
Nelson is with him more than any
other one. Stanberv seems to have
most faith in the President. The
" Shines surprises and ingratitude>
johnson cuts, the more Stanber}
looks upon him as an crrant son, tt
be forgiven and fondlcd Nelson
on the contrary, regards Mr.. John
son something as Las Casas or Mon
tholon regarded Napoleon, or rathc
as David Copperiield regarded il
/. his carly youth, the distinguished
Mr. Pcggotty. 70 Mr.. Nelson
Johnson IS all history, all art, al
example, and all department. Mel
son sees nothing but johnson, tn,
Tennessee archetypel johnson
. picking his teeth is to him a spccta
! Gle in story. To him, johnson con
socrates bad English and makes i
j iniIuitable. Delightful old mush
: room Johuscu's whole heart an,
} history are not worth one tear lili
r thincl
The evening at the White IIous
is free Of gentle company, for Ia
( Presidents nature requires goo
). deal of the hail-tellow wellmet sort
o With Kcrshaw and some OF tn
D Washington boys he sits mp till lat,
t exchanging inteljeetions upon th
| shameS of his enemies, the tire
$ drinks count the three watches be
= tween dinner and bed time. Dunn;
the late half hour of the night tn
c Gl0be is often brought in III proof
= and the speeches OF the dag rea'
n and remarked upon,
@ Andrew johnson believes that ~
:. his III success IL attributable to 9th
8 or causes than himself; that al
!. successes came ont of his own re-
/. sources. Objections and failures
g come to him phiIosphically, there
g tore. He sits down awhile aite
{. each of them, indulging III n blinC
\ hate of somebody, and then, will
4 his trcachcrous pertinacity, make
+. another push in the same direction
/. He il u man without method, an,
yet with some desultoriness Of vii
so that nobody knows when to trus
+ him and when to respect him. II
i; has lived in Washington for twcnt
3 years, more or loss, but his persons