The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-22

Congress adjourned cu Monday evening.
and on Tuesday the President, with the
Dents. the Rabcocks and Porters, number
of bull. pnps, and other dogs, eleven horses
and one iarkass. went to Long Branch. On
Wednesday only two Cabinet officers res
raained 10 Washington, and these were
expected to leave soon. Several heads of
bureaus have also eff, aud the Government
is now run" by the chief clerks Of the
various departments. The President was SO
anxious to get off to his summer retreat that
he corisd not remain in Washington long
enough to see certain frieDds-Phiiadelph
delegates, Senators and others-whom he
had promised interviews. A prominent
Radical Senator. who had been assured by
Grant that he would remain in Washington
for several days after the adjournment, went
to the White House, and on finding that the
great renOmiuated had gone. threw up his
hands, after the manner of Dominic Samp-
son, and exclaimed. not "prodigiou " but
..Whatl Gone 80 soon Can it be possib ibIe2"
Then he thought of Summers charge that
Grant spent great part of his time in
palace cars and seaside ioiterings." sighed
and left the place, q sadder and wiser
statesman.
Grants great anxiety to get away from
Washington was shown in various WAYS,
but in none more plainly than in his hasty
writing Of his letter accepting the nomina-
tion of the Philadelphia Convection. Being
at the Capitol, and 6uding that Congress
would very soon adjourn, his Excellercy sat
down at a table. toUk out q lead pencil aud
half a sheet Of note paper aud wrote this
letter, as il has since been seen in print, to
save time. He preferred 10 publish such an
episte rather than wait long enough for
some of his Cabinet officers or clei ks to write
respectable one for him. Long Branch
must be speedily reached at all hazards
Tom Murphy. Bonner. etc. must be seen
and horse flesh and hounds must be du ly
discussed.
The editor of the Grant organ at Trent on
saw the Presidential party in their car at
that place, and this innocent Jerseyman
nairely saii in his paper that 1.-The Presi>
den, looked more than usually robust. APP
parently the cares Of state have made no
Inroads upon his personal appearance" We
should think not! The cares of state will
never be allowed to annoy the silent aud
serene Ulysses. The delicate nature of our
relations with England and with Spain does
not distress him 10 the least. His dogs and
stud of horses are sail the world TO him, u
AID so long as these are at peace be is reck-
less as TO the peace Of nations.
The course of Grant illustrates the delusion
under which former Presidents and poten>
tates generally have labored in respect to
their obligations aud responsibilities. Ever
! since the world began. kings and other
rulers appear to have deemed it necessary tc
| concern themselves every day and all tbs
! time about public affairs and the interests
! Of the people. Even noted tyrants have
| proved foolishly anxious 10 behalf of the
| public welfare, as though the head Of ;
nation should be subjected TO "carkine
cares J" The rulers of even small and con
temptibie Countries have allowed themselve,
/ to be disturbed and distressed by anxiety fol
The peace of their restricted realms and the
! prosperity Of their p,ople. How supremely
| fGpeIfous and absurd their solicitude Look
! at Grant, the head Of the "greatest country
{ the sun ever shone upon-the best govern
! ment the werld ever saw!" He tolls not
neither does he worry. yet Solomon. ir al
! his glory. was not priming TO Grant. mol
were Solomon's people half 50 happy a,
ours. Grant should write book, entitled
Governing Made Easy for the benefit o
! National rulers, in which he might show
| not only how small an amount of brains
learning. and labor is necessary to govern
c-untry, but how a large government can p,
rendered portable. as well as supportable le
and carried to the seaside or elsewhere. or
the shortest notice. without iujury.-Phila
Sunday Mercury.