Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-20
Elgs:ty Years Historical Review.
TEENS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Fashionable people, as we'll as statesmen, like
the excitement ef political capitals. Ia our o~o
country simple President is G sad daUpsr on
shoddg visitors aud speculative residents. ffess
;dent Jefersoo, more than eighty years ago,
grossly outraged polite society by refusing to
conliaue CT couGtensnce weekly eceptloos, ana
everybody remembers how he tttsnded tho
ladies when " ashiagton tad not a descent ho'
tel within its ten miles square, by walking lato
the Presidential Mausion 10 muddy boots, after
they had called to see him. NJ Madison followed
with bis July Dolly; who established sort OF
dangerous sentiment 10 her receptions. The
next President. Monroe, Was as cold as an lce'
berg. John Quincy Adams was the embodl.
ment of uorespoDslve New b 'Rlaod bsuteur.
= Old Hickory" came IN 1923 g. sod although
By o. means ladies' msu. wrecked bis hrst
c.boet 90 acc uo5 Of Mrs. Tlmoerl4ke: Mf.
Van Buren succeeded hin, aud mado holcS'
erbccaer society 10 the White HOUSE; Luf 90
vas 90 geotecl that eVeo bis nau4nty $40 Joha
could cot cx,empo, il &c .odsl for bin. Then
We had General H ,irI.ou. WHO died be!ure his
regime 9ss mJuth old. giviog w,y 10 Joha
Tyler, wilh h's siry GOD. RJbest, aud they Weut
ou 10 rev WITH tho WhlxS, 60 Deg!sc ed be.
CAUSE they tad 10 party If ,h-ir o~o that oo-
body seemed to care if they We're bad or
good. james K PoIk and Mrs. Po'k
csue 10 lS46 At lat we bad real LADY
in the Wnte H5a4t-sta'.ly, 8 hero,
aad stf; Dolhlog could oe N jre atsfoo lve'
All their /, ur yssro rr!gu Vas s-ca'ly blame
I-ss aod re.prc ,bI'. they Sere follow I'd by
Gsper.l Tay:o.; his h US hold e.. 81 s, aad
nis hauGs u = uf, Bat rs old Oh oi.d at
The c6d OF ti & Ht year, tha: dream Was soou
cvs7, eaviox Mr. F,rm.r, to exc out tho
,cru; c,:d, c c,Dsvlvative aud SELF 10. Aloog
osuo d,sh.yg Ec=tk ri rca, but his vile Was
az iovalid. aod as Bis OIL y son wss killed 10 u
r.ilroad accident month before his father was
Installed, that dmluistrA alton, like nesrly all tho
re7;, WAS cou1uctri aunss without woman.
Whas Fiaok Plrroe left BicaaSau caDeia With
his neics. Mss Il iIre5 Liue, IS mistress OF the
W hiEe H0use. Nothing coud have bsen more
cheerirg; her Ieiga Vas nua CT roses, ana sIc
Vas IN mueasc;y eS;aemvd Sha lies tD"1ay,
uu3h loved ao the hlldi0De ~i;e OF Batl'
myrc b k.r. iMc. LtocJn sucoasded, but
ne rebelIiou iu7 7ned the W5lte Huuse lnto
seq military ps,r.ck, aud his I'D UlolHra'lou
81 ,svd with bis as,Issiua'ioa. learlog Mrs.
Liaoolu, his widow, a iviag ruiu. The sc
cid zncg that arose on lis grave made no social
nl.rs. t:ou. b 0ohisg could have been more ro'
pu:apie tisu rbe ladies' OF A. Jobnson's is0iy.
Gsrcra! G;aDs, Of al. lis predecessors, seems to
Ha7c been noSt tor;llai ID his vile aud COLD
req. lie rad eight ysars cf civil snd domeslJ
c,ufort. HIS suc;es.ur, Mr.. Hayes, Is haViog
an ca lally pleasant eXpcrleucc.
Suca is the brief domestic record of The Presl-
dency since tho door of the Nineteenth century
WAS opened The first and second chief magis'
irstes WASHINGTON aid Jchl Adams hai no
special domestic happiness to exempt them from
thu general rule. 1hs retros oect is curious and
interesting. During these eighty years the O!d
World hsa heal dreache1 10 blood to malDtsln
its several govern nents. England alone has
hold her way Withou. alteration. France, COR
many Itsy, austria. Belgium end holland
have all bean ta3 alternate prey OF revolution
and anarchy All have Dsen swept by war or
eutjectci ~ change The soei e;omon' MS
suffered colSpicuOus!y. y lo3Bs hHVe ceen o.
posed with .lEoc hilas. luIrters have had lof
refuge to foreign lands. Assaisin"tl0ns nave
prec5isd snd sup9ilnsutsd srast wars. ran.
,ns have y.ase! sway WITH dynnst!es: pa.
through n there is ono profound tcuth, INA:
narRlI6 is happ'er in tbs rlAss IN the sunset oi
the century thsA u was III Ina dawn CeFlslhiy'
tn. most S. bio govcrnmcn. l5 Arslo'osxoh:
Whore tha English lzuguege, ls sp'Ken, anu
English laws adEllclsiared, tnorn h1s o7en u
xresler aggregate ot humrn happiness. ouch -
the re,ros psct If eighty yhsrs Or rather since Inc
election 0: Gsurge Washington IN 1853 1h'
aggregate is bsforo tho ~of d, Emo taere IS II;
| placs where it can be moe prthta5ly stidl'G
| Thar in Tho ci,y Of Washington, ana no ps4a ol
It is moro interesting IN tn 4 which records tne
nne- lie OF oar siLie ~ Pre!iijn!j.-FoTHey'
| Progress,