The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-13
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THE ROYAL WHITE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON Cry. June 2).--If Won
will watch our official life here at Wash
ingtnn You will perceive some queer
steaks Of aristocracy vcining into if,
There is Il constant tendency to pcrforate
plain rcpubiicaniSm with freaks of for
cign snobbishncss.
The three or four members OF the Cab.
/ met who can stand the sun, have been
circlin%, kid glovcd, round the city lately
( to find some spot for 4 new Executive
/ Mansion, more comfortable and retired
like, where His EXccIlcncy can convc-
nicntly receive more nj leisure few
choice visitors who come in carriages.
This Presidential smelling committee.
it seems, has selected the site far out,
northwest of the city, mile or more
from the present White House, two miles
from the ccntcr of the city, and three
from the Capitol At that distance from
the Capitol. Presidential royalty will be
more Tree from the intrusion Of the pop
ular mob constantly pouring ,nto Wash
ington to bother him on public business.
The winter receptions at the new White
House will be more elegant and rofNne
Of course, rs nobody that can not afford
a paltry ten dollars for hack to draw
him there can attend. In fact, the no.
bodies without money will not come to
this courtly Versailles as now to the
White House.
Our ignorant Democracy has made a
mistake, perhaps, in supposing that the
! President was the nations servant, that
he should make himself convenient and
accessible TO the people for the transac-
ton Of public business 1t will learn
better when the new White House is
built among the aristocratic shades Of
Kalorama Heights. The dignilied secu-
sion of great Office will there be preserv-
ed by the nature of circumstances.
lis said that the location of the pres
ent Presidential mansion is unhealthy
The evidence of it is that Mr.. Lincoln,
the best of the Presidents, lost his life
while his residence was there, and An
drew johnson, the worst Of them, rs un
providentially preserved his. So the
| Committee of the Cabinet will recon-
mend for the new White House the site
of the city small pox hospital, or some
place thereabout. That will be an i'm
proyemenL consistent rs a syllogism.
The superior healthiness of this site is
established after particular fashion. 1t
is argued that had the spot been taken
sooner, Johnson, man of full habit and
thick blood, would have died of the small
pox, and that Grant would smoke away
the malaria, and live through it. Any
how, let us not, with our stupid notions
that President has anything to do with
receiving the people, oppose this remov,
al of his dwelling from the accessible
center of Washington City.
AT The smallpox vicinity, if he does
not Get improved hcalth-which is the
first object of the change-hc will at least
get more retirement and time to devote
to his circle of select friends and to his
own business. Scenes like the following
will not then be SO frequent with his Ex-
cellency's Card bearer.
Colonel Hinton good soldier, and one
of our best journalists here, went the other
day to the White House in company
with friend who had fixed appoint
mcut to keep with one of the President S
Secretaries. Card bearer Dent was pres
ent; the Others were away The Colon
ell handed his own and his friends cards
to the malapert General, with an ex-
PLANTATION, and a request that they should
be handed to the Secretary. Dent spur
teo prompously: 81 carry cards to the
President, sir; do not carry cards to his
Secretaries" The Colonel turned his
back, saying aloud to his friends Gen
eral Dent says his business is that of car
rying cards to the President; that gives
him he claim TO insult us who are no
mans servant-not even his Excellen-
cy's." Dent had sens G enough to see
that he had corncrcd 4 Tartar, and step
ped forward at once to repair the mistake
by taking the cards.
CABINET SICKNESS.
Grants Cabinet, buildcd with snowy
solemnity and bruited silence, has dis
ease. 1t is eaten with dry rot 1t goes
to pieces like fabric of sand Stewart
went first. Washburne was sloughed OF
like a useless limb. Boric, King of the
north winds and master of the sea, has
dropped his trident as if smitten by q par
alysis. Hoar will quickly follow the 9th
ers, it is said Fish will remain only till
opportunity shows his imbecility as con-
spicuousIy us that of the others. That
time will soon arrive. IL is not so far
away as Brazil now. Rawlins is con.
sumptive.
Boric, rcsignino his commission, com
planned of i'll health from natural causes
He did the same on the way to Annapo-
lis, resigning his dinner to the waves.
BCrie spurts ink like 4 cuttle-fsh, and
tries to retire with a mastery gentility,
under the cloud. 1t will not serve him.
Borie's ill-hcalth was incapacity. A man
may seem to himself and friends great at
the head of a shipping house, but put
him at the head of naval affairs-a Cab
met ministcr-and he is midge
That troubled the late Secretary of the
sea. He had seen the Schuylkill, but
Neptune upset him. The press every
where understood Borie. Officially he
died like Cock Robin-killed of many en-
emies. He says he resigned because Of
ill-health. We'll, may be. Dana's Sun
attacked him most pcrsistently and fer
cely of all. Perhaps Bories malady is
coup dc solieI-
MIR. PeabOdy's Magnificent Gift.
Mr.. George Peabody, who, in Febru-
ary, 1867, presented the sum of one
million dollars, and eleven hundred
thousand dollars in Mississippi bonds to
a broard of trustees, for the promotion
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