, 1881-10-28
HERE AND THERE,
Opportunities md 1bktacteA In Public
Lifu In America md tn InEInnd.
foILL f.Its,r

opportunities nfiA ObktaGlGh III Public
Lifu In America md tn EnEInnd.
Lontfnn SpsrfatDr.
within tl.u past lWcniy-oiin years three
American Presidents flavt nttractssl Eugls!i
attention to suc II legrcb that llpjr histories,
thur claEnrtcrs, and their ffces i,lve beet, III
familiar III this e0i,l,sry as my Cabinet Mfn-
istcr's. EngtlstnGli iMuw alr. Lincoln,
Gen. t;rant, and tten. t;n,iielh as they know
Sir lioIert Feel, Lord Clyde, or Mr. Forster.
MT ane nf the three las been II mai, nj
fortune. pr llns, tl,a[GGu, POSSESSED anything
like competence, white two have died lu,or
ti'ctI. Mr.. Lincoln, until Ills Glcctlo,i, lived
UPON lita earnings ,ls II Mwyer; nsltl when 10
died. after four yenrs Ut tho Presidency, !!u
lift his witluw Nj, itttlD Tint II s.lbscrip-
tin, was raised FOR hrr by his friutGs
ard MI application WIS llndo tn Cun-
gross for Il pGfsioi, t;ell. Grant, wtlc, lie
WIS catteu ta ac1ivu service, WIS far from
prospesouS-lm,l, indeed. scarcely anything
except Ills income from Il snnall business
a'1. though ls l1ns received lurgn gifts Ri,tl
Illus enjoyed the highest sn!nry given III tho
Union fur eight years, he las still to supple
nielt l,is ne,sst0n by work III c|,nlrtnan OF
corporations. Gen. Garfield. wien hU iiasl,
WAS toltnd tG be p0sscsaetl Of Ei,03o, c0nsist-
}ng chiefly Of Il farm, probably 0vas-yuupsI,
OF l.0 ilcrcs, which tla cultivated himself:
cut Of hts salary us l'rssidct lls ial effected
~ l1lsilIA!ta fur R5vOD 1l,ore, hnt ryon with
!hnt addition tire wllole property left ue!.lntl
him was o,ly 4iO,DO0. Tho fAc,s are INTEREST,"
luz fur two rGnsil,,s; Fhuy shDw that tho pllr-
suit ut politics In America, even wl,en uIe
mlttlc,ai Is successful, is not for iii l,uncs.
rsnly nrcn Iii tlla Unilctt Stutes, mt only to
Tho JDwly burn, but Il! thu pt'Dr
~ very lArEa sectluh Ut American poll-
tlclans live on their sataries: There Is no
iInure pressure: Oh them iM Washington to
!yo exHensisciy tia,' t|:oru Ia on Irish iitei,-
hers y, London; tholr snlnries::are INT lIllbef-
al, hilcnHD bc!tlg tnlsel iu.u necDlNt, In TINT
country Nt magnificent distances; lulll they
HIVE, VIZ Eresua'c. That funrleatluss ot thN
l1tcllMsnrY tntMre which. more tllnM amy other
Enronen1ls., :stclety such as.tley wls], 'lops
hui cnto HEnut tlieir means. alnt tl1cs ll0t
consider lint p,0r man il mara likely tn bs
pslbcI t!!al II rlcl, Que, IT, trusts Garfield,
inlcch, before t;unltl. In Englalnl tie t,rl-
bw I%r rnnot " III lv ~ wt'St !S4 mHney} Of ls
inr Hint to reselvc. and, prActlcally,
i a. very p0or i'lau ind married,
itH{s tfH lnHltI1n ncar'y intolrrnble: M0r,
nr less, III spite of character and ability N,r!
some source " other tic riel, tlStr.,st llin
and tile luor .aesp!se lin. mil llo Is l,an,lurc
Ut every turn. Ills w,llit nf ineu,,s IL nut
thrown IN his teet'., ~ want ne birth u, but
1t Is 4nietty reckongd nEnlnst hin, like Ill
unsnI!s seat or I'LL old political cscniattp. it
tien. Gnrlield's pcrnn!ary postt0n with Il
wife nid two s',Ils, ulltss liH ware IN Irish
ltlr!ll"r. tM retain his sent lM l'nrl1nnnut
vii in!lt office tar A1ly length 0f tllle. Wit,
,Ierye won!l break dow. Under thu ca6 !!lill-
Guilty, a,Il tle W"rry of ki,nwIng tllat tiissn-
lut|uil, which nvrn WelI.tn-tln illunl0crs feel
keem'y, might bu fAtni to lin.