The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-30

; CoNaREss-We hear great deal about the books
published by Dickens. and Featherstonhaugh, anc
Fidler and Dldler, and all that tribe, descriptive O.
this country but during the last session of Congress
a series OF letters appeared in the Boston Courier
and attributed to Mr.. Senator Choate-wth wha
accuracy we can't say-which far exceed in caus
TIC severity any thing written by the authors L
whom we have Just alluded. These letters were
| written with good deal of talent, philosophical
acurnen, sarcasm and accuracy, Notwithstanding
their strong political bias. One of the most anu
sing OF them is the following description of the
House OF Representatives. 1t far surpasses Dick
ems. Here 1t ISL
Correspondence of the Boston Courier attributed to III.
Hon Mr.. Choate Of Massachusetts
WAsHiNoTON, June -, 1874.
the very FIRST establishment, the Constitution has there
assembled IN Washington elsewhere, House of Rep
ter ss the one just adjourned ignorance presumption
ana coarse puifoonery we're its leading
ne mora,s o. us constitution was OF the lowest grade
YOU might have found there every phasis of
thai distinguishes St Giles, the worthless purIieus
rs'is-intemperate language obscene conduct unprnci
ped ana reckless acts The House seemed assembly
bacchanals where every thing tolerated but decen,
behavior and nought encouraged but cenious abandon
ent Coarse ePhets the black guard of the
only IN has mnoderate anger here formed the staple
speeches or ordinary conversation the language of the
daily hants of Immoral members W az TO the
highest deberatve assembly the land vulgar
bucRery OF the most abandoned places of the
was marzed within the walls of the capitol and the
immoral perpetrator saved the necessity of biushng
from the of example Vice assumed more
hideousness as it became more prominent.
One member Of Congress discovered in passing of
the excess OF stationery he had plfered in exchange for
carpet bag He wrote, but he could journey at
the rate OF twenty dollars every hundred miles Another
often dgraced the State he represented and the
which he accredited exhibition of
ication and its consequent impurities While still another
more dishonored than either shamefuy driven from
the city, from having been detected in playing with
ma he had uyith mill
OF his own grade before his election, he practiced in
Washington and mucted his colleagues and gentlemen
mileage and per diem He turned of the post Of
flee department for official malversation and gained seat
In Congress here he has than justified the expec-
tation of his constituents.
AS lover Of the institutions and character of
try we must depore such things Nor our regret SEN
dominant party in the House We grieve more far
as a patriot than we rejoice as par,zan.
IL wei turn from the moral to the intellectual character
OF the House, we find canse for congraulation.
popular assembly of intellect could be select
ed ut large throughout the country With the exception
of very limited number gathering of the
ordinary individuals. Some ignorant of the eie-
mentar principles of law; others had not read the con
sthubon they had sworn to hold sacred; and not
dsdaniul oil grammar and innocent of photography ont
rges common sense and perpexed their under
| standings
And their presumption exceeded their ignorance
Wen, who could not spell the words political economy
undertook TO explain It's principles and those whose
hnei education and limited experience left them unac
qnsini"d Nth the easiest rudments of finance, gave
wassE Of difhcsity~with still more, was their pen
ninH 10 b. dscphered The schoolmaster been
abroad, when most of them were educated at home
To all THIS, there some brilliant exceptions. How
must Msssschusetss octogenaran orator have felt in
iuch aerowd "a giant sporting disgusted with pig
mics He seemed have felt the degraded character OF
the assembly with whose councils he associated and
to have avoided as much as practicable all connection
with It's de berations deeds through fear OF future his
tory He was among them, like being of another
der--a creation OF an earlier period
Other exceptions were the two lngersolls gentlemen
QC Of rIuU
integrity and sober talents Winthrop Of Massachusetts,
whom is unnecessary to praise Barnard Of New York;
some from Pennsy ania Maryland and Obio romgoole
OF Vrgnia Barrngor and Saunders Of North Carolina;
White Of Kentucky and others OF other States OF
talent and gentienaniy department. Still however, in
not sufficient numbers to characterize assembly OF
over two hundred persons
The FAULT, however, OF such misrepresentation, lies
with the people If they prefer the noisy, selfish dema
gogue and the unprncped partisan TO the of sound
Judgment and the enlightened patriot upon them
rest the conseq fence In their power the choice be
tween good and ev-between useful and vainous legis
!son The passage Of wise laws and their honest ad.
minisra,ion, depends on themas they choose,
| the result be- PEaUop.
We have very little to add to this most exquisite
description of the House of Representatives.
There ls no doubt great deal OF it quite true.
| But we aresrather surprised at the compliment to
white, and so will our readers no doubt be when
they recollect that he was the individual who got
up the boxing match in the House, and after he and
l
apologized, and the whole scene was passed over
as perfectly Pickwickian."
The truth is, the degradation of the legislative
bedy at Washington, has been produced by the
same causes which have effected the degradation
of the party press Miserable wretches who are
TOO lazy and too destitute of talent to obtain
living by honorable industry, take to politics and
exc out of that their existence, by the aid of all
I ,t,a ln.., &c
pitude. Thus has Congress been dsgraced and
degraded But the remedy is in the peoples hands,
and surely they feel that it is time to apply it.
| TEXAS AND MExIco.-lt appears by all accounts
from these republics that Texas will soon be an
nexed to this country, with the consent of Mexico
According 10 the intelligence brought by the last
| Mexican and American messengers, Santa Anna is
| only holding Oft little while, in order to obtain
the best possible bargain for giving up all claim to
Texas. He is DESTROYS of getting rid of that unruy
''department," knowing that he can never recover
it, and we do not entertain doubt, but that when
| the new administration comes into power in 1919,
Mexico will give up Texas for consideration and
that fertile country become a part of the American
| Union.
In this correct view of the subject, we look upon
| Texas already portion OF the United States !:
much So at all events, as we look upon any sec
ton west of the Rocky Mountains as belonging to
| this happy country.
GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE Pro
| TEsTANr EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Yesterday, at ST.
Johns Chapel, the following individuals received
their credentials for the ministry in this highly re-
spectacle body :-Messrs. r. G. Hall, John j..
Tucker, Edmund HARDWOOD, VIM. Everette, d.
Girdon Estes, Stamous Trikaliots, l.. Clemon
Johnson, John d. Gibson, Benz w. Wichar, c. II.
Plat, John B. Calhoun, Fl. Barlow, NJ Collin
I Hughes, Mason Gallagher, Henry ID. Noble Rd
Whitngham and G. Seymour. There ofIiciated
| on the occasion the Rev Bishops Brownhill, On
derdonk, Hopkins, Gadsden, Eastburn, DE Lancy,
| Nottingham, Lee and Doane. The Rev. Bishop
| Easburn delivered most beautiful and lmpre ssive
j 1iscnnIse from The d E,nisile uf Paul 10 The