The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-05
GOV. TlLDEN INTERVIEWED.
His Appearance and What He
Thinks About Things in
General.

living extrncls from his letter.
Governor 1'ilden has spent parts OF
several weeks here, and nave had
two or three opportunities to speak
with him freely alone. Inc story OF
his being paraIyzed is worthy OF Its
yagabond source. He is very nearly
youth, being II bachelor, and ms COM
Ilexion is that of country girl lie
il triAe bald, hut his sufficient hair Is
of n healthy brown color He walks
with Il sort of stiff deliberatlon merely
individual. | should judge that he
weighed one hundred and thirty
pounds and stood five feet ak. lie dress
IS in Il sort Of Office dress, ana Is very
martial to ladies. His chin IL u sort OF
projected lump, overshooting the upper
lin; he has strong nose, not too prom
inent: his forehead is indicative OF
broad and various qualities of mind,
Not Il bit of hair is on his iacei ms eyes
are a soft blue, at times nearly friendly
in their expression; the lid OF one OF
them hangs lower than the other;
there are, when he is weary, some
wrinkles in his face and upon his brow;
he has not IA serene expression; but VINO
could have u serene expression, being
n candidate for the Presidency, with
six millions of dollars?
The Governor said he had seen
Abraham Lincoln before he either en-
countered Douglass or ran for the
Presidency. ! forget the year, but II
was in the birth of the Chicogo and
Alton railroad, and the president,
bDndholders or somebody wanted Til
deu to 20 over the line and critically
examine it. At Springfield Mr.. Tilden
went Ia n lawyers house Il forget
whose, and there he met Abraham.
He remembers in LINCOLN II mild,
quaint, entertaining country lawyer,
not very impressive, but with n sweet
kernel. Governor Tilden says he will
always keep place in our history
among greater men, accident ana
event and temperament conspiring to
make mankind believe him greater
than he believed himself Tilden liked
him for his philOsophic temperament.
" Tilden said that he had
great deal Of faith in the people, not
in their spasmodic likes or dislikes,
hut in their "sober second thought"
He said Van Buren, had first used THIS
phrase. l inferred that he believed
Martin Van Buren, to be the best man
in combination of qualities that he
had known. He took up u red bound
manual of the State of New York, and
picked out the State Governors. AT
the fifth or sixth name he said ne
knew that person. do not pretend TO
remember who it was. 1t wasn't n
Tompkins, but Whereabouts. Said |,
"Tompkins was drunkard?" lie SAID,
"He drank, but that was exaggerated,
The Governor added, KNOWING MI
these men who ruled New York, | can
say what you say, that greatness does
not satisfy. Great men leave some
thing to be desired. We must keep
cheerful and philosophic, and not eX-
pect too much. If we expect impossii,,
BILE things of human nature, we shaii
become soured with the world" That's
the kind of q man who takes the TART
when he speaks out in Quaker meet
ing. Why didn't George Washington
say that, instead of barking cherry
trees? Said l, "Governor Tilden, tel
me who was the weakest President',,,
He said, Immediately, Harrison"
SWELL" said |, "that was to have been
expected, but the neXt? He replied,
"faylor was a good soldier, but
no civil ruler,u "Wasn't Pierce small
shakes?n ayes, rather" "Gover'
nor,n said /, "who was the greatest
President? n Jefferson was great
thinker" he said. Jefferson was
powerful influence on his countrymen
One man seldom affects n nation as he
did without war. Jackson was u gfea'
personality, but he owed to Van Buren,
the success of his administration. van
Buren, had the sagacily, the prudence
and the fidelity to make great com
binatiop with Jackson. There wa'
Monroe; no wonder Of n man, bli
very happy in his combinations an.
his utilit,. That was fortunate a az,
ministration for the country. n'
could say with Joe, in Bleak House
wan Buren, was very good to me, ~
wozn The Governor added, MT
Van Buren, had qualities not attributes
to him, He was poetical man IN M
feelings. While President he was en-
thusiastic. 1t was in 1871 that he nae
the Presidency dangerously ON III
mind; not ut other times. lie was
Laughter, n hearty spirit, very accom-
plished man of affairs" | thought U
myself, how mysterious are the aware
of fame Here is swan Buren,, IN
used up man." so blackly painted D.
those respectable limners, the wing,
now with all the recompense OF po;ltl
cal posterity, Perhaps, after all li ol
ace Greeley wrote too much, ana Clal
and Calhoun were equal bigots'
asked the Governor how Van Bure
came to live ut Undertook. lie san.
"He bought the house there from IN
Van Nesses, one of the great famlll.
of our county. 1t was about HI
feet by twenty, WIN
door and hall through the middle,
brick house. / have seen Mr.. va
Buren, among his vegetables there, IN
heard him say once, you don't tal
enough interest in these things. Hel
il where | freshen my mind the best
The other great family Of the countr
Tilden said, was Livingstone, and :
minded him that New York state NJ
sent to Washington, as her selection
of eminent men, statues OF deorI
Clinton and Chancellor Livingston
lie walked up and down the iloor
minute and said: "a wise choic'
They were both great men. ! tni ,
George Clinton q greater man than
nephew, De Witt. This batch OF !,
ters Blglow has just published OF
Witt Clinton's do not put the best