The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-07-01
From the Cincinnati Daily Times.
Editorial Correspondence,


From the Cincinnati Daily Times.
Editorial COFTespOndence,
MuHoW I BRowN's HOTEL,
WAsHINGToN ClTY, June %, 1853. y 4
The weather is still OppreSsively warm, but
a. there is room here for 1t to circulate, fresh
breeze makes existence more tOlerabls. In
1916 We left this city and removed to Phila-
delphia, which, though 'lOng time ago" is
cOunterbalanced BY the strength Of early re-
collections, which persons Of advanced years
know to be more vivid than those Of mature
thoughts and feelings. l find the natural
land marks, even, have passed away under the
improvement spirit Of the age, which has
touched this almost dead part Of the great Re-
public, as with the spear Of Ithuriel. The
rugged front Of the Cspitoline Hill, which
once faced the PennSylVanis Avenue, and
which was associated in my mind with the
hill so famous in the classic studies Of school
boy days, has been graded; most bsrbarOuS
mistake, though indigenous and exotic trees
and shrubbery cover the ground, and may
render it beautiful TO some eyes, it looks like
step mother in ancestral halls, to our long
cherished affections. The hill, too, opposite
the Presidential mansion has been leveled, and
on what was once its brow, stands the eques-
trian statue Of JACKSON. The old school
house, sanctiiied BY the sounds Of hic hac hoe,
and the deciination Of Greek verbs, is gone.
The dwelling from whichwe removed looks
familiar, and is in good state Of preserva-
tiOn; the others that we rememeer, we could
not find. Fhey are seen now only in the mir
rOr Of memory. We made visit TO the ap-
itol this morning. We contemplated with
patriotic reverence, the Senate hall, the arena
where glorious mind has 60 often displayed
itself, and the destinies Of our beloved coun-
try were shaped, under Divine Providence, at
many perilOus periods Of the nations history.
l sat in the chairs where CALHOUN and CLAY,
and WEBsTER and HKYNE, and Others, once
sat, seeking for mOmentary inspiyAtiOn; it
came not, and began to fer, thnt like the
ladies of the celebrated blue stocking club,
who went through the same ceremony once at
DR.. JOHNSON in Bolt court, during his abb
sence, had got into the wrong plaCes,--fOr
they, it will be remembered, selected chair
that the great Photographer and mOralist never
sat in live made the same mistake, we do
not want to know it, and would rather cher
ish the notifying reflection, that good wine
10 never put into bad vessel We could not
absorb, though we may in some sort reflect,
(thrOugh the press,) the rays which emanated
from these great political luminaries.
We stood also upon the Speakers stand of
the House Of Representatives, and listened, in
imagination, to those debates that shaped the
policy Of the Republic, and accelerated or re.
tarded its prosperity; they could dc no more,
for it was, audis he energies Of mighty peo-
pie, the aggregate popular mind that makes or
mars its character. Without boasting, we are,
indeed, agreat people, or we never could have
nullifled, for SO long a period, the effects
Of poor government; Ofreckless legislation and
inefficient administration.
"Dbtance lends enchantment TO the view"
Such will be the verdict Of many who visit
Washington; the aphOrism is no less spplica-
BILE, when considered in a narrow sphere! r 1t
10 said, this is city OF magnificent distances,
and it is, but when another century shall
have commenced its circle on the dial Of time,
the relative sizes Of ell things will have as
sumed more just proportions, and then the
extended views Of the founders Of the Federal
City, will be truly apprsciated This result
is now beginning to BE- manifested. We speak
thus positively, because the lOeal and NUM-
eiPal sntecedsnts Of tho Present order and
conditions Of tAings ere psffSealy familiar q