The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-06-06
For the Gand Haven News.
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
LAKEWOOD PLACE, Near Chicago, !
MAY %, 1860. {


FRIEND BARNS: Since We sent you a
kind word of greeting, the first of tho
month, we have made tour of something
over FIVE thousand miles through Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Virginia and Missouri, to the
city of Washington.
We considered ourselves fortunate in
being in Washington during the delivery
of tho great speech of Senator DOUGLAS.
We have often heard him, but We never
heard anything which would compare
with this last effort. On both occasions
Che spoke two days,) tho Senate Cham
Der was crowded to its utmost capacity
by the elite of Washington, and for a
season, at least, while DOUGLAS was
speaking, the Japanese Embassy" were
relieved from the gaze of the curious crowd
which gathered about Wizards Hotel.
The reception of these "Celcstials" was
a most magnificent affair--a shrcwd yam
keo arrangement which will bring a
"grist" to our MILL apd one paying a
big toll. Perhaps it is not wise to say
much about this matter just now; but we
could not help thinking as We saw the
crowd of ladies so eager TO shake hands
with these smoking, drinking, brown,
odd-looking and adder-dressed customers,
if there was no money TO be made out Of
the operation, precious little interest void
be excited in their plans or the order Of
their coming and going.
BUCHANAN looked well on the occasion
of their recoption-very well-so did
Gen. ScoTT and the rest of the military
and civil celebrities present. Well, the
benefits will be, to certain extent, mutu-
al. Japan will be benefited by allowing
the yankees to go among her people with
their clocks and wares and "notions."
Commodore PERRY " astonished the ma
tiyes," when he first gained access to their
people, by the exhibition of the telegraph
and the steam engine.
We undoubtedly love the Japanese
somo-that is our people rs q whole do
yet we look DOM upon them from ne
cessity, for two reasons first, they are
very small of stature, and second they
arc almost directly under us.
Their land is said to be q goodly land
"a land that abounds in rice, rats and
money-so we must learn about it; our
children must read about Japan: Frank
Leslie must illustrate" Japan; the new
biographies must have an extra page OF
two devoted to, Japan; we must have
we have got Japan polish for boots, and
all we want now, is, bonnets a la Japan.
japan is great country, and "Uncle
Sam" must, as he is at present an old
bachelor" get acquainted with her and all
the little preliminaiies can soon be arrang-
ed. / had almost forgotten but what
Chicago was suburb of Japan, in the
universal japan Juror, and l might say on
passing, that we are on friendly terms
with the japanese over here. We are
getting up, or have been for two or three
weeks past, good deal Of sympathy for
our dark complexioned brethren.
We have had "big" convention over
here, embracing great many good men
and some great men. We have, with the
help of certain Micbigandcrs, and certain
of your Grand Haven people, been nomi-
mating Honest Old Abe" for President
of these United States.
(This last paragraph, with several 9th
oio, PiOOOuIuS, JOu O'ii run III 40 Ho"o'
your paper being-&c.)
What a host of /" Lincoln" things there
will be gotten up, now-ospccially rails
We shall have LINCOLN hats, and LIN
COLIN polish, and LINCOLN cravats, and
LINCOLN boots, and last, but am afraid
by no means least, bonnets a la LINCOLN,
with now and thcn few LINCOLN
speeches.
Thus our people pass from one excite
mont TO another, and thus we are cduca-
ted. These things are not in vain, how
ever, to como to the reality Of tie case.
confess, looking at matters seriously,
/ dread the debauchcry of morals, and
conscience, and life, which will como over
the people during this Presidential can
vass. would that our political papers,
which are taken homo and into the fami-
lies. would fearlessly and firmly stand for