Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-26
President Gran.

fact that the writer's estimate is mada u
not from one or two interviews, but ahe,
meeting the President many times, ami
with the best opportunities for observs.
ton:
1t is surprising to observe how fev
marks of WEAKNESS or heavy care The
face of President Grant presents, after
more than year Of burdensome o1ic.s
responsibility and worriment of, to hin
UNPRECEDENTED confinement and labor. Still
fresh-looking, comfortable, quiet, sel,-Dg-
sessed. strong of will and of nerve is he
man who keeps his own counsel, amid "a
multitude of counselors," who can keen
silent amid the eternal blathering," To-
terviewing and inquisition ofthe talkinges.
and askingest Capital in the world. Ye,
no man is pleasanter, kinder, or gantler
in private life than President Grant.
think ii ought to be known, for il is a good
thing to know, that the domestic hfe Of
the President of the United States is sin
gularly happy and beautiful "a not,a
example for American homes. / have
this from the best authorization friend=
who have of late been guests at the White
House. and who, day after day, hava
been witnesses of the harmony and loving
kindness of its inmates, unspoiled by pro,
sperity. fattery, fame, and power. Tha'
White House stands like a lighthouse
surged about by a sea of hungry ofca-
seeking. and more hungry curiosity-bug
what privacy they can secure Is doublg
sweet to that merry and afecuonate IAN
ilv circle, who find nothing better in Their
exalted position, in State dinners, balls
and receptions, than the dear old love thai
united them in their home on the Nestern
prairies. and which they wisely brought
along with them, as their chief household
god. No one can deny TO the President
and his wife rare propriety and eve1Bes-
| of manner, alike without touch Of AFRO
gance or superciIousness. Under Their
mqryelouslv changed condition Of life, r.
main vet the real man and the real woman
marvelously unchanged. This IS d-1.1t
/ topic to treat Of just here, where ge--l-
| old fashioned heroworshIp gives Way 10
svcophantic subserviency or blind party
animositv. and where honest, resp-ct.g.
LOYALTY toward rulers and magistra,e-.
&" and all having authority over US " ls ''aa
exploded idea''
Though so quiet and undemonstrat.r-
President Grants manner Is not cold.
Though somewhat set and quite ret,ceat
in expression, his face is neither hard nor
forbidding. Though his eyes Of gray.s4
blue certainly do not radiats genlallty ami
good fellowship, I have always seen la
them a still and steady frlendAness-lm-
partial. almost understanding. but .u-
gularlv unforgetful. His look into YOU.
ewes on a first meeting, IS clear, direct, bu.
not piercing. He " makes no deep scru
| tiny" into your character, but you IT,.
that he reads YOU we'll, as far as he goes.
and YOU NAV be sure he will know yol
the next time. His words are few, as ha-
! been occasionally remarked, and his adj
dress simplicity itself Some one 0g--
called it &" courageous simplicity" ]
! don't think the term suited 10 him IL -E-
plies too much consciousness. Franklin
appearance at the Court Of Versatile 81.
. courageous simplicity, jefferson rl.
l ing on horseback from the White Il Ter
to the Capitol to deliver his inaugu-a. was
dramatic simplicity. But Gran, give na
thought TO efect-makes 10 parade ii --
making parade. In waking he ,a.---
his head-that wonderfully compact, eve--
! " modelled head-sligbtiy forward an
! little to one side and be has il pull
| places an absent yet acqulescent air, a. d.
one being taken somewhere rather tha-
| going of his own yoltion-whlch is usually
| the case, az he Is the most obllsug, in
| formal and unmagisterlal of Chief Mag
trates. To me there is something strau-a
in the ordinary passivity Of SUCH q n... Is
| his. He seems not only a modes. lur
diAdent man. Great heroes before L.a
! have been so. This difidence nav oftea
be taken for Indifference and insensla.-rr
/ | think have seen the sure marks Of
in his intercourse with children. for Wh-
he really has the fondnesS Characters. g..
/ Mr.. Lincoln. He has no smali-tala f.
small interviewers, but he is not aua.e
| listening to them, and have noticed H.
they never account him hard or co.'s
They have perhaps the instinct 10 under
stand and the grace to interpret that riddle
| for statesmen, reporters, and fine ladies
the face of President Grant.
A few evenings ago, as a little party @.
Us assembled TO witness some Urra-.
theatrlcals Of the simplest and most lsrs.
nile sort, at the house of one Of the Cabna.
| Ministers, the family from the White
House called, quite Unexpectedly. Or
being told what was on the taps, ,-s
President expressed a desire 10 see the
| performance, "if the children would Bc
object" OF course they did not. ihoazl
quakiug in their buskins, but did the.
| poor best before their august audience
and we're rewarded by Presidential laugh
ter and applause. Watching our Pres
| dent as be Sal smiling kindly at that lis
tie comedy, that quaint bit Of chldls-
I comic-iie, it was almost impossible 70
realize that be was indeed that Capiam C.
capta;rs, who few short years ago, Wa
the centr.;,I figure in 2 mighty drama O
hattie whose ~iage was The world. ]
think we ought to "!FiFe 10 Fealizs III
more it seems 10 me 'tasFe Is 100 mt
petty cavil at this mans n, 7'7gOSef van.
of some of the small conventional. "z WI
we call " the etiquette of the posiu.
too many newspaper platitudes that be
enjoys his cigar, that he loves horses
(bless him for that y that he does not
make speeches on all trivial occasions
bless him for that, too , in short. that BIZ
does not do the department Of his
place according to aristocratic Democrat
theories, that he is not the President RI
precedent.
ave had eyes, and chose him.
Let us remember that God gives to ore
soul genius to think and aspire to an
other to do and to be. There is the in
spired prophet-brain, which says, "Isee
I believe "-and there is thefmpera',
compulsive brain, which says, :" AW-I
WILL !" Who shall say which is the
crater? Each by a divine law ancient
as time, gravitates to its fit period and
place. Because the night of our tr5u!a-
ton is mast do mt let Nc cease 10 thank