Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-13
mn.hinu,nn Wn. nnd 10.

| From toe Eic moLd Exsmi y
! In taking our leave OF Washington, as the seat
| Of the Yankee government, we would, after alb
s.ractiug what was worthy Of 1t, kick II as we
would any other pCllpie jhii 3 out OF sight
| BIT Washington, as The AeccH OF The great men
! Of other times, with her capitol, where those
| great men taught so elOquently, and the con-
! Gr,ssional burying ground, where many ofthem
| rest from their labors" we revere and honor
with the mental application Of the line" To
| what base uses may we come at last" The last
| day the writer spent in Washington was one of
| those gloomy, rainy days that are made gloom
! ier by surrounding circumstances. The writer
sat in the geutemen's parlor OF B.Own's hotel,
| at the large low window, looking on the avenue,
int, nded on men and things as they passed.
President Lincoln and his man Friday, Sec
Fetsry Seward, cane up the avenue flom the
capito', both protected from the rsinby one huge
umbrella, and for the possession Of which both
seemed to be struggling. Bat, asserting his pre-
negative here as he does il matters OF State poll
cy. Lincoln took the umbrella and Seward his
arm, and they walked on Lincoln with his pants
rolled up, and Seward putting cigar -Ihus
locked and conversing, they moved on apt OF
sigl,-prObably to the White House or State de-
par tment 10 cOncoct one of their little schemes
of decap.ioI-a Hunter proclamation or bOr
der State appeal In these two men, probably
more than any hundred others that could be
named, the North is indebted for the war-lhe
luxury OF billion Of debt and the lives of thou
sands of her population.
But they are woTshpped worshipped like
Juggernaut, that passes over and cTusheS is
worshiPpers Some curious stories are told con-
csrning the vanity AID egotism ct both old
Abe and his SpoJsa. At the foreign diplomatic
receptions many erlbarrassments and ludicTous
scenes have arisen from the fact that neither
NJ Afre / In al
their motLer tongue.
On such occasions they are generally protect
ed by an interpreter in the person of some lady
OF gentleman, who receive the compHm 'uiS and
questions the President and bis distinguished
uud lovely lady bOwing in response ike auto.
naons, iheir lite family OF Abe's,' mean
while, clingiug around them in true republican
style, bu quite shocking to the hsbituss of for
eign courts.
An auecdo,e is told of MIS- Lincoln, which
will illustrate her style. 1t occurred during the
journey Of the Presidential family to Washing
ton, previous to ihe auguration, and is told by
the cOrdGctJr, George Rawlings, who brought
them over the Northern Central railroad to Bal
tmore. As the train left Pittsburg the newsbcy
came through the cars crying the northern pa
pers-" Here's the Herald, Times, Tribune"
etc. Here, boy" spoke madam, starting up,
:. Give me the Herald" then directing her con
rersation to Bob" her son-"I want to see
what they say about US - and th'y fell TO read
ing Jepkn, count of the Triumphant Pres
ideutial Tour"
The little woman as Abe calls her, is Pc
nuious 20 that tx ent in Yankee economy which
." sells al they Cannot eat and eats all they can
not sell She is said 10 have resolved to retire
from the White House as mistress richer by
S5J,OGO than when she entered il; and BY her
own supervision Of the purchases, cookery, etc,
she bids lar 20 keep good her resolution.
Her influences over Abe " are said TO be re-
markBb,e. On one occasion, while he was
clOse.ed with tie advocate Of a certain measure
before Congress, their voices rose rather high,
and reached the ears of the ever alert "lirtie
woman 80 She approached the door AID cried
out, Abraham, Abraham, rememb your
proniS-. What that promise WAS we never
learned
But Wrs.irg,on j., degraded Eom its high
position sm'- tie capitals of the nations Of
the earth The monument to the Father Of bis
Country, which lifts It's hall finished shaft from
the banks Of Ike Potomac, will remain, we hope,
the monument Of The cIumblirg ruins Of tue
Federal Union, whose leaders az the North, dis
regarding the teachings OF its iliustIious found
ers r0sd their own degradation in tie granite
pile. There like the Tower Of Babel, it stands
at the psint Of mpletiOp, its biblical prototype
Ms wien the children of Isreal were COZ fused
end their tongGes became conioundel. May
the blocks Of granite and marble from the States
remain in Their monumental niche go many hiss
ing torgues Cf ssorn and reproach to those who
have pul ed down the temple Of our Liberties and
sit in council amid its Iuin. The South has
neither part rOr lot in It, snd she "shakes tif
the dust fheT feet - in seoTn against the North
and its degraded seat of administration.