Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-04
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WASHINGTON, u. w., DSC 4SC1 1901.
Eds. Wheeling Inteltigeneer:-Ihls genteet
old CITY. about which YOU have read SO much
and suppose written your share, is waking up
from slhmber ofseyeral months Her eyes, 1
may say, are fairly rubbed, and signs OF life are
everywhere visible. Congress, of course, is
what is doing it all: Congress makes and IN
makes Washington. Without Congress she
would be poor cast away point down mere on
the Potomac: but with Congress, Washington
is one of the best sites for a city in the world.
What could be better for politicians, than tobe
located in such genial climate, boarding upon
such magnificent oyster bedSl
A,winter in Washington, 1 consider one of
the eras in any mans life-and think it is
point worth striving for with any American :
to be able, either in the prime or decline OF his
days, to spend one or more winters In
Washington. 1t is place for solid amusement
and solin profit The wisest, wealthiest, most
handsome and gallant elements and specimens
of our great country, are here found in their
most attractive condition-and all of them are
easily accessible by those who would be at all
! fitted to enjoy them. There is most delight
full commingling of all varieties ofpe0ple rom
| all quarters eff the globe-and hence it has come,
suppose, that Washington has no settled or
universally received Characteristic
! The great topic of discussion is, OF course,
the organization of Congress. am tired fthc
unanswerable conjectures and speculatons to
which | have listened. Within the last Gay OF
two, however, something new, and for that rea-
son more interesting, has got abroad, and is be
ing canvassed with considerable spirit. Up
nutiI n few days ago, no difficulty was APP
pretended in the organization of Congress-it
seemedto be informally conceded that Col. Orr,
of South Carolina, was to be the man. But
since that time, Kansas has come to the city in
the person of Gov. Walker, and is in imminent
danger of intruding upon the deliberations OF
those who had thought to carelessly speak out
for the Colonel. Northern representative come to
town looking anxious as to how they are to set
tie the delicate circumstances which beset them.
! If Col Orr goes with the fire-caters, they can
not go for him-and how else can Col. Orr, an
ambitious man like him, coming from South
| Carolina district-go, except for the Kansas I'M
submitted Constitution To the world at large,
such question has but little moment, but to
some of these poor Northerncrs, who thought to
come here and have plain sailing for two years,
and then go home to be reelected, it is a most
perplexing interrogatory. Ultras, or Kansas
Constitution men, arc also anxiously counting
noses to sec Just how many of their Northern al
lies they can afford to lose, and then elect their
man. Tho South Americans, or Know-Noth
ings, arc not counted strong upon by the South,
and not at all by the Northern men. They are
left out as sort of armed neutrality.
Next Monday, however, will.tell the tale; and
| lift come to pass, as have limited that it may,
you can give me credit mark on your books.