Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-07-30

against unprinciplcd majorites. Patriotic
ones, may be safely trusted with the amplcst
powers for the public good.
WASHINGTON CITI.-However this war may
| terminate, one point is certain. Washington
| is II doomed city. Its magnificent distances
| will never be filed with houses and pavements
1t will be in the history of the world, the first
instance IF great city precipitated to decay,
| almost before the mortar had dried upon its
walls. The New World will soon rival Ital y
and Greece in the magnifccnce of its ruins.
| \ few more generations and the Capitol will
| have the mournful interest which attaches to the
| Coliseum and the Pantheon. The serpent
and tle lizard will SUI themselves amidst the
weeds and moss which will cover its decay.
| Whether Maryland may go with the South
or the North it will be all the same Washing
| Norfolk and Baltimore Will send forth the pro-
| luce of all that region, AMI bring in ths wealth
of foreign nations. Washington VII loose its
retail trade with the removal of the seat OF
| Government. It's nugniic ut resii ,nccs in
habited by employees Of government, foreign
| legations, and families of wealth attracted to
the scat of government by interest OF pleasure
will be deserted. Its public building, will be
useless. Its navy yard deserted. 1t will he too
near the borders of either government to be re-
tanned for public purposes
These grand ruins are destined u stanl De-
! fore eyes, as n rcbuke of the Almighty
| upon the presumption of human wisdom-is
sad and impressive lesson of the futility of all
human calculations. The South well ~
| the North will always be admonishcl by them
Of the danger Of sectional animositie. the ne
cessity of harmony, and above all, OF the eva
nescent character Of ali governments not con-
~olilated by common interests. and held to
gethcr by adequate central forces.
| The great father of his country f.ir,l this
anxiousl.-- His prophetic MINI forboicd the
evil days to come. The mournru appreheu-
sion paryades his farewell address, II il the
burden Of his dying political flm1nition.-
| What commentary has been written within
mans little life. even before il was rounded
with span There stands liz aiomumen. la II
| finished, and ablndoaef now to ruin. \ bare
unfinished shaft, without the temple at its
base, without its capst1ac in the blue air. Has
Babel come again, that this should have stop
ped suddenly? No confusion Of tongues.
indeed, but far worse than that-confusion of
political morals, confusion Of Earring interests.
and clash of strong passions have scattered
| Il, I IL
still
To the vile fanatics, and sorlil manuf,ctur-
crs AMI traiers-men Of the North whose era
zy zeal, and greed of gain precpitatel this re-
suit, that column will stand Il lasting reproach
\ monument Of disgrace to those whose parci-
dial hands destroyed the beneficent government,
launched with fearful prayers by the father
Of his country.
| Let it have its lesson for IL also, and our de-
-cendants. Conscious ourselves, as we are,
that our hands are clean of this foul stain. let
MS mark but their fall and that which ruine
them" In the new order of things, we may
well determine to bind our interests all more
closely together. We are all homogeneous.
| Slavery pervadcs all the South All interests
arc identical. Why should all these South
ern States be jealous one of another? Why
compare themselves with each other, and ay,
Il am holier than Shou." Why assume the
position of eighties, bound by fragile
tie, dissolvabe at will, watching each other,
and ready at the first clash of interest to
plunge into the arbitranent of arms, by that
we may be ruined A repcttion of that will be
the death-knell of republican liberty. Only
two things will remain--despotsm, or n long
succession of anarchy and wasting wars, be-
tween petty powers, such has existed in
Germany since the days of the reformation.
Let us be united. not only in sentiment but
government, and n career Of glory awaits Us.
The SITUATION OF THE ENEMY. 1.-THE
fragments of the grand army of the Poto-
mac are now, with Mcclellan at its head,
entrenching itself on James river, at its
confluence with the Chickahominy, where
reinforcements are being landed. This
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