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heoin §1s:OMce-Beekers) x [TAN Pmnan but ever knew how preat Sithe Joni of care whigh’he bore, nor the amount of mental labor ,which she daily accomplished. AWith the usual perplexities of the office—greatly increased by the inegical multiplication of places in hig gift—he carried the burdens of the civil war, which he “always called ‘This ‘great trouble.?— Though,‘the ‘intellectual man had’ greatly grown meantime, few persona wouldecognize the hearty, blithesome, genial and wiry. Abraham Lincolln al earlier days in the sixteenth President of the Uni ted States, with his stooping figure, dull eyes, care, warfate and hanguid frame. 'Tréold. clearningh never came back ; “the even temper was sometimes disturbed ; and ‘his natural charity for’ all was so often turned into an unwonted suspicion of the mo tives of nen, whose selfishness cost hi so much wear of mind. Once he said, “Sitting here, where all the avenues to giublic patronage scan to come together in a knot, it does seem tone that only peor ple drop fast approaching the point where it can be said that seven-eighths of them were trying to,fnd how Io live at the expense of the other eighth.” ‘The above is clipped from the New Orleans Times, which in turn takes it from Harper's Monthly, and so we become possessed of it through a regular, but ratwhee tardy, course of transmission. Lincoln night well call the office seekers this “great trouble,’ and so, we opine every man who occupies the Presidential chair, has ‘found it. ‘The multiplicity of offees and the Manner which they are centered, constitu tes one of the great evily of our form of gov ernment. The theory is that udest worth is to be rewarded, but the practice has long ago perverted this Utopian idea. Universal suffrage initially brings designing demagogues to the surface, who, instead of instructing the people by telling them the trath, use all the trickery and art of the politician to curry their favor. Great political parties with distinctive issues are created, and enter the political arena upon certain principles. Representative men from these parties and these principles are ran for office, Who are pledged to carry out the designs of their party, and to give politics support to no oné of different political fith. Unless a man does this, he stands no chance of gratify ing political ambition, and many really deserving and able men retire from the public field, be cause they are not inclined to bind themselves by any such restrictions. Men who interest themselves actively in behalf of political par ties, do so, not from real conscientious convic tions, but from the hope that their party will be successful and that some of the executive patronage will fall to their share. The multi tude of offices and sinecures, presents too tempt ing no bait to be resisted. The result is that men ‘lose sight of principle for the sake of party. There is nothing true or real. Every thing is subservient to expediency and every appliance brought to bear that will favor political success. When men enter into politics from such motives, the afalrs of the nation stand a poor chance of being impartially ad ministered. The successinl party is favored, and the minority ostracised so long as they re main in the minority. A President is elected as the representative man of a great political party. He is pledged before hand to sustain his supporters. He has immense—almost unbounded—executive pat ronage. This must be dispensed for the benefit of his party. No matter how honest his inten tions, he is prevented from giving places of honor and trust to those whom he would select on account of their honesty and ability .He must strengthen and build up his party, and to do this all the offices must go to his political adherents. He is beseiged with ‘applications in Search of office. The only inquiry for tin is Whether they come recommended naa active and immential party adherents. Are they capable ? Are they honestary questions which heven present themelves to the consideration of a party executive. The resalt is the appoint ment, in many instances, of amen without capacity or integrity to its important positions in the nation. Alas! how lave we departed from the wisdom, and spirit. Ind pacity of the framers of the Constitution and the fathers of the Revolution, Well wizht the executive of our country say with Ay. Lincoln, “sitting there, where till the avenues to public patronage seem to come together in a knot, it does seem to vie that our people are fast approaching the point Where it can he said that seven-eighths of them Were trying to find how to tive at the expanse of Hhe other elehth. awa mxilga Ao 26, 1805, forday, fran iy r, and «few aylor waa iA. 2 ‘tm of hig. lte i: nile chine’ fred utention of prov iving his ‘purolé val herd’ he met tion, ‘and’ ‘seelig romhe amnesty onal enemies, be tter the persacn? whe Confederate ib degen. _ By the stewlyski PV the, ‘Brazos Sy ting ay Ur qT. 1. other passengers arrived.: Gu A. Gon Magrutter’s stall at tt tinder