Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-10

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Il Queenzro~n Blk for . Eozsar 10 10 81
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A year ago | Epzij have answered roa. fellow
ciftzens that be E-s hvirg IN furihie retirement
n the bosom q q arSs and t1,py family. sup
oorsd ty tie eznos1-1enss Of an hlEIoss odice.
he Sifs 1t presisprx no bad himself teoper-izet
al lie and shed his blood IN scAisFing the IL
depesdesc~ Of bis country and krsz row % ep
preetAss heros sefvsee~ aod reward soldiers
toilA Such geat;-snec- rss the satlE1rhon Of my
trsend tn sefender Of ONO cabins from the
furious szsss.. the bearer IN his body u the
narts Of seven asssiDri ~eansis when the sposle<s
sAme.
whsn rh. aksnsnaed iex1cns OF Augustus we're
s1fiered 70 -i--s the happy atebandIneu u the
sAresf p1rrion OF Italy. ~e have reason to believe
we knoe Ioieei-tnas some were spaTed Tho
ruthless warrior suffered 70 iisirp the sest
and violate grove. which had resosInded TO
the <onxs u the greatest Of poets We may eoo
Guide Aasp thai the SCARED veterans Of former
wars we're exempted from the otnerstsr general
prescription ln1et-i- mus, suppose that the
sympatny naturally felt between ul~u Of the same
trofessioa- would have induced the 1surpers to
spare the a ar worn followers Of the great PoHpey.
amt the ssorn eneft.ies Of their own faction But
grusisnen, le, ask you now To point To an
exception In the prescription which has ragged IN
:sir country for the last twelve years, Who
has b--p spared that professed anything which
could tempt the cupidity Of the spoilerss Ny
sr1end Is tho last vict!in The Erason VI this hon
Habe Distinction | could tel IL IS somas bal
NHerent from that which Induced the giant
roiypheru1s 10 intend the Ike honor 10 the king
II lthica But you may PERHAPS De anxious t.
know the reaspus which have o-en assigned for
this outrage upon the feelings OF the American
people Why, il precisely that which has
oeen given N al countries for all the violent and
unjust acts o. tyraDts The public good In the
midst Of such ahominatioas, hos appropriate Is
The exclamation Of Of the distinguished vic
tins Of the savage Rohespi-rr-, oh democracy.
how many criIass committed In thy psineH
| Conclude. gentlemen, by offering you
sentiment May 81 non Van Rensselaer, be the
last victim In country of party violence. and
may the services which To be the future rass
ports 10 Office b. not those rendered to party
but TO the whole people q HAsRisoS
After this Cen Van Rensselaer, had right
to expect almost anything. He at first as
pred to the secretaryship OF war. but felt so
confident Of success. and had such an appre-
citation OF the proprieties OF the occasion. that
for u long time he made no effort In his own
behalf The correspondence Of the next few
months Is full Of interest
In january, seven weeks before the tnausu--
ration Of Gen. Harrison, Silas Burrows writes
Gen. Van Rensselaer,: II sincerely believe
you can be- Tippscanoe's successor Or, SHOULD
you prefer, can give direction a. TO who shall
be-
But cabiret hopes were soon given up and
Gen Van iseusselaer aspired Instead to the
collectorship of the port OF New York HH
came on to Washington, At this stage the
letters began to TEEN with references to rival
ambitions, to intrisues treachery Efforts
were made 10 induce Gen. Harrison To believe
bis frssnd hal not been true 10 HIM Feb. IS
1874. Miss Catharina Van Rensselaer, thus
writes her brother in this pretty fashion;
Before he left the bail room Tuesday night
ten Harrison came to me and tried To get
farewell kiss. but told him it would not he
decorous thing for the presitlent-elect IN
ball ROOM and he left US in a very cheerful
mood He urged papa To accompany him
and take me along, but papa declined. AMI
was really rejoirel that he did SO, for could
you see the otsequiouSneSs of the swGrals
thicker than the loeusts of Egypt Of Office
seekers you would be greatly amused Sorry,
indeed. would | I've to have our noble old
father even appear on their trail, hut with
pleasure atiir:u here there is no bringing
servilc adulation on his part Some of p1pas
friends say; General, you err in not address
ing yourself at once to the president-elect
