Daily Republican., 1881-09-08
rne president ut E.beron.

The President ut EsberOn.
Sufficient time has not elapsed yet 10
show what the ultimate results OF the
removal of the President to Long
Branch will be- but that he has got
away from the malarial Influences OF
Washington is cause for the most sim
cere qualification. Another chance Is
given the wounded and sick President
for his life; thanks to his own admira
BILE pluck, the forethought of his physi-
clans and the admirable management
of the removal by the railroad of1icials.
By the removal the President is given
one more chance for life. His intuitions
have been true and constant, and he
has never ceased to urge his removal
from Washington to a more salubrlous
part of the country where the terrible
niasma of the Potomac flats could not
reach him.
Aside from these influences there
were others which no doubt operated
upon his mind and made him anxious
to get away. Since that terrible day,
the second of July, Washington, if it
ever had any charms for the President,
must have lost them all. We can easily
imagine how he must have brooded over
the attempt to kill him almost within
sight of the spot where the deadly as
sault was made. For n-arly nine
weeks he had lain at the portals OF
death near the place from which he had
been carried to die. Then not far from
him was .he prison in which his assail-
ant was confined. He was secure, it is
true, from the danger of second as
sault, but after all there was the would
be-murderer but a short distance from
him, and only prevented perhaps from
making second attack by prison walls
and guards. All these thoughts must
have had depressing effect upon the
President, and we can readily under
stand his intense desire to go back to
Mentor, or at least to be removed from
the city where he received his in
juries.
The desire of the President to get
away from Washington was shared by
the publiC-indeed so endeared has e
become to the public that any reascna.
BILE desire would find true and manly
echo, in the breast of every true Ameri
can citizen. This is shown by the
cheering Of the great crowd in Phila
delphia, composed of Republicans an
Democrats alike, who surrounded TIE
bulletin boards and watched every de-
spatch until he had arrived safta Elbe-
ron. That great hearty cheer was the |
expression of respect and love for a
man that could not be told in words |
and it met hearty response from all |
over our broad land. Never was the
progress of Prince or President 50 |
anxiously watched before. 1t seemed |
as if every man, woman and child made |
the case his and her own, SO universal |
was the feeling and suspense as the
train whirIed on from Washington to
the seashore, and so great was the sense
of relief when the journey was ended
without apparent damage to the pa
tient.
Whether the President is to be bene-
fitted by the change remains to be seen
but he, with the people, expect great
change for the better from his sojourn
expectation than the President himself
as we have been repeatedly assured by
the public prints. He is reported to
have said 1T is chance and | want
to take it, 1t is a chance, indeed, and
if pure bracing air and change of
scene can help him up from the portals
of deaths dark valley, we know of no
more desirable place than Long Branch
where such help can be secured The
trial has been made with a success and
skill that reflect great credit upon the
management. A few days will proba-
bly, afford certain indications of the
completeness of the success. Mean
time the public must be patient, neither
expecting too much or hoping too little,
but SILL hoping that every days stay
by the sea side will bring renewed
strength and health to our afflicted but
loved President.