The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14
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charming Washington letters. spooks
thus q The President
No mau plsasautur, 81 gan,lcr I'll
private l.O Clan Geaoral Grant /
Itank L 5u.tt q bs known. l1rit Is ii
good thing 8 know lbat tie domestic
lite 81 tho President ot the United
staios is siaBparly happy ana beaut
iul notlo example tor American
homes have this from lbe best au-
tdouty from friends who have d late
been guests q tho White House, aud
who, day after day have been witness
os q the harmony and loving kindness
q ITS inmates uuspoilCd Ny prosperity,
ilattery fame, and power The White
House stands ike lighthouse, surgcd
about BY a set q hungry Office so, king,
and more hungry curiosity bat what
privacy can secure Is doubly sweet to
that merry and an'echonato family cir.
olc, who find nothing better in thoirox
allied position, 10 state dinners, balls
and receptions, than tho doar Old loyo
that united them IN their homes on tho
western praIries, and which they wisely
brought along With them, rs their chiol
household god. No one can deny 10
tho President and his wife rare pro
propricty and eyennoss Of manner,
alike without touch Of arrogance or
superciiousnoss. Under their marvel.
Gus changed condition Of life. romam
yet the real man and the real woman
maryeously unchanged
Though SO quiet and undemonstra.
tive, President Grants manner is not
cold Though somewhat set aud quito
reticert ID expression, his face IL ncitl-
or hard nor forbidding Though his
eyes Of grayish blue certainly do not
radiato geniality Or good. fellowship, /
have always seen in thom a sl.ll and
steady friendiness impartial, almost
nndiscrimnating, but singularly unfor-
getful. His look into your eyes on
first meeting, ia cloar direct, but not
piercing. he makes no deep scrutiny,
into your character, but you feel ho
reads you well, as far as he goes, and
you may be sure he will know the nest
time. His words are few, as ho has oe.
casionally remarked, and bis address
simplicity itself Some ono once called
it courageous simplicity ! don't
think the term gritod 10 him; il implies
too much consciousness Grant gives
no thought to effect making no pa.
rade Of not making parade IN Welh
ing, he carries his head slightly for
ward; and be has in public places an
absent yet acquiesent air, as ono OF be-
ing taken somewhat rather than Of go-
ing Of his own yoltion which is usu.
ally the case, as he Is the most obliging,
informal and unmagisterial Of Chief
Magistrates. TO me there is something
strange il the ordinary passiyity Of
such 0 will MS his He seems not only
a modest, but dillident man. Great
heroes before him have been So THIS
diflidence may often be taken for indit-
ference and insepsibility ] think have
seen the sure mark Of 1t In his coun-
tenance while with children, for whom
he really has the fondncs8 chGracteris-
tic Of Mr. Lincoln. Ho has no small
talk for small interviews, but ho is not
above listening to them, aud have no
tieed that they never account hnn hard
or cold, They have perhaps the in
stinct TO undorstond tho grace to inter-
pref that riddle for statesmen, report
ors aud fine ladies Tie face Of Preai-
dent Grant.
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