New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-24

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''si' private Correspondence OF the Editor.
WAsHlsGroS, Jan. 10, 1874
nso, Sir: Let me try to manufacture you
1o..or from Washington. Knowing by expe-
rence what this title announces In New York, l
doon il prudent, if little proper, to begin with
o.n,nlation of my topics This will enable you
nd vopr readers without loss of time or paper,
~ nroceed or not, the one to print and the other
~ neruse. The subjects are all, am aware,
familiar already But my remarks may have
something of the freshness Of first impressions.
Imprimis-At Baltimore, | have witnessed
the execution Of Horn. At Annapolis | have
coon and heard the Legislature Of Maryland-at
Washington the Congress Of the United States
,be Presidents first levce the meeting of the
Colonization Society in the House of Represen-
tatiyes. But more than this, than these, than
ALL" have seen for the second, and conversed
the first time with the greatest Of living Amer-
csns-DANIEL WEBSTER.
In the multitude that darkened the snow-clad
sleeps around the prison to see the execution Of
Horn, what first struck the eye was the absence,
almost absolute, of people of respectable appear
ance; it was the pure g Democracy of both
sexes and all ages aud colors a phlanthropist
Of nameless school would congratulate himself
upon this new manifestation of the march Of hui
manity. The "pubc SENTIMENT he would ex-
uItingly asseverate, cannot bear this barbarous
practice; and if the populace will still crowd to
see the hanging of a fellow being, it is that the
popuace is always behind the age in point Of CIV
iization and morality. HIS conclusion would,
however, be, in this case, more generous than
lust. The fact found to be, that the absence of
the aristocracy proceeded from fashion, not feel
ng-the afectation not the sentiment OF hui
mainly. Along the way, but at decent dis
..ance, Iobserved several wagons closely covered
and crammed with most exquisite bellies, SO de-
Lcately nerved, have no doubt that they would
have tainted in their parors at the very men,
ton of gallows. In the city, heard this Gu
rosity condemned as being "ln bad taste E" As
~ he implication thatthe lower classes are more
.natb, tic to such spectacles than Their bet
ters.n if is, l think, quite the reverse. Misery
approxima,,es the culprltto their condition; and
srmpathv. like other forces, acts IN the inverse
nronortion Of distance Besides, their own mis-
fortunes have tauAr mt them COMPASSION. in the
populacc. then, if anv where, would be found
sentiment of adherence for Capital Punishment.
Accordingly, overheard, chiefly among the ne
groes, several expressions OF comnseratlon, IN
deed, but imbued with curious mixture OF that
chastened eIation which is inspired by the down.
fall of superior and of the secret sell-compla-
cencv we draw from the mlsior;unes even OF a
friend Poor human nature how much thou
art the same, whether under Il white G: black
envelope.
Ofthe debates in the Legislature at Annapolis, |
there is little worth saying. The oratory IN the
Senate Ton the subject of n;strcting the State
was toerabIe, with one exception fellow OF
the genuine stump stamp Loco-foco and q
new member, this parsonage was perfect en-
bodiment of Christopher Nonh's, or rather John
Bulls, conception OF American oratory Ills
matter and manner are equally and utterly lnde-
scnbable The following phrases composed The
staple Of his unique speech = apprehcnd,
Mr.. President u conceive, Sir have
notion, Sir guess, Slr'-&c. had never
heard nonsense so unmitigatcd uttered IN public,
nor any thing uttered with such emphatic lu-
dcrositv. Head, legs, body well as arms,
went hurry burly through the widest and most
yrotesoue evoutions, and must have exhausted
all the possible figures OF geometry In some OF
his contortions it was impossible TO dccipher what
animal or object he rescmblcd, unless 1t were
lobster, IN the Quaint complication of shape In
this dignitied Senator | was not surprised 10
recognize fellow traveller of the previous eve
nng, who had usurpcd the general attention OF
the passengers to his loud and oracular eXpll-
cations of the Constitution, but who fixed NINE,
rather by a question addressed, at the top OF his
voice, to lady who sat with her back toward
the engine =" Eliza, do Mt you feel it awkward
10 ride backwards - looked hard IN the
womans face-but darkness hid her bushes, II
there were bushes to hide.
In the House of Representatives at Nashlns-
ton, observed nothing with which IMAGINATION
had not made me familiar; not even the specla,
Gle of drunken Member, who rceed and stamped
through the centre aisle of the hall, repeatedly
lnterrupung the Speaker with the ioulest insults
and uttering basphemics that would have SHOCKED
the inmates of a brothel. Yet this brutal pnl!y
was not even rebuked! His infamous name is
Mcconnell rejoice that the whole globe ~
IS between it and nine.
have heard some good speaking in the Sen
ate BY MesSrs. WOODBURY. and McDUFFiE. Inc
losmer is modest, sensible, earnest and, there
fore, effective. Hcis evidentlva man of ability
and what had heard of his industry was seen III
the fact that, during my stay, found him, and
nun alone, every morning IN the Senate cham.
berong before the session hour. | may add that
he appeared to me TO be the most polite man in
the body, as Mr. C.. J. lNGERsoLL is IN the House
thus verifying a sort of paradox which have
OF ten heard, that the most polished men the coun
try are to be found among the Loco tocos.
McDurFlE disappointed me. His speech, OF
about three hours, had the common wee OF repe
ttion and dilution Of the arguments, The ges-
tcuation, though too violent, had none OF the
gtotesqueneas Of the Maryland orator On the
contrary, it was impressive. The voice, though
husky or broken, was not indlstlnct, nor even un-
PLEASING. Ru, i lacked that clear, clarion INTO