The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-22
GRANT AND HAYES.


reader:
At precisely II o'clock, amid the
breathless silence of that vast multitude
followed by Fish, Robson, and Tyner--the
two Presidents slowly entered. Every eye
was fixed upon the outgoing and inc coming
man. They walked side by side, Grant and
Hayes. The contrast between them struck
me at once Grant is not an ignoble-look-
ing man He impresses you with his power,
such as it is 1t is of that broad, sinewy
fiber that spreads over the earth and clings
to it. 1t is Of the earth, earthly. 1t may be
sordid it is never spiritual. To that far
spiritual looking and longing that character
lied Lincoln, Grant is stranger. This
world and It's good things-its wines, its
horses, its riches-suffice him. Give him
enough of them, and he is happy in his
own way. And nothing in Heaven or on
earth can make him so happy as to have
his own way. He has conscience, honor, a
sense of duty but not the sentiment OF
either. None of them oppress him; for,
whatever he makes up his mind about
either one, he is sure he is right. His
affections are rs strong as his prcjudices,
which is saying that they are of the strong
est. He will not turn from anybody he
likes. no matter how bad he is. He not
only hugs him himself; but thrusts him
upon other people, which is unjust and has
made much of the sin and sorrow OF his
administration With some Of the strongest
traits of strong human nature and not a
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where his being should rise highest it is
cut short. He is strong upon the earth,
but he does not rise skyward.
You look up to see the other man. Not
only does he ascend in stature, but his head
scars so symmetrically that you remark
its hight He is strong where human beings
most need strengthen his moral pcrcep-
tions and faculties. He is capable OF
chivalric honor and of 4 consciousness OF
duty strong as death His pictures give
but a faint shadow of the man for his
stature, his movement, his presence indi-
cate him even more than his face. All ex-
press the highest manliness. The light
step, the erect head, the splendid figure,
the clear, open countenance-all indicate
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told so often that he is mot great man
that | expected to see rather wcak-look-
ing brother, and confess to positive surprise
when saw before me man who made the
men about him look rather poor and small.
who, if there be anything in temperament,
physique, and head, has enough of each
and all for himself, with considerable to
spare for others. Having seen him, nobody
now could ever make me believe that he
has not mind OF his own, with will enough
and sense enough to put it to the best uses
And the Whispering Thomases Of the party
who have expected him to be putty in the
fingers of his Republican makers, may hang
up their fears.
Meanwhile, on this man Of whom every
one in the nation is this moment thinking
fair woman between two little children
looks down She has a singularly gentle
and winning face. 1t looks out from tn,
bands of smooth dark hair with that ten
der light in the eyes which we have come Il
associate always with the Madonna. | have
never seen such a face reign III the White
House l wonder what the world Of Van
ity Fair will do with it. Will it friz tha
hair powder that face .c!!-...w those sweet
pure lines away with pride? bare thos
shoulders shorten those sleeves? hid
John Wesley's discipline ont Of sight, as i
poses and minccs before the first lady o
the land?
: What will she do with it, this woman
Of the hearth and home? Strong as she /
fair, will she have the grace to use it a
not abusing it to be in it, yet not Of 1t
: pricstcss of religion pure and undefiled
holding the white lamp of her womanhood
: unshaken and unsulied, high above tn
heated crowd that tawns, hatters, an
: spoils The Lord in Heaven knows. All
know is that Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are th
fnest-looking type Of man and woman tha
: | have ever seen take up their abode in tn
e White House
: President Hayes stood on the caster
: steps of the Capitol where Lincoln stooC
r and pronounced his inaugural addres
Around him was the flower of fashion an
II Of state. Below him were regiments of mel
IS black and white, whose blue uniforms r
e called, at least to one, the silent army Of the
II brothers whose bivouac OF. yonder high
l. made this picture Of the nation possbl
y Banners waved, and far away across II
n pale green grounds spread the people TT
d gray cloud mass of the morning, that prou
( ised "a dark and snuffling day" al
rt passed away. The low Maryland hill
S hickered in sunshine and shadow. TT
y city, covered all over with the bloom
e banners, stood stately and beautifully besic
q its embracing river, within encrcling hill
= In one long street the iremen rested.
% another the artillery waited. The la
70 words were uttered, and "the dee
7, mouthed guns" sent out salvo after salv
u that shook the hills. Drums began to bea
d, men to march Then from the vast mul
tude went up peal of exultation.
-Four days ago this scene would ha
IN seemed impossible. But little mo
es than week ago, assassination W