The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-03-30
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.

| The E,ll0wing beautiful language Is from The
lecture Of Thomas 4. Meagher. the irish Patriot
nn "Gratian and the Irish volunteers 81 l7-ss l.
1.-The Parliament Of Ireland il 40 ms5e. The
last OF the y alun,ecrs has been borne 70 his
grave. And -, too, their successors and tEeit
berers--ti,e men Of 's}3--tie men who he'd
kneener sasasity, sharper swords, better Style
OF action, through less easy fortune than tt.ss
soldiers 0. Dungannon. The streets Of Dsbiip
are STINT now. The hoofs that paved the pave,
nrnt on that day VI the dull stones more.
The beauty that shone as the hues OF the NOR
ming through the vision Of freedou, has vanish
I'd IN the night that came upon the land--the
throbbing heart has grown st;li beneath the
shroud-the white arms that bore those chains
Of crusied gold have whitered like leaves Of the
lily, have been . Tewn upon the earth, have be-
| cone sport Of the wind md the spoil Of the
worm
"fn silent hall, into the deso!ate scclusion
OF which no busg or inqnisi:iye foot iutrudes
and wlieie the dus' ix:iinr frnuh the cosnires
might steal languid sound froT tSe marble
stab beneath, go deep the repose that dweIis
there by night and dav-;n this silent hall stands
| the statute OF Henry Gra.tan-erected as mo.
desiy relates, 'by country not ungrate-
full"
"Ih hus has passed away all that was perisn-
able of that day. Yes. all that was perishabis
-all that had not been stepped in the living
vulnerable. Not SO the lessons which made
that day, more than the pageantry that illum-
med IT, the brightest in onr annals
DIVIDING THg .sSpoILs. There is brisE
business doing al Washington, just now in ira-
ding and, "dlck rim" for Offices. The rush OF
advrnlurers to Washington is sreGtar, and the
struggle for place is hercer, Than was ever be-
fore experienced. The party Just coming into
power is, by mems, harmonious no!y, and
will hardly become more 50, as successive
hordes of office seekers are turned away disap-
pointed. The following picture of Washington
is taken from the SouMside Deraocrct It is. 40
doobt, perfectly accurate and should be studied
by every Democrat who feels, growing within
his bosom, patriotic desire t. visit Washing
ton, and offer hrs services to his c.cnt., au4
franklin PIERCE.
They are still pouring in upon Us. Hun
dreds arrive daily n participate in the dIvisienof
the spoils tmakes me sick al heart to witness
the eagefness with which m-n, spparen.y IN
every way Gualiff~dt" eSrd much more than
livelihood in the pursuit Of independent busl-
MSS, rush 10 clutch place under the Govern
meni, as though under the impression that, if
they fail to fasten themselves on the TreasurS
1t the United States, they and theirs are DOOM
ed to starvation. Among them perceive the
faces of oil the veteran politicians of the party.
the political wire workers by trade, who, f3s
many years past, have undertaken to shutf1e
and cut the cards at home, in every State Of the
Union and in Washington on such an occasion
fhey are well nigh all known to me personally
many of them having been in Congress with
IN the last twenty or twenty five years | sup
pose that at this moment there are quite one
hundred ex Democratic meinbers of Copgress
in Washington, all Of whom have come hthes
either to beg office for themselves or others
They are band of harpies, who are drawn to-
gether only lv the smell of the prey which they
have scented from afar off