The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-04-13
THE SUCKER BOYS IN w1eg.

THE SUCKER BOYS IN wAsHIrc,s
A sOutherner. correspondent Of y. :,
York Herald writing from WASH NJ
gives the following account of III.
the Rail Splisters and Sucker Bors t. NJ
ington: "asl
WASHINGTON, March ,o.,
There is room ON Pennsylvan;s IVol
to walk once more without being pu. Sb's1''
the Cloths and Vandals into the g rt1usd ;!
fact there has been since MondaT ~
ishing exodus of the Goths and y. a. ss'Oe
parts unknown. Two classes of ,ba' uAs
tinguished strangers since MONDAY bss a.
in large numbers; first. those who b I've lei
all their money in getting here, and :. 'psl'
ly, those who had none when ,bsr I Is,
Some, also. have left because thev s NA
covered they were on a fools erranS Us
some under the belief that, hav;nnu ~:
their papers, vouchers and endors.,Ss att
had nothing more to do than TO o., 'S'l
and wait for letter containing n. 81 noA
prize of some nice Office, with ~. Iuctl
pay and nothing to do. F'ea'! Of
The pressure upon every depa,,n
tremendous. The grea: surpipg na N's
the Northern barbarians has gone? b ~ASs Of
dreds, yea, thousands still hsBo -, 'u' naH-
are, too, like the PatagOniaas a;.,, iley
stature, and being regular ms,,s SANS IN
backwoodsmen in their way of dom r, ~ " Tact
are not to be trif1ed with. "OR mtS'ngs'
their man-they elected him, they arsS. IS
to see him, and they walk into aud eyr, OruS0
House as sons of freedom and lords o Ie' y
manor. They reconnoiter the denar,m.'"als
with the GOODNESS with which Crom-.ps'
troops would examine the curiosities Of
Catholic Church. There never has h..
anything here before to COMPARE With ~
descent of the Northern barbarans NJ.
this devoted capital. They cross.eY,Ti.'
the poor clerks at their desks, inopI:-
what they do, how much they get why
sort of learning it takes to Eli such ul,,.
how long they write every day, and bov
new man wanting such place goes .boD
the work of getting it.
at is an invasion of veritable barhat
ans" said Southern man to us TO-DAY
"a gathering of rail-spliLters, wood chOpnsr!.
fat boaters, cattle dealers, cross road ,,r
ern keepers, country grocers, wagon drive,
journeyman farmers and village editors
lawyers and blacksmitbs, strong IN the c.ns,
of human freedom, and deluded With dream
of fat Offices. fine houses and al the lurp.
ries of the Caliph of Damascus or the Giv.a,
Mogul." But the hotels and boarding.
house keepers say that these aspiring sons
broad shouldered and six feet four, derOur
provisions like the soDs of Anak, and deal
very gingerly in champagne or extras d
any kind. The astonished hackmen SAY
"these Black Republicans are poor trash
for they are all walkers. They walk to The
White House. they walk to Abe CapitOl
they walk to the Navy Yard, they walk d
Georgetown, they walk the avenue all DAY.
and then walk to ball, and walk HON.
and take another walk after they get then
to straighten their legs before going to bed
Such chaps are good for shoemakers, butt
poor set for the hsckmen. One of thsl
prairie chickens can walk down shy hsCI
in Washington. Guess they all walked il
here from California"
The hackmen, by these powerful walkers
with their long legs and broad shoulders
are completely Outdone. Never saw such
set in Washington before Of Shanghaes AM
raii-splitters. Generally they pay; but gen
orally they calculate expenses here on the
scale of prices of Western village, and 90
they fall short. Two hundred of them zoo
dinner at the public soup house .ne othe
day. And all these gigantic Office seeker
are working and wrangling for the spOils IS
eff nobody was hurt'' and NOBODY was
suffering anything" Indeed, the 'Presi
dent, his Cabinet, and his party leaders an
managers here appear 10 be utterly Oblivion
of anything and everything except their o,
cupation of the government.