, 1870-06-14

Aides de- Camp. The President himself is not
witAo8s \ .csseatn sort OF character, qusint
and tAthsr popo1zr sMongst folks, but be,
somehow. manages to dsaPpoint this preeoa-
eyef they meet him face-to-face. He etes' b.
hind his long Office tablo with drawer fun of
cigsrs at bis right hand, and one cigar per-
petua11y in his mouth, snd to the visitor ha
extends his hand in cold, wooden way, gives
him shake without pulse in it, listens To
what he has to say in half akapdcL fashion,
and replies in monasyllsb1es, and most gen.
erslly in way to Indicate his wish that the
conference Rhould close as soon as convenient.
To few he unbosoms himself, speaks ralna-
BIZ, shows that he has thoughts, and possibly
aspirations, but these few favored persons are
forbidden, at the peril OF his 1ebuke, to convey
to tho world any notion Of what they have
that the President is every day
passing out Of the public compra-
Lension. He il no longer the aggressive
and obstinate General, moving upon the On
emy's lines, and expressing in his face the
vigor and the terror Of youthful Generalship;
he is gaining the vague distinction q . Presl- 81
dent without imPreasiverass, without the
power to tslk OF to magnetic, with apparent
leaning towardaPersonA ease towards strong
but silent opiuionatedness, and ssitha dis
inclination to be plausible or particularly
courteous. It may be his misfortune rather
than his wish to thus retro within himself and
reduce the Chief Magistrate to nero man Of
family but it is certain tbst no man can hold
the affections Of the great multitude OF his
contemporaries unless he possess some Of
the outward attractions OF hafoisu1, warmth
Of manner, or what is only 1eas matter OF
superstition, deep designs, great resolves. o.
%spifest n, 1; pstriotism: AndreT Jackson With
feol the workings OF his spirit, and he could ave
an enemy by his large courtesy. HARRISON
and Taylor possessed traditional s7armeth OF
affection; Fillmore, With all his weakness, was
handsome and genial; there were come who
believed in Johnson throughout from his sup
the poorest Of the poor so, too, Tyler was
never quite contemplate, for by the very
thunder Of his great enemies he WAS nuagri-
fed, and he had q powerful Commonwealth be-
hind him. Van Buren, had delicious susyity,
and, when all Was loat, he showed the resources
General Grant, lacking these more manifest
accomplishments Of his predecesBors, must
supply their absencs with true and responaible
ponitions upon current questions, with views
adopted upon sagacious counsel, and be must,
at any rate, have the public baliaf in hls faEaF.
that whatever he does is based npon the hap
piness Of the country, irrespective Of hia pei
sona1 feelings. This il the time to say That
he has not entirely filed this Ultimate mea-
sure ct expectation. His correspondence with
Hancock seemed to indicste nature SEN
sitive to pe1aonal afsonts. 10 has
ventured into the San Domingo
otlet matters, not necessary to revive, he hiss
appeared to consider the opportunities Of his
Office to be In some sort family endowmonts;
and the administration is In 4 fair way to be
no more formidable than General with
staff but without any arms, without pioneers,
iuha t,1Nf ~ Enaa
Of operations. While e1pending the energies
Of tie second year OF his term upon Soma such
little matter as one Of the islands of the an
TILES, the great drama Of parallel empire is
proceeding to accomplishment in British Amer
tca. eagacious oyartuEes, quick rsconnaiH-
sances, dne but prudent wheedlingB IN Nova
Scots, Prince Edwards Island and NeWfonnd-
land. might have done much to detsch those
provinces from the Dominion Of Canads- do
not say this should have been done but il
would have been more to the purpose, larger
game, and, to speak in the Tulgate, = "big-
ger thing" than treating With the lazy half
breeds Of Baez or CabraI.
At this moment 400 British regulars and I, 500
Canadian soldiers, under an accomplished Off
Ger, are proceeding overland to the new Tori
tory Of Manitoba. Before Congress shall meet
again they will have sppeared on the fronherH
Of Minnesota, and have added another link 10
the chain Of provinces which they arc stretch
iAS Lo"a1u tuG 1aEllc. FnefG IL tne AMERICAN
Government in this direction7 When Congress-
called upon Secretary Fish, some time ago, for
information about Riel mud the Hutinee1s
around Fort Garry, al that ho could give them
Of a tangible sort 1Sns darived from MI. Jtmes
W Taylor, your former correspondent 1t St.
Paul, and from the newspaper clippings OF the
United States and Canada- It Is very siogu-
lar thing that after 60 much Of expenditure Of
time and patience upon an Inland Of the Carib-
bean Sea, the Presidents government should
not only hare no policy towards Canada, but
no information to speak Of. / have no feeling
and no particular opinion in writing thus; but
it is sure sign Of the times that the President
ii almost without party, but with plenty Of
policy OF retail order. GATH.