Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-01
OUR GREET CESAR.

The magnifcence of our lofty exc cntise,
the roya3 airs Of exclusiveness that chaaac-
terize the habits of the White house. are
some times quite astonishing to Eemo-
cratic Republican eyes. hlr. ArihuE is of
the opinion that the executive oaIice Is
great, and Re tries to be great himself.
His opinion of the Office is correct. His
efforts to Encrease his personal magnitude
to the size eef the office,
and tie means resolted to, to
effect that purpose, ale simply RI
diculous and disgusting. The frog IN Chs
fable. Gnat was ambitions to nsach the CIR
conference of an OK, met with ridiculous
even fatal disaster. The magnitude of an
Office does not enlarge Elemental any more
than the physical proportions of man.
| Tos ssume sti,tcd airs of superiority, to
lock down with scorn FROM the heights of
the White house, upon the *'com-
mon people" is to beget con-
| tempt for its occupant. Raised without
fB,erit to hisiligh position, the supeccilious
i cir of arrogance assumed by the president.
,simply serves to set off his littleness. To
ixout mansof small caaabre and inadequate
ability in a high position, is to make his
ii weakness end incompeteacy all tie more
!. glaring and conspicuous. A Washington
+ journal portraying tho lofty bearing of the
) ssmonarafn of the White house, says:
The president devoUes one hour, and only one:
| on each asf three days each week to audiences
granted plain citizens, and then a congressman
or other government dag nitary sending In his card
is given precedence, and the whole hour may be
mono p0lazed by stilted officials. Then the plain
| citizen must wait day or two and try agar. anC
two or three weeks may be wasted in the effort
to secure an interview of two or three minutes
Duration The president claims Monday as his
, | own das when none can him unless he ask
for THEM, or unlessthey be close personal friends
or great holders. Two days of each week
are devoted to cabinet meetings, when he Is lnvls
ible and thenthe people of the United States-hfty
millfens of them when the imprinted and for
: gotten census was taken, some three wears ago
) are assigned to one Fixed hour on each of three
days. The president has spent the summer and
fall iEnketing about at government expense,
= ina government ship. He has rOved over New
York New England and Canada, and it seems
that he might now leave that delightful retreat,
the Soldiers home, take his proper place in the
White house, dismiss his rollicking companions,
and devote himself to the service of the people,
who invested him with office that he might
right their wrongs, hear their petitions, and see
that the humblest as well the proudest
citizen has perfect justice melted out by the pres
idents subordinates. Mr.. Arthur's head is
surely not SO light that it becomes dizzy when
borne about on presidents shoulders. He has
not forgotten the old, oft-quoted apothegm OF
Epaminondas, uttered when sweeping the streets
of Thebes: ga man may do honor to any Office,
burt NO Office can do honor to any man." Surely
the president does not now despise the common
herd.o Then let him see or hear them daily.
This studied precedence given the rich and pow
erful and the placemen Of the day cannot be toll
Grated among people thoroughly imbued with
, the principles and philosophy of government in
culcated by Thomas jefferson. department
clerk, whose head is no bigger than ones fist,
and whose wisdom and aspirations are bounded
by the four white walls in which he learned to
excel in triing clerical tasks that breed idiocy,
may become arrogant and exclusive, and he may
swell tremendously when set over dozen OF
two of his wretched fellows. But
president of the United States
cannot even comprehend, it is supposed, miserable
little vulgar vanities, illustrated in the conduct
of the upifted clerk.
We write this not to injure Mr.. Arthur, a
much-respected gentleman in social life. We
are impelled by no partisan feeling to assail him
and destroy his hold upon popular respect and
confidence. We propose only to give him an
opportunity to remedy mistakes of conduct,
about which much complaint is constantly made