The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

lively interest In politics up 70 the day OF
his death, which by patriotic coincidence,
occurred with Adams on July 4, 1926
Madison lived nineteen years on his Vir-
GINA property in Orange county after bid
ding farewell TO the white house. Although
/ quite rich, he looked to the soil like Wash
ington and jefferson. as the primal source OF
prosperity. He was to a greater extent, per-
/ haps, than any other Of the x-Pres, dents, a
| recluse. secluding himself 10 his study aud
delegating the care OF his affairs 70 members
/ or his fnmily. In 1899, however, seven years
/ before his death, he emerged from his soli
tude long enough to take leading part 10
I formulating new state constitution.
! Jaokson's plantation, the Hermitage,
/ near Nashville, Tenn, where the idolized
/ leader Of the democracy spent the last eight
! years OF his life, was a great resort OF poll
tlolAns and military notAbles to the end.
] AT the close OF his exciting career Cd Hick-
| ory grew intensely religious and fire.
/ Quently declared than be had forgiven all
/ enemies as be himself hoped to be forgiven.
johnson, the fifth post-presidentialf farmer,
spent the six years intervening between his
retirement from the presidency aud his
| qualification as United States senator, In
Knoxville aud Greenville, Tenn, where he
had farm, a mill, a country store and
| other small interests. He lived a simple,
easy-goiug, comfortable life, minghng
freely with his old friends and political ad-
| herents. In 1879. In the spring he was
! candidate before the Tennessee legislature
! for seat in the United States Senate as q
| democrat, aud inthe fall he was an independ-
ent candidate for congress; but not until
| 1875 was he successful in his aspirations to
re-enter Washington official life. He died
within year afterward, possessed Of a
| considerable estate.
Hayes rural retreat at SPECIAL Grove, near
/ Fremont, ., is of current memory, made all
the moro familiar TO newspaper readers by
the recent death of its proprietor. There
| Gen. Hayes superintendent the operations OF
his farm, looked after his Investments,
interested himself in charitable and bene-
VIOLENT objects, and contrived to gain both
pleasure and profit from his quiet mode Of
| life.
FIVE BECAME EXTENSIVE TRAVELLERS.
Five others of our ex-P residents--Van
| Buren,, Polk. Fillmore, Pierce and Grant
| became extensive travellers. Van Buren,,
! Fillmore, Pierce and Grant recruited their
exhausted nerve force in rambles abroad,
| while Polk found refreshment from his
| political tolls in change OF scene In our own
| country. Van Buren, was the first of all
| our ex Presidents TO seek renewal of spirit
| and respite from private grief In foreign
| olimes. He was rich, would have been
deemed a millionaire at this day-and
could crafty his desire for sightseeing with
| out stint. On his return to America after
a prolonged sojourn abroad he again con-
contracted his energies upon the subtle arts
OF politics OF which he was so accomplished
| a master. He was a candidate for the
| democratic presidential nomination in 1874.
and secured the Free Soil party nomination
In lS48, but his candidacy defeated Cass
the regular democratic nominee, and this
act ended his political career. He lived
until 1862
Polk, Fillmore and Pierce were also
| wealthy. Polk made a tour OF the south at
| hA NJ teri and UNI mi naf
| from New Orleans tn Nashville when he
! was stricken down with the cholera Fill
more also made tour through the southern
states after Pieroe's inauguration and
subsequently, went abroad, returning in
time to accept the presidential nomination
Of the Know-nothing or American party.
After his overwhelming defeat ip that
canvass he withdrew permanently to his
| home in Buffalo, n. Y. aud there passed In
| green old age the pleasantest years of his
| life, which terminated In 1874. Pierce In
turn went across the sea at the end of his
| administration, and two years later settled
| down quietly at his home in Concord, N. H.,
as a verltable hermit. He died in 1869. He
and Fillmore and Buchanan all suffered in
| their retirement from the reproach Of being
| northern men with southern hearts"
Grants promenade around the world Of
course transcribed the foreign pilGrimages
| OF all our Presidents, aud was, In truth,
the most extraordinary triumphal progress
ever made by retired ruler OF any nation.
Although not exactly rich, he was "com-
fortnbly fixed" when he completed his
second term, and IL was only his lamentAble
Investments in connection with unsorupu-
lous financiers that reduced him to the
necessity OF writing his memoirs heroically
while i'll in order to insure his family
against want.
FOUR MIGHT BE CALLED REcLUsEs.
Four Of our ex- Presideuts-Adams, Pierce
Buchanan and Hayes might be called REQ
luses, so close was their retirement in the
main. Adams found solace for his wounded
vanity and lacerated feelings in books
and In seeing his beloved son seated In the
presidential chair. Pierce was not so fond
Of books, but he enjoyed long chats with
| friends who came to see him and talk over
| pleasant "reminiscences. Buchanan, Penn
| sylvania's only President, after eight years
| Of obscurity died in 1868 an aged, saddened
ana unhappy man at Wheatland, his
his country seat near Lancaster.
John Quincy Adams put a glorious finish
| ing touch to his post-presidential career by
nineteen years Of honored service as the
learder of his party in the lower house Of
| congress where he dropped at his post at
| the ripe age OF 81. The spot where be
| was overcome is now marked by brass
star On the tiled floor Of statuary hall, then
| the House chamber. He and johnson
we're the only ex-Presidents who occupied
seats in the Federal congress after relin-
gushing the executive chair. Tyler, on
the other hand, who strongly favored the
| maintenance Of the union and presided
over peace congress held Ia Washington
early in 1861, went with the state when
| Virginia seeded and entered the confeder-
ate congress Unhappy for the elder Har
rison, Taylor, Lincoln and Garfield, their
lives were prematurely cut off In mid-ca-
reer, and speculation IS idle as 10 what they
| might have done on surviving TO the COM
| pletion of their terms.
Anent President Harrlson's farewell,
| it IS worth mentioning that John
Adams was 80 deeply ohagriued at his de-
feat that he left Washington In great huff,
taking the swiftest "oannon-ball" stage
that could be had to Quincy, Mass. He
could not stay in Washington even long
enough to go through the Formally of well
coming his hated antagonist and successor,
jefferson. Hayes left Washington within
half an hour after Garfield was sworn in,
but from feelings and emotions Of a diff