Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-06-18
Chances ut COn~ress.

.he observer. Indeed 1t IS THIS daily CON-
mjngliug Of he various 'messes' at board
ing houses, and this constant meeting be-
tween those who soourn or board at the
hotels. that SERVES to soften the aspegltes
OF polilics, and 10 lamiliarlze men Will
the propr!ttv Of tolcya;ing the trcest differ
enccs of opinion. Around more than one
blazing hickory fyc, at the hospitable
rooms of some good-bearled membcr,have
we cfeng seen assembled The Wing, the
Democrat, and the Free SOler, discussing
he most exciting questions in the frankes'
manner, and never yet have we been WIT
ness 10 a single angry dispute. Over
more than one steamlng bowl OF punch,
OF among the fumes of mullitndinous Sc
gars, have the most opposite opinions been
proclaimed and discussed, are rarely with
asperitv and bitterness. During many a
long walk on the avenue, or into the open
country, have the principles OF the respec-
tive parties been compared and criuclsed'
and always with kindness and generosity.
The new member, with his preJudlces
thick about him, comes to Washington,
and soon ceases TO regard the difference OF
sentiment, cause for personal i'll Will to
his onnonents, And why should this not
be 50 The lot two hundred and thirty
three members in one House and sixty In
another, is to remain at their posts almost
an entire wear, all of them absent from
home. and the most of them from family
and from friends. Here are men from
distant California, from Oregon, from MIN
naso,s. from New Mexico. from Arkansas,
from Florida, from far off Louisiana, from
the regions of the ST. Lawrence, from the
forests of Aroostook, from the MlsslssIp-
ri, and the Lakes. What state of things
i would be, if, during the long, cold, bit
ter winter, and the tedious summer solStlce'
such men could not speak TO each other
without quarreling-couldn not visit at each
others ouarters-or reclprocate each oth'
er:s hospitalities Congressional duties
have quite enough biuernesses and heart
bnrnings-ouite enough of labor and sell,
denial-when properly Gischarged-wlth-
out introducing INFO social intercourse The
venom of malignity, and the unchaHiaoIe-
ness of intolerance. 1t is only because
Congressional Society is organizing on
liberal and correct principle that the dis
cnssions in both branches are generally
conducted with moderation and magma
n,mitv. Wherever there are exceptions
10 this rule, the chances are thousand TO
one that the eliminating parties never have
had an opportunity TO meet each other,
save as politicians or as combatanis'--
When the representatives throw OIL the
cares of the day, and mingle kindly togeth,
or. the better feelings of the heart IND
vent. and men look upon each other as
friends and as brothers. Still 1t Is not 10
he denied, that the influence OF the mem
hers of the different messes, one upon
the other, is very great; and men are I'M
perceptible tinged with the notions OF those
tbsy are accustomed to meet several times
adav. and sometimes induced to look with
too much forbearance, upon principles
which should be uncompromlslngly oP'
nosed. We have known more than one
democrat so much accustomed TO certain
nolitical paradox as to regard them with
an indifference wholly at variance with
his real duties and feelings.
The loss and gain, in this view, how
ever, are pretty we'll divided, and IN the
AGGREGATE the result is great public good
Thus, the ultra Southern man becomes
coqnizant Oft causes which sometimes
lead men 10 take issue with HIM, from
whom "bctler things were expected
while the man of the "North Countrie
appreciates more fully the reasons when
often lead 10 excitement among those VINO
represent the Slave States. That meal
cnlable benefits flow from this state OF
things, it requires no argument to prove
Henry Clay was all Winter and Spring
euest at Wizards fine National Hotel
lie is fond Of seeing his friends, and his
presence At the table d'hote, always diilu-
sed pleasure around him. He spent much
orbis time in the Ladies parlor, and was
the layorite Of the crowd of beauties thai
soiourned at that house during the cold
season. Mr.. Webster has oil establish
ment on T.. street, we believe. Mr.. Cal
hopp boarded with several OF his personal
friends at Mrs. Hills, near the Capliol
there he byeathed his last. Winthrop, OF
the House. lives in style with his family
and entertains handsomely. Col. Benton
has also house of his own. Speaker
Cobb has large establishment where he
often dispenses a generous hospitality.
The brothers King, Wing members from
New York, men OF wealth and taste, as
they are, are surrounded with all the lux
urics ofhle; and frequently welcome their
colleagues and friends 10 their residence.
General BavIy, of the House, chairman OF
the Commiitce Of Ways and Means, has
his own establishment Thaddeus Sic,
-. ,,bo - &c fond of the rood things OF