The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-29

have referred TO that he felt that he was
better prepared if the emergency should
come now, than he would have been il be
had not passed the time he did in Wash.
ington, and made the acquaintauces he
made there. He told me that his rela.
tions with the members of the cabinet
were pleasant. and that be had passe
the time very agreeably with the Sec.
retary of State and his family, and
that Sirs. Hunt, the wife of the Secretary
OF the Navy, and his wife had been girl
acquaintance and friends and there was
pleasant intimacy there. All his tall
confirmed my fave able impressions OF
him and feel now that though it is q
crest responsibility, he is equal to it. He
cannot fail to profit by the lessons which
the fate of the three other Vice pres;
dents who became Presidents teach.
HARTFORD, September Ex-Governor
Jewell was seen tonight with regard to
the nations calamity, aud the following
interview took place:
"Will Arthur follow in the footsteps
Of Garfield? ?"
"Well, Arthur is Republican and 80
was Garfield they wero both hard money
men; both in favor Of q proper pro.ection
OF American industries both friends of
ahe working classes, and both able, up.
right and honorable and efficient execu~
tive men; of that do not fear any great
change in the policy of the administra-
tion, or any serious or disastrous, results
to the country or to the party"
Then you think that A rthur will make
good President ?"
oh, yes, of course do; know him
well, have known him long, aud have
every confidence in his ability, integrity,
and patriotism" Z"
"Havo you seen him since the assassi.
nation ?"
Yes, | arrived in Washington Sunday
morning, July 3, before daylight went
to the White House, and there heard that
Arthur was on his way to Washington at
the request fthe cabinet. called upon
Kim on Sunday Mr.. Blaine and several
gentlemen had been there before me. On
Monday morning at an interview with
DR.. Hamilton, at which were present,
besides myself, DR.. Baxter and General
Anson McCook, was given very cou.
fidential opinion of the Presidents case
and the desperate nature of the wound,
and 1T is very singular that it has
turned out 80 nearly as DR.. Hamilton
feared"
"Did DR.. Hamilton expect him to
live ?"
"Dr. Hamilton said on that Monday
morning t1at if the wound was through
the Presidents liver, as it was stated to
him to be, (he having seen it only, not
having probed it, the President would
die, in his judgment. Even if it had
not penetrated the liver he said it was a
great deep, dangerous wound, and no fatal
results would come of it for weeks and
perhaps months, but at some future time
abcesses might be formed, surgica! oper-
ations might be gone through with, eli
mate would be against him-his condition
being then weak-and it was very doubt.
fhl whether he could survive but, he
said, unless the liver had been penetra-
ted there was no Immediate danger. |
said to DR.. Hamilton, Then you think
the chances are against the President ?'
"'Oh,' he replied, i think very much
against him-yery much indeed I3aid
to him: I am going to see General Ar
thur this morning may tell him what
you say2' He said to me: Tell him
exactly. what say, and you may
also tell Mr.. Blaine, but do not desire
that you give my opinions to the public
General hfcCook and DIR. Baxter said
they thought it was my duty to tell Gen
eral Arthur the exact opinion Of DR..
Hamilton. / soon went up to Senator
Jones's house where General Arthur was
stopping, and told him what DR.. Hamil.
ton had said. He was very inucl, de-
pressed. as / could we'll see when first
called. and he was greatly shocked at
whe; DR.. Hamilton said, because it was
different from the ideas he had received
from the published bulletins and public
reports."
did you like his department when
you told him this ?"
II did, very much. He talked like the
true man and gentleman that he is.
Great drops of perspiration stood on his
brow, and as he wiped them off he said
This is dreadful He then said: Gov.
ernor Jewell, the Presidency would no,
be very bad thing If q man were nomi.
mated for it and elected to it, but to re,
ceiye it in this manner, at the hands Of an
assassin, is very different thing And
after moment or two he said: If Gar.
field has got to die God knows I would
gladly exchange places with him at thi.
moment believe he was sincere in
his expressions, and that no man in thi,
country regretted the villaiuous act Of
Guiteau more than did General Arthur
/ believe he told ME his real opinioni
and convictions, and that he will act ur
to the highest standard of patriotism
propriety, and honor I have not the
slightest doubt"
HAS he the executive ability TO make
frat >class President ?''
"Oh yes, plenty oft. He had first
clas training, WAS good lawyer, wal
Governor Morgans' Secretary, and hat
filed every office with uncommon abil
ity and with great credit to himself and
satisfaction to the departments with
which he has been connected, both state
and national"
"You must have seen a good deal O.
him last Summer during the campaign p
"Oh, yes, and q most iudefatigsble
chairman found him to be. We were
both very busy men. lat my headquar
ters and he at his. rarely got an op
portunity to have much OF any confer
ence with him until about midnight
and at midnight, generally, I went ovel
to the Fifth Avenue h,tal into his priyat,
| room, where we talked over the Attain
of the day. He aeemed to forget that h,
was himself on the ticket, but was making
a tremendous struggle against heavy odd
e. carry the State Of New York for th,
nominees Of the Chicago convention, re
gardless of who they were. I do no
think he worked any harder for beiul
himself on the ticket than he woult
otherwise have done. He never doe
things halfway. Whatever ia the sub
ject before him he throws the who'll
weight of his capacity and intellect int,
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