But papa only holds his head higher, and says
he trusts his old friend -
A few days before the Inauguration Gen
Van Rensselaers nephew, H. Schermer
horn, wrote him from New York
You must see the presiIeat-t.p-t Gad faih with
him freely widespread cnl ,L--J tal has
been laid to rob you Of yoar iodine ace with the
president and To poison his mll'' against you
Men from Washington already say your inii'irnce
there does not amount To much As regards to
my seif | have not only not been benefited by
your aid but have suffered ia my EFFORT to get
the marshalship In consequence Of being your
nephew Was anything ever SO mouStrous, SO III
natural so outrageous-and this. too, TO occur
within the first ten days Of the administration Of
the old hero OF North Bend, with whom you had
fought and hed In defense OF your country, and
for whom you had fought and conquered In The
political field 1t Is strange passing strange, and
when you have talked frankly and plainly with
the president In the manner that honest hearteJ
old soldiers should DISCOURSE with zach other,
have no doubt he will fully realize the extent of
he injury inflicted upon you and at once set
about repairing the injury despite all conse-
quences even that OF blowing M the whole
cabinet
Thus the struggle goes uions;, and one OF
Gen Van Rensselaer's friends soon writes
him:
There Ia d very general belief that President
Harrison is cpin, 10 allow himself t. b@ too much
governed by his cabinet This II tue. will strip
MIN Of all popularity, and as certainly use up the
gentlemen OF the cabinet Can it he possible that
the president intends to give you the cut direct or
that he will allow his honest old heart 10 he swayed
by the low and dirty Vaccinations Of political
whiIr,ters toad eaters and liars uhu envy you
your positioni
A few days after the iheH -nation Gen.
Van Rensselaer, dined With Lac pr sd mt, and
hS daughter Catharina was invited to spend
several days as u guest at the executive man
sion In one of her letter. appear these lines:
Everybody is wild about appointments of some
Kind Dewitt Eloods,ool "a candidate for some
thing making himself very agreeable at the
White Hous, lie gave Mrs Harrison an elegant
bouquet, ard sail he wouil bring johnson ba1d
around to give them serealde Gen Harrison
calls me his daughter and told papa should not
return to Albany with him
Two G,avs later she adds
Gen Harrison gave a farewell dinner this after
noon for our dear father There was a large as
semplage of the elite of Washington, and every
thing passed OF pleasantly About O'Clock We
prepared to take our departure Toe president
vas very atrecti,nate, and honored me with much
attention The arm Of the good president encir
clej the while many gentlemen were around US
talking about the Albany postotIicc aud papa At
some remark made. Gen Harrison chned In with
Yes, it was a small matter In Mr. Van Buren, to
take from Gen Van Rensselaer, that pitiful Office
Towhich papa replied in q singing, dorisve tone,
emphasizing every word; And you have
stored 10 mo t,iat same ptifli office" There was
silence Throughout the room that could be felt
The general seemed startled, suddenly taken
abacs. and exclaimed, with slight trernor in his
in his voice Trust me, general, trust me
Aiarrl Il Cen Van Rensselaer, wrote his
son, sadly.
1t ia now 3 a N We start IN an hour for home.
with my o. postmaster commission II my pocket,
and notIing Nothing else could be had
About the same date his daughter writes:
l have exceedingly enjoyed every moment of
time waile ct ;1e White House, bI, | really pity
the poor pr-,iGelt Ee il harasse1 to death by
the swarms Of applicants More taan once he
left even the diluer table TO persons who
called
But this charter on the cruelt!es Of politics
is not vet llaisaed Gen Wan l:e1sselncr be-
lieve1 Gen Harrison meant 10 do better by
him III future. but within q week the presi-
dent was tiea l. Now Gen Van Rensselaer,
returns to \. ashington. lie calls on fresi-
dent Tyler. and Immediately afterward says
he is delighted with the Interview Two
years pass and Tyler removes Van Rensse-
laer from the postoi.lce. In good time Tyler
leaves the vi ite Eouse, Goa aylor cones
in, and Cen Van Rensselaer, appears once