New-York tribune., 1879-09-02
perfect keeping with their attitude toward each

The picture of the rising and OF tne selhng SUI, sun
10 the mind the little uchin Evening STAR LED anu sup
ported by the strong n@i1 ., tI % s form erect and
straight bis heshess hand firmly graspng me knnp .,
his walking stick without the aid Of which MS stnene1
legs and swollen refused 10 move with their won,ed
certainty every wrinkle OF his long sharpiy Gu, l9Je %
hnshv ey. -hrows heaming with undiminshcd bright
ness spite of his spectacles. his white but sun pShu
hair brisng up from his perpendcular ioichea1-,%an %
buren, on the other hand reaching only precisely the
middle height in bameess toilet. MS snoo,n 1 snom
white shirbosom IN complete harmony WI ms rounu
face carefully shaved with the exception OF very decent
ewhiskcgs, bis large double cain huding peasa.
stc folds proceeding his eshy undcrliV settled
smile in which studied. obliging manner native go1d
uatuie nd slreWcncsS have equal shares; III MS
brghi-colored, vivacious, twinkhng eyes, the SAINT
qualities to he read round high ioreneau, M wcn & ap
and bears evidence of endowmctts without. however
meaning bourgeois in whom the largest and best part
OF simplicity aud honesty ore scarcely mch more iran
skin deep I'm opposition to wbich the diplomatic reserve
is more Than thin vaTush labOrousiy Scqulred NV tue
parvenu. His wide mouth is certainly aole IN sI'een
bmt II Is sim better skilled the Of silence con-
scus of IFS object. The man understa how TO walt
without maufcstuG the least Sign OF mpatence; put
he will never walk away from mark when ne
has once aimed at he thinks himself good enough
Tor the best Even II his temperament ould not pre-
him from paipahle wsdeeds he wouiu ne'St - %
come guilty Of them because he l. wise ehough 10 ko
that they would be ilreparabe msiakes' l. "p,S @
facility. he reconeiles himself TO the most uheie'
vctlons and parts ana even 10 tnose oi ths tn -
Cf himself and rooted IN principle He does noe uxn @
arm hui he knows where TO find proper rag as
"A ~ q
WAYS cool process Of calculation, that 1t will not pre-
safe from all danger For no object can ne rsn
everything. for IN the Lass analysis ne never csS &
an idea aN ays himself and for himself alone No'
v1df he srove for but hotc ne strove 10 attain bs e
sepsrnted the SOU OF the peasant innkeeper from The
President of the United States. In place or the p3icN
Of ends he puts the policy He did not climb
to he lelgh OF tne statesman. but neither dld he de-
scend into the depths OF real demaecglsm FROM tne
very rst the last he remained IN thai chsraetelS
middle I'm the shallow stagnant water OF tIading po
ties 20 far his own elsOnal interest re ne
would have put both tine one ana ne oter poIli1ni
thought into execution, and he had az least one reN
siatrsmanlke thoughts but the pF9pshng forces & W.
own own Ssrs Sais. never '"0'' powers ""'" u" So '
In describing the close Of President TyleT's Ad-
ministration the author gives brief outline sketch
of that statesman which is as little fateriDg to his
capacity as to his principles. His defeat as a candi-
date Cor reelection, says Professor Won Hoist, was
not owing to an honorable but hopeless struggle
with the politicians, whose theory Of Office holding
be had proposed TO condemn. In this respect, he
surpassed them all on their own ground. The more
the number of his adherents melted away, the more
intent did he become on reGlecton His little soul
thought his people so small that he believed he had
in the bestowa of Offices the sure key to the White
House. and the nearer his term of office approached
its end, the more regardlcssly did he dis"ose Of
them, as if they were his private property. 1t was
not only the Wings who accused hlm OF this Inc
Democrats, among whom chiefly he went about
poddling his stock trade did not undervalue lhe
advantage which policy Of this kind. as unwise
as 1t was Shameless brought to them. They were
satisfied TO see the Wings east out and people put III
their place who would, for the most part, cling TO
them the moment they became convinced OF
TyleIs political bankruptcy. But they repelled the
attempt to buy the party with Office truni-
perry as an insult, the baseness of which
iftr
the rival candidates for the succession, opposed
to Mr. Van Bnren, the author succincty expresses
his opinion but anticipates the course of history IN
a more elaborate portTa ture Of the future Piesi-
dent. James Buchanan: Ills personal qualities
gave occasion To fear him more than Johnson and
Cass He was lust rs little of q statesman rs these,
tut ne was an entirely equal rival OF Van Buren, IN
his own very peculiar sphere; politician as sly,
smooth, weak and empty as can well bo imagined
in Understanding phrases always making show oi
great moral courage where there was no need of
an entirely reliable party man, unless he was Obliged
to separate himself from the party in order not to
undermine his position in Pennsylvania; moving
over the surface of every question with luent ana
ready tongue; master IN he art Oh so arranging
words that he might not be understood by any
party, when he wished not TO he understood great
in the use of small Iseans but too wise TO engage
the value of the bearing of the man of honor {;
closely observing the smallest va:ations in the po
ltical atmosphere, but insensbe to the great cur
rents Of the time entirely clear only on one point
that the slaveocracy the star which gude the
course to the White House hungry for regard, in
huence and honor, but too diminutive iii intellect
and character to feel the glow of true ambition a
man. so TO speak to he neither loved nor hated, es
tcemed nor despised. sighted nor admired, intended
to play an influential part in the agitation of
parties, and by history to be silently num-
bered with the dead, because in oil his
do:ngs there was not single deed; a man
|. TO whom fate could do nothing worse than
place him at the helm in an eventful pcriod."
In the composition of the work Professor Won
Hoist has employed style of masculine and sinewy
vigor rather than one with any claims to elegance
OF grace. His mode of expression is often abrupt.
he is not afraid of harsh and rugged metaphors, he
never seeks the polish Of artificial rhetoric, at
tempts to weed his dictlOn Of crude and unwieldy
terms Hence his pages have air of formality
and heavneSs. The reader accustomed to the eX-
duisite literary charms OF the English and American
historians will find few attractions in the narIa-
tive apart from its robust and manly sense, and
the reach aud solidity of its information. It's pc
rusal viii prove rich source of instruction. but Oi
little recreation or delight The peculiar qualities OF
the original are preserved in the translation. Ii is
evidently the product of painstakng, conscientious
labor but il still bears the marks of its foreign
origin with little endeavor TO give 1t the natural
smoothness and flowing ease of an idiomatc compO-
sitior.
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