off: this: Departuent: Monterey, (a which price,_ he ner, ‘accomphed Gen. Magra the 10th of June tnt Gen. Ma. Houston to this ccity, with the ceeding to New Orleans and to Gen Unby, tut on ‘his ‘art President) Johnson’s proclam himself among those excepted and knowing he had many pet did not deem it safe to encon tions that woud probably beeo him if he remained. He then termined “to leave that country firthwith to Mexico, Captains] Mi accompanying him, he Antonio‘on the 18th ‘of June. Gp. Shelby with 300‘ ournis: souNang, having with them a wih up lies and ordnance tauia uuu Live pieces N artillery. They also found in San An tonio Gan, E. Kirby Smith, Gen. Price, Gen. Wilcox, Gen. Preston, Hardeman, Gen. Bee and others, nifkheyd in all thirteen General officers, among whom were Col. Ridley, Col. Luckett, Col. Broadwell of the Cotton Bureau, and Col. Jones of San Antonio, also Gov. Murrah, Gov. Reynolds of Mo, Gov. Allens of La., and Ex- Gov. Moore also of La., Dr. Berrier and Dr.. Gainslain, with’ many other prominent officers of the C.S.Army. ‘They left San Antonio on the 20th of June and arrived at Eagle “Pass June 25th. On Crossing the river to Piedras Negras, the authorities, of the Liberal party ap peared alarmed to see'so far , a force, and de manded that they should lay aside all but their side arms, to remove all apprehensions of any hostile purpose. ‘This was once.done and the arms receipted for. Finally, Capt.Taylor thinks, the authorities purchased the arms, but he is not certain, as he left for Monterey before the rest, but he knows that like the troops reached Monterey they were without arms. It was not till the 3d of July that the whole com pany arrived in Monterey. On arriving in that city the troops were discharged and both offi cers and men scattered in every direction, the soldiers all engaging in their reepestive trades wherever they could find employment, having made up their minds never to return to their homes in the United States. Most of the offi cers had left Monterey for different destinations. Gen. Magruder had set out for Europe by way of Vera Cruz, intending to join his family now being somewhere on the Rhine. Gen. E. Kirby Lmwith, with two or three others, had started for the city of Mexico,and from thence Gen. Smith intended to go to Havana to join his wife in that city. Gen. Preston was about to proceed to Halifax, where his family have resided since their banishment from Kentucky, two or three years ago. Gen. Hardeman has his family with him in Monterey and intends residing there for the present. Gen. Price in preparing to go the Janiero, where he ex pects to meet his family, and to make his fu ture residence. None of them ever expect to return to their former homes in the United States ameanced against fore at oneelhe and proceeded if wylor and Rae y arrived in’ San where they ‘met “Troops, all Mil- 108 hs win londled beara Capt. Taylor describes Northern Mexico as completely filled with robbery, making it un safe to travel in any direction with money.— He however says, the Confederate exiles whom he accompanied, had little to eat as they were utterly without means. He thinks he can as sert positively but few if any among them had any money at all. Hoe knows the fact that Gen. Magruder borrowed $500 in Houston, and succeeded in borrowing $300 more in Moni terey from some friers]. Thetther officers had, in like manner, to get the assistance of friends, while the soldiers had to get to work to get some. . The road from Monterey to Matamoros is lined with robbers all the way, and nearly eve ry stage is stopped and robbed, provided the passengers are foolish enough to carry money on that route. ‘The stage in which ‘Captain Taylor traveled was stopped by a party under Cortina in person, but the passengers had little or no money, and after being searched were per mitted to proceed. The previous stage had two of its passengers killed, while the following one was rubbed. Captain I’. states that by mutual consent the French or Imperialista and the Lib eral party show no quarter to each other, but all prisoners are killed by both. Captain ‘T. saw a Frenchman hung up by the feet in the middle of the road, with both hands cut off. He had been killed the day befor s by the Juarez pate. Just before Captain H. left Matamoros last week, Cortinas issued a proclamation order ing all Mexicans to leave Matamoros, and many families were accordingly crossing over to Brownsville, believing that Cortina was going to attack Matamores. Gen.Mejia is now clearing the road to Monterey of Corti na's robbers by a cavalry forcer proceeding from Monterey towards Matamoros, and an infantry force moving from Matamoros towards Monte rey. Gen. Mejia manifests great contempt for Cortina, and scarcely appears to notice his threats. Gen. Lopes is commanding the cav alry forces protecting the Monterey road. WLR,
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Galveston Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Wed, Aug 02, 1865
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