The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-28
ABOUT THE EX.PRESIDENTS.
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lands reply 10 this qusgY. shea pct to hsm
iu lsss. was 'Just wait awhile" His re-
sponse fgr the time being given after four
years o. quleiude and Intermittent Ian
practice. came 10 1899 With lis triumphant
retara to the whi;e House. Aeliins reeord
10 National history. fer never before had {
chief executive detected for reelection
sueeeedtd la.er IN again graspiag TIE re.nA
Of poWer But uoW he Is c1cs more al
'es. u IN he additional haa3icaa q talEd
term prejudice against 1su. aud the QUes-
fleA demands an answer lie hes g.yea Il
He mas seemingly chosen 70 tEaysi 10 tae
footsteps 81 tas nsssosd r. Hayes q eh.cksa
raising fame fr2m Qn.aSy. III, esmts
tie Yepgrt THAI from manufacturing con
csFn here be has ordered poultry bfes-er
and Incubator.
There is an Interesting chapter a3dsd ~
the presidential olcgrApay Q. Zoe Nation.
From the days Of Washington 10 the pres
en-, time the answer 10 the query has been
oae Of uu.aniug public interest. The qges-
tica has been pus Tor nearly SIX generations
and Wldely different responses have been
given al each opportunity. To some addi-
tionol honcrs came after retirement from
the executive manson but "A be majority
@, cases retirement from Office mas meant
retirement from public prominence Coz
siderea ~ generations. ne subject presents
recor4 O. peculiar interest Nlth but THO
alemtsaes-the departure Of disappointed
ecker Ter recollection before dawn on MS
successors Inaugural day, and the hasten.
ing away ~ another haunted With ne fear
;hst his creditors would put sudden Sop
10 lis homeaAEd Journey.
when washing ;on iAiA down the cares
Of state h retired 80 Mouu. Vernon 20
pass his remaining years IN peaceful asr..
cutura. pursuits Thsuce he was sum
moned By universal cry when war with
recommissioned as comma n6erin- chief Of
the Nations army. Death came however.
even before he knew that wise counsels
had avsFtea hos;Ni.ies. Johz Adams, whose
TT Of rage and disappointment ended n his
eNsdirg ATTENDANCE upon his successors
Inaugural. passed twenty-five years tn Sc
clnsion. deyOung his time In the main %
literary pursuits. though he eventually be-
came recouciied to the decree Of his fellow
citizens, ending By paying on his des h.
bed the maichlsss tribute 20 bis successful
rival ot Thomas Jefferson still eurYlyes,'
little knowing ths: Jefferson had that
morning preceded him to she hereafter.
JeiieTs0u's fear o. his creditors is his oric,
bpt j. proved 10 be lll-founded, though 10
che time q his Death he Has pAeiuly en-
barrassed financially. Poor s he eui
though he was he remained power Ia the
Nation being the intimate ADVISER OF both
Madison and Mooroe. The enduring monu-
ment Ct his lai.sr years IL the Uulyersity
Of Virginia Madison followed the examp e
OF John Adams. books and friends occupy
ing bis time FOR nearly twenty years until
his summons came
The seven years intervening between re.
t!remeni and death we're divided by Monroe
between his country residence at Oak Hill.
Va, and New York city. To posteriiy he
has eft an Invaluable heritage in his
philosophical treatise on the origin % free
government Joha Quincy Adams stepped
hack ITO he ranks ot high priyates IN
administration circles, serving in congress
for seventeen years as An independent. sni
being a po-ser q ihe determined wal
upon human slavery. Jackson wert into re-
,iremen, az The Hermitage" now the
shrine Of countless followers Of his political
principles
Vaa Buren, was active I politics up 70
;ne time OF MS death, He was also pio-
ueer in anti-slayery sg.tation, being de-
fe4tsd FOR presidea, IN l3is as the candidate
% The barn storme,s.' as the New York
believers in universal liberty we're called
rs chic! demands were refusal 10 annex
Texas aud later i tariff FOR revenue only
aad upon these lines he WageI vigorous
public warfare Re died in 1862, s.anch
believer Abraham L!ncoln. Then came
william Henry Harrison, the hero .. tn
pecaaoe, he first president 10 die office
~ fra as
took prominent part IN the discussions
preceding The civil war being presden. Of
the peace congress tha. me- In Washington
prior 20 the opening u hos lilies, aud LATER
member q the Confederate congress
though he died in 1so2. 100 early 10 wiz
Ness the defeat OF his allies IN secess on.
Polk lived bit three months after rs.ire-
meat passing aw4y AZ his home in Nash
Vile Then came Taylor the second 10 die
n office, and after him Fillmore, who a
Yi3ed MS declining years between travel
SO Europe ana the leadership OF public en-
ierprises and meetings in Buffalo lending
pa.E.oiic aid 70 he Ua.sn during the WAY
Pierce took practically the same course
only substituting Concord \. H.. for But-
islO.
Buchanan, whose yaclllating policy and
alleged secret aid o, jefferson Davis are
Ari0 y! historians 10 nave oeCn largely re-
sponriole FOR the dimensions assumed by
the rebellion in us opeaIas days, quickly
sank into obscur.ly uPen leaving Washing.
ton. dying seven years la,er af,er writing a
length defense OF his 0t,.c.al course An
drew johnson, elevated 10 power BY lac
martyr1om Of Abraham Lincoln. aud mar
ro~iy esenp,ns The decree u impeachment.
wss defeated for the senate 10 Tennessee
In 1868 ana for congressman at-larEe in
1872, but obtained election to the sena,e "a
1873, only TO die six months later. atter
having delivered a yilr.olic attack upon
President Grant. Graats trip around The
weird. The writing Of has memoirs ais o,-
ter experience in Wall street and ais hsro.e
tight against death. watched by a NagIon
plunged into grief, constitute household
history.
Humorists lay chief stress upon chicken
raislag IN referring TO ,he later career II
Hayes. but he has left an indeij6le marx
Tor good in his activity for prison reform
and vas in the front rank IL benevolent aad
public enterprises, IS well eS IN tbs Gvand
Army q ihe Republic. Arthur relur.el 10
be law practise alter yelling tne sat
from which Garfield Aas so cruelty taken.
pnl apoaleNy cut short his career ia $50
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