Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-03-13
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

habit OF collecting at or near the washington
Depot upon the arrival of the trains from Bal
timore for the purpose Of watching Baltimore
ans, whom they waylay, attack, and shamefully
maltreat if not murder outright.
We understand, also, that there is a more
extensive organization Of these Regulators in
Washington than ever before--that a certain
Democrat was waited upon few days ago by
a party Of them, who presented him with a
copy of their constitution, containing one hun
dred and fifty names. He gave fifty cents to
get rid Of them. We have reason to believe
that there is now organizing in our midst a
formidable band of the most desperate and law
less characters, whose deeds Of violence and
blood are winked at by those in whose charge
the peace, and order and quiet Of the city are
placed. This organization is eminently Demo
cratic, and has for its object the success Of the
Democratic ticket for Mayor and Councils in
June next. This Democratic organization Of
all the lawless and vicious--this gathering to-
gether Of the elements Of discord at home and
from abroad-is characteristic Of that party.
Who does not know that the result Of the late
Presidential election was achieved by the most
daring and outrageous frauds upon the ballot
box, and by the most extensive bribery and
corruption ever practised. In the State of
Pennsylvania, alone, hundreds of thousands Of
dollars were expended-how disposed Of, it is
not at all difficult to imagine. TWAS expended
in the purchase of constitutional votes--in the
purchase Of whisky, without which the Irish
wing Of the bastard DEMOCRACY could not be
brought to the scratch. Bribery and corrup-
ton, meanness, and the most contemplate use
Of themost contemplate means Islander, lying,
defamation, traduction Of characterize the
weapons of these new-fangled Democrats who
have no more sympathySwith, or regard for,
the memory or principles Of Thomas Jefferson
than has the heart of the murderer with the
heart Of the victim which his knife has pierced
For instances of the practice Of this double
distilled and most contemplate meanness, we
need not travel out of the bounds Of our own
city. Men who occupy positions, heretofore
deemed honorable, and filled only by men of
worth and character and responsibility; but
now, alas, occupied by men who command
neither the respect nor the confidence Of the
respectable portion of the community-men
elected to offices which they are not worthy to
fill, who have not, never had, and never can
have where they are known, characters suffi-
GENTLY pure and honorable to admit them into
the society of the good and virtuous- every
day eyideucing to the public their unftness for
the positions to which they have been cx-
Allied.
The kennel and the race course, the low and
pestilent groggery, the gambling saloon and
thebawdy- house. are the places most frequcnted
by men of their ilk. In such places as these,
surrounded by the vile, the vulgar, the profane,
and lawless, characters for usefulness and hon.
orable distinction are not found The associa-
tons Of youth and early manhood, are apt to
be the favored associations of more mature
age. and hence IL is not matter of surprise that
men whose school of morals has been the
"school for scandal, should, when mistakenly
elevated above their proper sphere, prefer their
earlier associations, however vulgar and dis
graceful, to the company of better men, to
whose society they have been Unexpectedly
introduced
Thus we find men elected to office, who,
instead Of studying to promote the inter-
ests Of the city, spend their time in sneaking
about the public offices on the scent Of Know
Nothings. They are daily to be seen sneaking
around the Departments sometimes with their
noses to the earth and when they have winded
one of these unfortunates, you will hear them
give tongue and see them start off in quick
pursuit upon the trail, with their coat tails
straight out behind them.
One of these "do Titles" run foul of snag
some time ago. and had some unwe'comc truths
poked at him, which sent him in a hurry to
his kennel, cruying XII vi, XII vi, most Justify.
He ought not to forget the lesson; nor has be
altogether forgotten it, for he does not now ap-
pear so much in person, but has procured the
services Of oneof his early associates, who runs
the game down for him, while he, being init.
mately acquainted with all the doublings of the
chase, Is sure to be in at the death.
Have care, sir. Insignificant as you are,
there are some things not dreamed of in the
philosophy Of many, which you would not
like to have made public. Let better men than
yourself alone. II they are americans, they
are entitled to their opinions. They are men
principle, which makes up the unreasonable
distance between you and them. Mind your
own concerns.
Alas, for Washington Given over to the
tender mercies of ruthless men, whose example
and influence tend to decentralization and an.
archy, our youth are corrupted--their talents
Frustrated, and themselves ruined mentally and
physically. Instead Of the bright hopes and
pleasant anticipations Of parents and friends,
founded upon the most tender and anxious care
in infancy and youth, and the most untiring
efforts to implant in their young minds virtu-
GUS principles, which they fondly believed had
taken ROOT, and would, in good time, produc,
the fruits SO anxiously looked and hoped for,
in an evil hour they became the subjects Of
rendered irresistibly attractive by
the position Of the tempter, and fell; victims to
the fell seductions Of those who once professed,
but never possessed, principles of their own.
And now these young men, in the company OF
their seducers, are to be found in the gambling
holes and bells Of Washington. on their way TO