The Guillotine

The President is one of the most singularly irksome and in every contingency disagreeable that a wretched mortal can possibly occupy with. Seldom an alternative of good on either hand. Although what presents itself to him as the worst event may very probably be the best. It is a strange experience to a man of pride and sensibility to know that his interests are within the control of individuals who neither love nor understand him, and by whom he would rather be in than obliged.