The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-18
Correspondence of the Gate Glib.
Congress about 10 ADJOURN --ass
Wsrk...The Iowa Delegation.
Their SucccssIul Labors for Our
Own S1ale.

Washington, July IL, '62.
The intelligence from the Army of the
Potomac becomes requiem for the dead.
Nothing official ye:; no reports from brig
AIDES, or divisions, or corps But We know
the slaughter has been terrific, and we
fear the whole affair was another Balls
Bluff. only on a gigantic scale. The
heart of the nation is oppressed; mourn
ing enters the homes of all our people.
and weeping is heard from Preside to fire
side, as the vail of the coronach rs borne
from mountain top to mountain top among
the hills Of Scotia.
So OF wars and rumors Of wars, / will
say nothing at the present. Congress is
about to adjourn, and it may not be amiss
to say few words about the work it has
done.
There never was Congress embracing
more men of talent than the one now in
session. In the Senate we have Fessen-
den, keen as Damascus blade in debate,
OF rare legislative powers, and always at
his post; Trumbull, as able as Hayne, and
nearly as churlish as Randolph; Hale,
whose deep earnes:ness is often overcome
by his genial wit, but who has as much
brain as any man in the Senate; Sumner,
great among giants, the leader Of them all
in opinion, hut behind many in practical
legislation Cellamer, the old man Of
deeds and not of words, whose labors
have improved hundred acts; Preston
King, of ponderous physique, and the
most practical mind in Congress Chand-
Ter, whose intense patriotism sees crimes
in blunders and destruction in delays;
Browning. whose candidacy for the Su-
preme Bench has converted morbid ten
derness for the Constitution into chronic
soreness, but who has the power to rise
above the bubbles of pettifogger; james
H. Lane. who conceals under the rough
manner of pioneer, the qualities of tip
top parliamentary strategist. These, and
others who might be mentioned, and some
Of whom will mention more particularly
anon, make up an aggregate of ability
such as vas not excelled even in the time
when Webster and Calhoun were tho in.
tellectual champions of the Senate.
In the House we have Grow, Stevens
Collar, Julian, Kelly. Bingham, Potter
Washburn, Blair, Dawes, Lovejoy, Ros
coe Conkling, aad perhaps dozen 9th
ers Of national reputation. Opposed By
such men as Crittenden, Richardson, Val
landigham and Voorhees,, aided by tn,
the quiet suggestions Of the shrewdes
politicians in the country, the Repnbl
cans have come of victors in every de
bate, and have triumphantly carried
through to perfection every measure t,
which they were pledged by their plat
! form Of 1860. No party ever did tn,
same before. Read over toe ay the Chi
cage Platform, compare it with the act,
Of Congress Of this session, and You shall
find no single pledge unredeemed. An,
, over and above all, this Congress has pro
vided Inc siaews oi war Tor an army lar
ger than Napoleon ever handled, and fo
navy more effective than ever Britain
; owned. All things have not been don.
unexceptionably, but they have al beer
done well--better than SO many and &C
, great things have ever been done before
And #, because of new cxigencies, all ha
not been done that ought TO have beer
done, all measures Of the most pressing
Importance viii have been perfected BE-