The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-05-29

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At least % tho same plass with Mr. Blaine
-vAatsvsr that 10 ladgsa 10 he.
rHx WHITE ncuxE cAspapsTL
liAvlng no business Whatever 81 the
White Hsuss. l nave been centsnt u
study Mr.. Arthur through . lsrgsetts 81
The opera Amer an hour 81 such sirdy !
thisk "a vould ecenr 10 any ese 10 SAY
that that the Prssidsst hAs learned 10 81
nscom msnly vsil-an accom- lishnsnt
Surprising 10 an American, aud the moro
surprising 10 Mr.. Arthur, vhe. urmistAk.
ably IN every featars. 10 but short ~
move from . still more nervous race. But
II Mr.. Arthur is nearly Cslt. he 10 Celt
Who has learned the art Of department 81
least before The public. Sitting 81 the
epsrA IN veil groomsd regulation drsss.
he rarely Moves had. making success.
isl figure for the svssing AN art possibly
10 which he 10 indebted for still greater
success At the White House; dspsrtmsnt
beisgs capacity for negatives, aud the
Prssident's derneapor. a. public officer.
being admitted TO have been 81 least. excel
lestly veil managed. But sloss scrutiny
Of Mr.. Arthurs face dsss rot make any
revelation OF power much higher thaa
this negative one Of dscerum. or. q most.
thss the capacity Ter dscorous routine
which has appeared in bis Administration
and saved IL Tor ssmc not very we'll aaal-
yzsd public respect Every line il his
herid countepsnec IL OF the heavy and
coarssr kind. not made by thought OF
sensibility, but marking the type OF his
origin. HIS head. which, according to his
frame. should DO large, Is dead against
him. and Of the wrong inversion 10 size
for deliberately chosen American Chief
Magistrate. The lover portion, including
the nsssurmsnt Of the heavy jaws. 10 Of
enormous girth. whils . tape measure
thrswn around the narrsv temples veuld
shrink considerably, % it would appear,
from the average standard. Here . not
the place. perhaps, for any very studied
estimate. but looking at him for moment
steadily and takisg physiology int ~.
count, should say that Mr.. Arthur's vas
an extremely sreditsble case Of the meet
made out Of inferior beginnings. Thought.
full persons here ~ elsewhere, l hnd. SEE
the superior clerical capacity and address
be has applied 10 his offics-but not
much beyond. II is agreed, more.
over. that what chance hs has OF being
nominated for his swn successor at Chica.
% he holds by the mere virtue Of being in
ofiics-s virtue which Is vice. But Mr..
Arthurs NEST Jealous good wishsrs in
Washington do not effect entirely TO
ignore what the country at large 80 we'll
keeps in mind, his nearly fatal weuna for.
bidding him TO run this rsse--his weld
ing OF his Office tive years since 10 the
calamity Of his party in his swn State.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE
Mr.. Blaine has memory like Cyrus the
Persian. had not encountered him for
sixteen years. and his recognition was a
prompt NJ encounter. "You do not grow
old, and you have been living out Of doors
think can detect ct sight the man who
is so fortunate as to live in the open air.
Lsok at this" be said running his hand
through his blanshed hair.
Mr.. Blaine by turning to the use OF his
pen. thing SO common with English
parlaneltarians-is starting new era in
the history Of political men 10 America.
He is making house here on Lafayette
Square famous by writing = book in it.
As Is generally known, he does not occupy
his own commodious house q one OF the
upper avenues. but this residence here
overlooking the charming park, and three
door distant from the famous Sicklas man.
sion Of twenty years age. He writes In
the morning and gives audience Of IN hour
or so 10 his friends in the Afternoon: /
had been often advised in these later years
that he eaptivatsd all who approached
him by a charm Of manner" which
half guessed il advance to consist in the
ordinary condensation with which Amer.
ican politicians fattsr still cheaper men.
l was disarmed OF suspicion at the first
instant OF greeting him, and after the
briefest OF conferences lost wonder at the
peculiar hold be has acquired in recent
years over every class Of American minds. |
Mr.. Blsine's manner in conversation il as
direct and simple az that Of the best bred
He spoke Of his book only |
and as Of thing Of which |
his intsrlocutor might not know, or in
which he might have NO interest II
have been occupied with some literary
work OF late, which has kept me more
than usually confined. II get through |
with this after while, l should like to
have a short run abroad like others.
have been in Europe once, but rushed at
everything o. the most Of rs do. II 60 |
again il will be in different way. shall
tire myself ont with no picture galleries:
I shall keep sut Of doors oil day and shall
90 for rest to the opera in the evening"
and shall do nethisg else"
Twenty years Of experience since his
FIRST days in the House Of Representatives
have had an immense refining effect on
he face Of the Maine statesman; the -four.
ish Of external vigor in the looks being
taken away to be substituted by an ex.
preston Of reserved sld placid force.
That this fibre il Of unusual sort-snd
especially for ~ American politicians
evident in the fact that il mellows rather
than hardsns, asd turns out Vt last in this
literary venture. A year ago.
when the enterprise Of his book was being
begun, NEST thoughtiul people said: 1T
will be 0 political book without touch
,f literary merit, for which he has had no
training" But rs the chapters in tho
.lready published vslums show Mr..
Blaine has mastered literary art, too, and
'tyle is liable to be subjected. it is still
'tyle, graphic. vivid and attractive.
There has been much discussion, / dis
'svsr. here in Washington, ~ 10 what 10
md has been Mr. Blains's actual attitude
lovard his possible nominatios 1t Chicago
By his nearest friends am told that his
outward demsanor has been that Of care
essnsss. This beisg the only attitude Of
absolute selfrespect, in such Q matter, !
link not mueh else 10 needed 10 be said
n advance Of the convention. II is quite
that with the newer tasks he
las set himself to achieve his tastes may
rave sutgrows some earlier predictions
md that in the midst Of the inspiration Of
literary osuposition his frequent IL not
ais hsbitual stats Of mind may be that OF
Indifference towards su event
which . few years ago might have seemed
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