Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1847-12-30
.WlNDHAM COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
BRATTLEBoRo, VI. DEC. 90, ls47.


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Correspondence Of The Hindham County Democrat.
WAsnINoroH Dec o. ls47.
Mr. Editor,-I don't know but ought to have writ
tenbeforc to let you know got here safe but thought
you'd it in the papers if got killed The railroads,
so didn't think best to write serin had great deal
to d. to get settled and pick up something worth telling
yo9 readers. But dear me, | hadn't no idea what |
undertook more n a child unborn when come here |
10 tpor proceedins. Wy, it'll take weeks for me to
gcth scd to their ways and manner O. speakin haint
anEhoughts only kind of homogeneous impression
butI try to pick that 10 pieces first and then maybe
Ie into the sperit of particulars SOS to your
reaIcrs il | can't instruct EN-.
AStbe way, Mr. Editor, was drcadfully pestered to
@t8frst; | dropped my stitches and knit over the
seam and forgot to and then of the South
cnmembers looked mighty comical at my knittinwork
and one of them pointed me out to Mr. Adams and ask
cd him if | wasn't of the Abolition women that
sert in their petition ''-and another asked if hadn't
"cnc TO petition Congress TO stop the war right off,
and whack them Mexicans till they'd stop fghtin too ?"
Mr. ADAMS shook his head and told EN- was "ony
domestic mandatory to Washington to represent
home interests" I tell you what, Mr. Editor, the
dreadful scarsty of home rirueS in this Hall re-
minds that all the talk of the people at lection time
is about protccn their "ntereStS, and I've made up
my mind that if they want to protect home interests or
any other interests worth proectn they We got to send
TO Congress faithful representatives of the home vir-
tues-temperance, honestly economy ministry Pduence
perseverance, and lore If these virtues left at home
it's of mortal use to send the peoples interests to
Washington. But what | was gon to tell you about a
curious debate they had in the Senate the other day,
will illustrate my meaning bettern than any sermon
zn. You see, Mr. Editor, as nigh as could make out
from what this one and that said Congress has
been in the practice of hiring books NADIA kind of
school books instruct the members in their duties and
in the facts and principles involved in the business tho
people EN- here to transact and these books have
been paid for of the Treasury and given to the
members they voted em to themselves you sec, on
ih rretence to quality en- 10 act unucrstanulngy Tor
the country. Now true you're alive, Mr. Editor,
they did say in their debate that of these repre-
senhtives of the peoples interests, nsd of studying
the books and lornn their business, have sold them for
less than they cost and pncketed the money They
ddt put the money back into the Treasury but put il
in teir own pockets. Just if the people would be
tie expense of making books to be sold at less than
cost to set up their representatives in the peddln
trad for themselves, when they've hired en- TO work
for he country and payin 'em five times as much
as ey could hire better peddcrs for, right from New
England This ere debate about the books mighty
nteiostin me, for II explained why the members diff
fer % on subjects that have been before Congress and
the country for months and years. No wonder they
dom understand facts and principles when they dom
readthc books and information that is collected for en-
And Mr. Calhoun should have thought better thing:
i of him if hadn't how unreasonable he is abou
slavery and Mexican terrory-said hsn all in tho
boxes yet, nailed up tight jest they sent to hin
last year. and he didn't know what the books
only letter that with em to his house, said they
were books voted the members by Congress and paiC
for by the people He didn't know that any sucl
l--l..-l-I L4a. raiodt Now. MIR Editor, Mr. Calhoun
wasgt the only that said he didn't know any thin.
abot it and hadn't his books, people
see BY this how their interests taken of.
You this amt party affair and it haint beef
held up TO the country. They make dreadful! fus
about taxing the peoples tea and coffee but Mr. Man
gum says these books have cost the people hundreds
thousands of dollars, and that the of supplying EN-
TO the members-which was the pint in debate
would be seven eight hundred dollars Thu
gentleman said too, that the question of voting thes
books had "disrdcted the Congress for the last teel
year,, and that the lunacs had used it to defeat ap
proFiaton blllsannexing it, you see, to other bills o
expenditure SO that besides the money laid out 70
thes congressional school books, the people have pa
as much more for the time these crazy members hav
spert in quarreling about EN-.
Bat dear me, Mr. Editor, I've written long letter 70
the rst and hant begun to tell you my impression
of things here at the capital. had no idea that men
and well edicated men too could be unmannerly AM
noiy. They tell about wimn being great takers AM
falling all at once; but dear me, in all thu
quitns and parinb bees and frolcs I've been to-and
wet to em all when | young woman neve
did sec such strife of tongues. Wy they put mal
in he chair to keep em in order and to say who shal
ali and what is in order and what is in disorder AM
dot you think, they call him Mr. Speaker jest if h
dix the chief of the takn, when he's the stilles
bed behaved man among EN-.
Sow Mr. Editor, having written all that is importan
at his time and I'm goin to the Capitol to hear EN-
ate the internal improvement question-for you
re in a terrible excitement about the President
Massage and Veto-l must bid you good bye for tn
prscnt, Yours, &c.
DEBORAH VAN WISKLE.
e II A Geographic despatch to New York announce
thu Hon John Fairfield, Senator from Maine, died a
|, Washington Friday night He was in his seat in tn
| nm Thursday