Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-23
[Ffom ihe Philadelphia Evedins Journal
WILMINGTON sOciefy.

The Washington Correspondent Of the
Ledger says that very few foreign ministers
were present 1t the opening Of CpngresS-
The Erench Sud English ministers were both
absent. We see nothing wonderful u, this
Congress has become .sucha contemplate
body, that even a minister from Liberia or
Hsyti might afford TO despise Il Foreign
ministers haze become 30 disguised With the
Ignorance, vulgatity and ~bufoonery in Official
I circles At Washington. that they have, many
of them, removed TO New York, so that fey
may avoid the necessity Of making more ylsits
of courtesy 10 the White House aud 20 CRb-
net officials. They only encounter our Presi-
dent and Cabinet Ehen they are compelled 70
l-when actual business requires them 70 do
90. By residing in New York they escape
the neosssity Of attending the State dinners
at the White House, and this, during this
Administration, must be q great relief 70 any.
we'll bred man, and our own people ought to
be thankful that so Few foreign representatives,
are present on such OCCASIONS to observe the
disgraceful caricaturipg Of good breeding,
and the ludicrous attempts Al style and gentil-
ity on the part Of those who, for the present,
-misrepresent the American people.
The change in Washington Society Is re
marked BY all visitors to that city. But few
wellbred people and but few honest people,
are nov to be found thera In place Of such,
We nov see lank. ~lAuternjaved New England
ers, many Of them Of poor, PArson.bke
aspect. in faded black, soiIed linen, and once
white checkers. With blue cotton umbrellas,
snd cheap oilelosh sAtehelS half hled with
crackers aud cheese Teese gentlemen are
chiefly applicants for ehNptaushiPs IN the
arny' They wear aver SanennoDioSs air
luA their hands EaetaOpsy together luhea
thsy are ROs engaged With the cotton uubrel
las ard ostcloSh SStehes1 roll up their eye:
~psoasly, and comb their hair back Of theil
ears A set Of meAuer blgots or more pro
tfound ignorAmuses could not be found on the
face Of the earth
Another large class Of people nowin Wash
lington are the contractors and eontract-seek
lers-shoddyites aud swindlers generally, who
: are too well known to need description at oul
hands. Then we have Abolition emissariei
and apostles, Of every variety, who are il
Washington to urge extreme emancipation
L measures and to pick up whatever Of plunde
lthey can. These men are generally the friend
u and associates of the Abolition members o
Congress, and are Of a similar grade in tn
social, moral and intellectual scale. Add Il
d these the correspondents Of the Abolition
: press, small peddlers, and such wretches a
Forney, who do. the obsequious for thei
bread and butter, and you have q pretty toler
ia able idea Of the chief elements of Washing
ton society at present, so far as the male SCI
}, is concerned The females present are, Q
e course, the wives aud daughters Of these, ant
of course arc their suitable companions
e The sharp.Aosed, sharpvoiced daughters o
e New England are the ruling spiritsa at present
y They all spell COW k-e-o-w, and pronounce |
accordingly, and express wonder insuch term
h as, Nov, l want TO knowl' "Du tellr etc
and invariably ask their ~neighbors what the
o had to pay for this or that article of cloth
ing. II, In the society Of a foreign ministe
and his lady, these 'ladies' would, Of course
ask them the cost of each and every articl
b tnf their dress how much dried apples an
maple sugar are worth; where they com
d from, and how much wages their kings, queen
and emperors received. -
h Is it any wonder the foreign ministers di
not attend the opening Of Congress-tht
lr they refuse to reside in Washington at TIL
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