The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-26
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Thess ere really many thinsp worth seeing /
Washingtoa, asd had l the time should ut
week here. hat this cannot do. The tow
hIarger than had anticipated and looks bette,
~ he contrary The men are smaller, particv
larry those who figure largely in Congress an
hold ofacial positions Most Of them have ha
greatness thrust upon them (by the papers) .
achieved Il with craft and money. The mon q
RAJ ability are few and far between.
II seems 70 be the prevalent opinion her
among his friends that Mr.. Seward will receiv,
ths nomination Of the Chicago Convention
but they don't know any more about Il thar
folks elsewhere. We shall mot be able 70 deter
mine this matter until the Convention meets and
ballots for nominee. Il Is unfortunate Thai
public opinion does mot point unmistakably "a
Mr. Seward, NJ. Lincoln, Mr. Wade, Nr. Ere.
mont Or somebody, IS the choice OF the whole
Republican party.
NJ. Potter, who took the bully Ill out Of the
inflated cox-comb Pryor, boards as the Avenue
House where our party is stopping, He Ii Just
now very popular man in the West where
pluck and courage are At premium. He is a
quiet unassuming gentleman of but few words.
but possessing ability and nerve.
The Japanese Embassy arrived at twelve
O'Clock to-day and wAs received with q rood deal
OF pomp and ceremony at the Navy Yard. Car
riages, omnibusscs and every other description Of
vehicles were in demand. All Washington was
out Through the excrtions Of Senator Harlan
and Colonel Curtis our party got q near view
Of the strangers They are about the color Of
our American Indians. Their faces do not pre.
sent 90 stoical an appeArance-indicate more
refinement. Some Of them had very pleseant
not to say jolly countenances. They are quite
short, say five feet three four inches in height
Hook kefeminate-dress fantasticaly. The party
consists Of about seventy persone altogether,
twenty of them being high dignitaries, the others
servants. They are said to have seventy tons
Of baggage with them. 4.-
This p. m. our party visited the Patent Olicc
and Smithsonian Institute. in very hurried way.
Of course We had not the time to do any thing
but glance through the public buildings like
the Patent Office building better that the Capt.
tol. The Architect displayed better taste in
leaving out the tinsel and gingerbread work.
The Smithsonian Institute is worth seeing. l
could spend week in looking at its gallery of
Indian portraits and in examining the specimens
Of birds, beasts aud reptiles which are preserved
and shown there.
Ii there are any Editors yet to visit Washing
ton my advice to them is to go into training
after the manner Of the prize fighters, for at least
two weeks. They may thus harden their muscles
and be able to stand the wear and tear of travel
ling over this city of magnificent distances /
have had a surfeit of sight seeing. and become
weary of looking at piles of granite and'marble.
I met Judge Mason to-day. lie now resides
in this city. Mr.. Fales, formerly OF Burlington,
resides here, holding some official position under
the Government. -e.!.
Tomorrow our party visit Mt Vernon. The
day after, We hope to take our departure
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WASHINGTON, May l5.
Our party performed the patriotic duty Of
visiting the tomb of Washington to-day. Find
ing some old Ohio acquaintances this morning,
fingered SO long with them as to fail to connect
with the boat.
Mr.. Douglas made what his friends will prob
ably consider his greatest speech to-day. Or
rather should say he spoke three hours, the
Senate adjourning over to allow him to finish to-
morrow.
heard him to the end as did o very large
audience, though the attendance, particularly in
the ladies' gallery, grew thin towards the close.
The speech was in reply to Davis of Mississippi,
and was devoted entirely to family matters per-
tanning TO the Democratic party, its quarrel at
Charleston and probable " disruption" (that is
the word he used.) He reviewed "Squatter
Sovereignty" commencing with General Cass,
Nicholson letter in ls47, aud bringing the mat
ter down to the Charleston Convention, convict
ing the Southern gentlemen now opposed to him
and his principle, of inconsistency, Davis only
excepted) in having in the start been in favor,
but now opposed to the sovereignty OF the peo-
pie of the Territories.
The speech regard as declaration of war
on the part of Douglas Its delivery puts it out
Of the power Of the Democratic party to unite
on him at Baltimore. During its delivery sew
erai Southern gentlemen were quite restive.-
Green, of Missouri, who was drunk as an owl,
as usual, tried to interrupt him, as did others,
but Douglas would not give way.
Mr.. Douglas manner Of speaking is good. He
cnuncia.es very slowly, but in a clear and en-
phatic manner, projecting his words like shells
from mortar. ri
What Mr.. Douglas expects to accomplish by
this speech it is impossible for me to determine.
BY giving SUCH great prominence to the questions
at ISSUE be Of coursc closes the door 10 reconei'
liation and transfers the Charleston fight to
Washington. Can he read his enemies out Of
the party and at the same time force the Bal-
timore Convention to nominate him? We shall
sce
Republican County Convention.
Pursuant to call of the Central Committee of
Des Moines county, the Republicans of said
county assembled in Convention at Marion Hall,
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