The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-14

iure OF things the ladies Of Washington whether belong
ing 70 our Congressional birds Of passage resident
TO rival either the elegances OF Paris the exrava-
gances Of New York fashionable society, The resident
and depending entirely upon this economical ,a
for it's very existence, must be necessarily poor Then
again senators and representatives, in Congress, Saa
our Cabinet ocers are, with few exceptions from the ru-
raj districts, plain unpretending people, even those who
count their nggers by the hundred their acres by ls
ten thousand.
But the members Of Congress are generally men re
markaole Tor their superior aainmens or intelligence
OF caaoi,es in view Of the public duties which they
are elected to discharge; the members Of the Cabinet
must OF necessity be Of intellect and experience and
.ne service, which demands the skfu Of
pauspie words Tor the conceament Of dangerous IDEAS
Is seldom entrusted TO men who can call a spade
~ no other name than spade These three important
cs .. 'ne executive legislative and diplomatic ser
course with the fixed population OF Washington, produce
really beautiful metropolitan and cosmopolitan crysta
hzauon The supreme Court the army and the navy and
our distinguished vstcrs continually dropping in from
all parts Of the Unon the Continent the globe and
full proportions these crystaHz PROCESSES And SO il
is, That while in New York u ignoramus who has
nmaasea fortune from thirty years close attention to
the learned blacksmith, we that in Washington the
scholar the distinguished lawyer, artist OF letters
gracefully recognized under the paramount law of in
tellect and intellectual attanments.
In fact there is no place upon this continent place,
Experimentation OF society upon the broad platform Of in
teeo than this city Of Washington. Our distinguished
nothing.
everything. in the public estimation, from becoming
condescension TO public opinion and the humbles mem
Der OF the community has seen enough to discriminate
eetween gentilty and rudeness in his be.
Iast Room Here we find the "evee in full Blast Blast.
There must be near thousand people in this Hm Two
or three abreast procession circles round through
crowd Ike strong current round the centre of stll
pond This circlng the square and this squarng the
ten O'Clock, when the signal OF "Yankee DOODLE from
the marine band in the vesbue adjourns the meeting
Qkn ~ltpUr
observation Here comes member Of the Senate with
young girl upon each arm. They are. perhaps, the
6oarder Here one Of the Helper republicans of the
House conversing with Southern fire Here comes
the popular Extra Billy Smith, in his gray suit Of Virginia
homespun, with half dozen ladies 10 his train. That
gentleman mail contractor, waiting for his money
ready cs a Ssr
terest for three months. That genial pory gentle
man Preston King and the ladies with him are, per-
haps from the banks of the st. Lawrence. That little
lady with the clear ringing laugh-that lively little body
apparently about twenty five years of AGES that dst
gushed lawyer, Mrs. Gen. Gaines. or course she IL ut
home here, as she would be welcome in palace howell
throughout this broad land II her put to the
popular vote she would carry it by splendid majority
But we see that Congressman and clerks diplomats and
office seekers Cabinet Ministers, butchers and BAKERS
newspaper men, painters poets parsons and dancing
canvass back, and the consumers OF salt junk are all
fused together and fusng for the two hours q the evee
very much ike modest Scotch cnrate upon three hun
dred year. is very satisfactory exhibition Of republican
equality.
In lis political aspects this asseuablage is still more re-
markabie There are not over twenty members OF Con
gress visible and two thirds Of them black repub
cans Why this absence Of the democrats? Is it an old
story with them do they stay away the Pres
dents loaves and shes have all been distributed be-
e Is the Of this
Perhaps, as Mr.. Buchanan has protested and
again that he Is not candidate and it is known that
he has not singled out any particular candidate for the
esson, the democrats of Congress playing lie
and seek in order 70 bring him out No matter: As the