Telegram-herald., 1888-11-23

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eoms from a. th.s could hardly - sLla4lslt
for 10 ue=ls Of his family.
According % IL ~ es1isnt's frienis nothing
Is settled coaesga.ng bis f1tare szcsps thai
he VII net return D. B4f4la The prevailing
opinion IS tha. af.sr journey % Earope hs
vii ss.l his Washington property and seek 70
plaes hlHze.f a. ths head Of some financial
Institution IN Nsw York eity. Though
trained and successful lawyer II Il not thought
probable hs vii care 70 resume tie practice
u his profession Certain it Is that until
w1shia tie .sst few days the president has
hardly gwen a thought - his future, not -
much from bind conndeaee IA his re-elec-
ton A. from a pf sssure Of other duties and
tones AMI hts Characteristic dlsincl.natl1n
l. borrow trouble Fer the president this
problem of as future now becosnas
- more serious oas tazn Is apparent 10 the
casual observer, Even were .hs question u
income 50 settled as - give lim no further
concern, and bg modest living and prudent
management ais rentals might suffice % sup-
port as family there still remains the proc
lem of cougersi euplovment Lr Cievs-
land is not old enough to lind contentfneut IA
\ retired life, ana not enough OF student %
dad ia b. declining years tie sO4ace Of a.
scholar.
In the after life OF hts predecessors Nr.
Cleveland canrc. iud much 70 comfort him
Washington lived only two years after his re-
tirelneut. and the peace OF even this brief
period of release from public duty was
broken by tho rumbiings Of war with
France and by labor at the plans OF reorgan-
ization Of the army. which were intrusted to
him by President Adams After twenty FIVE
years OF public service John Adams retired
10 private life, feeling bitterly his defeat for
re-e.ectiOu-a bitterness which was in no
wiso relieved by "a consciousness Of the fact
that while la had saved the young republic
from war which might have ended in ius
ruin the country had chosen for his sue
cezsor the leader OF the war party. Though
C2 VIXEN iuauCurated, John Adams lived
twenty-five years after lcGving the White
House But he had the immense advantage,
which 80 few OF our modern presidents en-
joy. Of tho possession of farm and a fond
ness for Is cultivation Adams left WASH
inCton in haste at the expiration Of his term,
not waiting even for the inauguration cerc-
monies, and took up his residence on his farm
at Braintree. ten miles southwest Of Boston.
There he read much, enjoyed correspondence
with Jefferson. the men having been recon
ciled by the aid Of mutual friends, and served
in a state constitutional convention when 81
His declining years became more and moro
tranquil as the bitterness engendered by poll
tics slowly disappeared
JefTerson's after life was much harassed
by financial difficulties, and the fifteen years
which lie spent at Monticello after leaving
the White House cannot be described a. years
OF contentnent. Madison was moro forum
ate Retiring at G6, he spent nineteen years
b &c artI ~
Monroe was 67 when he left the White House,
and the cloud of his declining years was the
inadecuacy Of his income. He lived till be
was 73 but his wife died soon after his re-
tirenient from public life, and be spent the
remainder OF his DAYS in tho home OF his
daughter. Lirs Gouverneur, in New York
city.
Only two presidents have re-entered public
( life after bidding good-by to tie White
House. One of these was John Quincy
Adams, who retired in 1890 and two years
later appeared in the house of representatives,
where ne remained, the "Oid Man Eloquent"
till stricken down at bis post seventeen years
later. This reminds me Of a prediction
recently made by one Of Mr.. Clevelsnds
Buffalo friends
Il. the president fails Of reelection" said
be. Il expect him to return to Buffalo in a
couple Of years and resume the practice OF
law. | also expect 70 SEQ him once more
mayor Of Buffalo OF n member Of congress
from our safe. He may not be a second
John Gun Y Adams but ] know that Nr
Cleveland does not look upon the presidency
as or Office which precludeS Its incumbent
afterward returning 20 his former vocation,
or performing further public service. no mat
teg II what capacity, X called thereto by his
fellow citizens"
Andrew Jackson lived eight years after
leav tx the T. hite House. and the evening OF
his life was nOte~orthilv calm and in strik.
! ing contrast with Lis tempestu0us career. He
bccane devout Christian and took grea.
delight in reading the Scriptures to his fam
iiy and servants
aartin Van Buren retired from the presi-
ccncy IA al, and lived IN quiet and elegance
a. EirtsrhooS. =. Y, TIL bis death in 1862
Van Buren, was elected president in 1896. was
4, defeated ia 30 was much talked Of f1r the
nomination IA - and m - ran orct more.
tais time rs The candidate 0f the AM slavery
wing ~ tie Democratic PARTY. After lcav-
ing the executive chair TYLER lived seventeen
years lu contentn.ent at bis ideal home Saer-
wood Forest. Charles City county Va Polk
ciet within a fsw months after retirement
. Fillmore Travelled 10 E1rope after bis defeat
IN 80 and Ia bs accepted the nomination OF
the American party. Tie lived quietly in his
palasial home ~ Buffalo t4li s death in II
Wen Nr Cleveland rstircs from th.
F pres dan-y be ~ - q younger msn than any
. ~ rs prvdecessors vas "a leaving TIE v ate
h1uss Ssxt % Clsvsisai in raia, y youth
~ss Pisrc", snd y Is - 0e hope8 Clrreisns's