Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-08-19
More Gnats.

THE President of the United States,
having left Washington in the interim of
Congress, and at a most disAgreeable sea-
son, for q residence by the sea, Is, of
course, at once the object of partisan
sneering. 1t appears, according to GER
tain critics, that to go to the seaside in
unparalleled hot weather Is to show the
profoundest indifference TO the state of
the country and TO the complications in
Europe SO also, to drop in upon shoot
ing society, celebrating some festival, and
to take shot with success at the target
Is to play false with the high trusts and
dignities of the Presidential office. But
Is the President expected to show prop
er sense Of his exsltation by refusing to
mingle with other citizens in their harm
less relaxations, and by holding himself
aloof as q superiorY The late General
Jackson was fond of smoking q pipe, like
any day-laborer, and it was not supposed
that he forfeited public confidence or re-
spect by that indulgence. General Grant
is the most silent and simple and unas-
suming of men; but we doubt if the
country regards his silence as indifference
to the public welfare, or his tranquility
as dull disregard of his of1lcial duty.
Nothing is so easy as to dog the foot
steps of any man, and listen to every
word he utters, and then to make sport of
him and them. OF all men who ever sat
in the Presidential chair the great Demo
cratic hero, General Jackson, was the most
exposed, by his willfulness and ignorance,
to this kind of ridicule. A letter of the
Generals wes lately published which is
certainly very comical, but it certainly
does not diminish any sensible regard for
him. This is the letter:
ttfrtt- A..
Secretary OF she Navy, and requests him to write
| to the Secretary of the Navy that request h.F
return ther as soon as his convenisnce vail per
| init him."
What sparkling sport could not have
been made of such performance as that
Howa complete official letter-wrlter might
have been constructed to satirize the Presi
denti With what mock heroica might
not the Whis journals have deplored thai
the most ilustrious station in the woTlt
was filed by man ignorant of the most
common forms of intercourse To wha
solemn blatherskite over the degeneracy
of parties and Of public opinion nigh
not the readers of that day have beer
treated
The truth was that the people knew
the President whom they had elected, anI
they did not expect him to excel in letter
, writing. They therefore smiled and diC
not distrust him. II was not a matter o
which we ought to be proud, as it Is not
subject Of pride to the State of New Yori
that its Governor does not appreciate tn,
! proper difference between the word
! shall" and will" But if this wer
the chief criticism that could be mad
, upon that officer, it would be indirect tes
timoDy to his official excellence. AM
when the country hears General Gran
; elaborately and solennly indicted TO
passing the hot weather by the sea, or 70
the want of sn Addisonian grace in hi
style, it smiles as itIemembers that he ha
rot passed every summer of his publ
service on the sea-shore, and is not who'll
: incapable of expressing himself with 81
: fectiye simplicity. Such places as Wick;
: burg, Chattanooga, and the banks Of tn
/ Jsmes; and such expressions as, 81 pre-
pose to move immediately upon you
works." and 81 shall fight it out on thi
line, if it takes all SUMMER" are not eI
tirely unfamiliar to Americans.-RarpsS
W.sHy.