New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-29
Pen Photograph of the President.
Joaquin Miller writes the following in the

oodquiu Mlller WRITES Tue following III tne
New York independents:
THE Queen. God bless her !" The first
time heard that expression and saw the
perfect and manly respect which those
Britons paid to their country through heir
sovereign, as they lifted the frat glass at
dinner. was on the waters of Oregon, in a
little British man OF. war, and years and
years ago. Yet shall never forget it. And
whenever and wherever l see it-and that
is whenever and wherever see true Eng
lishman and gentleman abrOad-l, too, feel
| like rising t. my feet and saving, The
| Quet IL. God bless her!" For know that
an in good company, with quiet and brave
and patriotic gentlemen, ard men who
would not for the world, in my presence, at
| least, say one word against my country or
| its representa- i've.
! To stick pin here and stop and think
moment, do Hot believe one can really re-
| call a single great act or expression in the
| life of the Queen of England In truth
| she seems to me TO have always been a sort
| of negative and helpless. though no doubt,
| most kindhearted and we'll disposed woman.
But in all the girdle of the earth you will
not find one lady universally res spected
and beloved as she. And all that love and
respect means whole line of battle ships
1t is Nelson and Wellington in one. 1t is
| Gibraltar. 1t is one of the strongest towers
in the British battlement.
| Yet all this love and respect, out of which
| comes this strength, is owing not so much
to the simple virtues of her majesty, but to
| the manly, decent bearing and respect of
| her subjects toward the common county.
l might urge second reason for behav-
ing with at least tolerable decency toward
| the unfortunate man who happens to be set
| up rs a mark for mud balls, whoever he
may be. And that reason is-though | fear
this aIgument will not be of much force or
practical use iu political America-that
reason is, l say, we ought to have in this
land, protesting Christianity, some little
/ ,1gaIG ivr the truth.
| And, finally, did you never reflect that it
is hardly manly to throw mud at man
who can not stuop to throw mud back at
| you! You see that sort of practice, under
such circumstances, is very much like strik-
| ing woman.
l was an utter stranger and alone, and
did not at all know where was to begin or
| how to proceed to crafty what l deemed a
| laudable desire to see the President OF my
country, but after being brushed down by
the African descended from my room and
confronted the clerk Of the hotel with an
| Interrogation.
Mr.. Clerk walked up and down behind
| bis battlement, bristliDg at the mouth with
| tOothpicks. He was the true nOn-commit-
| tai American hotel clerk. and did not an
| swer me for a long time. He had two
wooden toothpicks in his mouth already
| and was eating away at them as il he was
SOFT of centaur and they were kind of
| long oats that he was very fond of. / knew
| perfectly well he was wondering and won
dering as he walked up and down, and now
| and then dipped down into the little though
and took another nihhle of oats, whether
| was Democrat or Republican and really
believed in the third term.
| Armed with a newspaper and cigar I Law
,Yn ,l,nl tnr ha al
| little canvas shades by the roadside. along
with crowd of pleasure seekers. until
nearly five o'clock, when some at nv side
| said quietly: There goes the President" :"
| Perhaps it was an old affair with the 9TH
| ers; but there was no commOton, no ex-
| preston of good or i'll will whatever, if
may expept the little boy on the grass at
the outside of the awning, who filliped
| peanut shell after the little one horse omen
| carriage as it whirled at a good pace up tho
| long, level road.
He had passed within a few PAGES of us.
| In fact, | had been looking at him for half
a minute before / knew that this was the
| President of the mighty republic, and the
| great captain that the world was In roar
of admiration over only a few years ago.
| The face is great face. There is no doubt
of that whatever. 1t is made up of savage
| strength and gentene together. To get
back to the subject. The President was
| driving alone, holding the reins in safe
careless fashion, as if he was used to them
and now and then lifting his hat t. the right
and left whenever there was any recogni-
tiOn or demonstration whatever, and | be-
lieve invariably to the ladies whom he met
driving down the beach In the little knot
Of people with whom | happened to be sit
ting I saw but one hat touched ! after,
ward discovered that this only gentleman
OF our little group was the French barber.
Perhaps had as well say it here as any
where, that l do think the American has
less politeness In his make-up-save, per
haps, on the Pacific coast and the further
South, where there is sprnkling of Latin
blood-than any other human being that is
civilized enough to wear hat.
A man in the plainest black, very broad
shouldered, strong built man, melted away
in the crowd of carriages of the line, and l
tor the first time in my life had seen Presi-
dent of my country. Dogs, horses whisky
bottles-all that picture was demolished
| even looked in vain for the cigar as he
drove back by us, after half an hour, for it
was not. Yet | atterward noticed, not to
enter into detail about trifes, that the cigar
is the rule when driving. The sandy beard
is bit gray hair thick and black, the face
full and the very picture of health and
composure, and the man may safely count
on quarter of century of rest upon
earth after his retirement.
llOW We lutl, uON cdIllt 10 ue SO nOnOTeu
as to Sit with the great captain and talk
with him, under his root, of lands and
scenes we We're equally familiar with in
O'egon, and all that, would be very inter-
esting indeed. But here shall draw the
line. The mans cottage is his castle, and it
shall not be invaded. All the pleasant lit
tie things that passed under the Presidents
root are sacred. But the satisfaction that
felt on finding this man one of the simplest
and sincerest, the purest and the best of
men, cheerfully share with you who have
pride and patriotism to glory in our coun-
try's renown and the honor and the good
name OF her great men.
1t has been my fortune during the past
five years to meet with, In one way or an
other, about all the heads of the great
powers of the Old World, and am free to
say that l saw nothing there more courtly
and decOrOus, and at the same time simple
and manly, than the bearing and behavior
of the President of the United States, who
am informed. has still for the first time to
visit Grants race track" Mine was not
a hurried visit at all, but extened over some
time at Long Branch. and, if this mans
everyday life is any key to his character,
the country ought to count itself very proud,
indeed, of this figure for its great gallery.
am perfectly aware, however, that l know
nothing at all about the pc ltical life of the
great captain, and it is possible that he is
even as great failure an administrator
as was the Duke of " ellington. l can
only say to my people of the great West
who have not an opportunity to see the man
as he is, or his life and surroundings, that
they must journey far before they find a