The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-24

duty in the. most quiet, efficient way
possible. He has about him 10
hapgers-on. no favored cliques, no
kitchen cabinets. No lobbyists have
the run of the Executive Mansion,
or boast Of their influence at head
quarters. Whatever citizen has bust
ness with the Chief Magistrate. has
an even chance with others of APP
preaching him during business hours,
and Of having his wishes respectfully
listened TO. Ee will not run the
gauntlet Of files of s%upercilious at
PENDANTS, or be whirled through the
mazes of any circumlocution Office.
He will come direct to a plain man,
and will get direct answers to every
proper question he puts.
As to the management of his time,
President Grant consults his own
judgment, instead OF his thousand and
one advisers. As be travelled to suit
himself in vacation, so he appears to
have arranged his daily habits at
Washington with a like independ-
ence After a long morning walk By
himself, he is ready to begin office
work at nine o'clock, continuing TIL
three. By four o'clock, at the latest,
| all N1SlfUIS AGNG ACtAAC0s 0A0 80
White House is closed for the day.
After dinner, the President drives his
family out, taking the reins himself;
aud. much as has been said of his
fondness for horses, his eQuiDage Is
among the most modest ia Washing
ton. In the evening, friends and ac-
Guaintances find the President in the
parlors with his family. On the Sab
L.kA III n~1am oV1 rtsilnaro 0F INV
private household reign throughout
the Executive Mansion. These are
homely details, to be sure; but
they are quite unlike what has
been witnessed al the residence of
the nations Chief Magistrate even
within q short time. They have an
immense influence, too, upon the man
ners and morals of the country; fer
though we trust that the toadying at
tention TO court circles will never be
known here, the social power of the
Capital and Of its great officials is
necessarily extensive. Had Generals
+ Grant, Sherman, Sheridan aud Thorn
as been arrogant, conceited and cor
rupt men, their bad influence upon
the young would have been immeas-
urable. Particularly would this have
been the case with respect to him
who, in addition to the first military
honors, has received the highest civic
distinction in the gift of the people.
As it Is, these apprehensions are
turned into grateful admiration as we
contemplate the orderly and exempla.
ry life Of u President. Evidently
J the mans heart is In the right place,
; aud his head is yet unaffected by the
adulations Of power, when he car say,
as President Grant recently said to
8 some Western friends, who asked him
if he recollected q certain lady in st
Louis: 30, yes, | remember her we'll
She was a charming woman. The last
I time I saw her l delivered her aload oil
wood."-BOSton Journal.
In this connection We also cory the
following paragraph from the Wash
ington correspondence of the New
3 York I~ndependent,
1.-THE Worshippers Of official dignity
are a good deal shaken by Mr.. Grants
. simple habits. He is quite a pedes
. trian, INDUCING in a long walk every
morning; and he goes everywhere,
. but always unattended. The only
companionshiD he enjoys on these
walks is that of bis cigar. ClaC
simply, and commonplace in his ap-
; pearance, strangers who pass him dc
3 not dream that they have met a live
i President; and yet there is such 8
. look upon his face that friends simply
bow IN silence and pass on. He il
+ the greatest possible contrast to his
predecessor, who was forever talking
! and arguing on politics. johnson
/ always had a newspaper correspond
ent at his elbow. but Grant never goes
!. beyond the weather when one is il
his presence.