Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-13
!. pnEsIDENr FROM THE EAST.

a RkESkhbENE EBOn III
The New York Sun says: eve may
expect to see some noticeable social
changes both at the White House and
throughout Washington during the adj
ministration of President Arthur. He
il the first President who has come from
the East since Buchanan gave place to
Lincoln, a Western man in all his associ-
atoms, in his mode of thought, manner
Of life, and peculiar training.
Then came Andrew johnson, a very
rough product of Western civilization.
Grant followed for two terms, and car
ried to the White House both vulgar
ideas and vulgar associates. During the
eight years of his administration Wash
ington society was greatly corrupted; its
o was seriously lowered by the infin-
ences which went forth directly from the
Executive Mansion. A rage for wealth
and for shoddy display prevailed at the
capital, and it became fashionable in the
set which was most powerful to offer adj
ulation to rich men simply because they
were rich, and no matter how they got
their money, or how coarse and vulgar
they might be. 1t was the worst period
in the history Of Washington public life
and Of Washington society.
When the Fraudulent Hayes was set
up in the White House it was said that
he would try to simplify and purify So
cial life at the capital. But he came to
Washington a raw and unpublished speci-
men of the Ohio politician of mediocre
abilities, and it was absurd to expect
that he could teach anybody name
Besides, he was very generally distrusted
not only as a fraud, but a humbug also.
Mrs. Hayes did at first make a feeble
stand against the fashionable customs,
and appeared in only plain gowns con-
structed by a provincial dressmaker; but
after the family had grown accustomed
to the ways Of Washington life, she con-
ceived a fondness for elegant and costly
toilets. A lack of social cultivation and
refined breeding was observable at the
White House while Hayes occupied it.
And there were displayed there an affec-
tation of religious principles and an ig-
norance Of the ways of the world which
were either disgusting or amusing.
General Garfield was not President
long enough to make any great social
mark. Like the Others, he was a West
ern man with Western ideas, but he pos.
sesscd a cordial amiability of disposition;
and Mrs. Garfield has SO admirable a
womanly character, is SO unobtrusive,
and was so little disposed to force her
notions, religious or otherwise, on the
visitors to the White House that her
short stay there will be long remembered
with pleasure.
General Arthur, however, is what il
called a man Of the world. He is 9 gen
tlcman of remarkably fine appearance,
OF polished manners, and of familiarity
with the well educated society OF New
York. He never would be taken for +.
provincial, for one unaccustomed to tn,
ways OF the world, for a man lacking il
refinement, or for one who would be I'm
equal to the social duties of his place
That he OF from New York is obvioa.
to any experienced observer. He bear,
the stamp Of a great city, a polite CAPT
tai. He will. carry into the White
House a degree Of social cultivation
which our Presidents have long lacked,
no matter how great their merits in more
important respects, as men of intellect
and Of moral force.