East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-01-20
Orphcus c. Kerr ON Congress.
FROM WASHINGTON


Eprron T. T. Tho City Of w ash.
ingtou, my boy, without her Congress, $,
is ike maiden without her plighted
young man. She surveys herself in the
mirror of the Potomac, and says she,
"Where's my Congress, without whom |
am like gas bracket deserted by its old
flame ?" Alas | all flesh is gas, my boy,
anj some Of our Congressman are very
fieshy. Their presence it is that makes
Washington light for the world, and
many of them who once rode high
horses have alighted. AT the pres
ent moment, our distracted country
is enveloped in darkest night, and the
day seems so far off tha. many Macker.
els despair Of ever seeing pay day, even.
At such time, what blessing is that
Congress which burns to illuminate us,
after the manner of an elaborate chan
dclier. 1t passes away to leave every.
thing dark it returns, and behold all
is darkey.
was in my room, at my hotel. when
Congress commenced to arrived, con.
versing with Capt. Bob Shorty and a.
a seedy looking middle aged chap passed
by on the opposite side OF the street,
the Captain looked out OF the window,
and says he:
"Thats one of the new legislators,
my Pythras."
"How can you tell new Solon from
an old one ?" says I, curiously.
"Why," says Captain Bob Shorty,
profoundly, an old Congressman never
wcarsA tall hat. An old Congressman" "
says Capt Bob Shorty, sagely, "always
wears soft hat, SO that it won't be in.
jured by being knocked over his eyes"
pondered deeply over :his idea, my
boy, and it seemed to me that soft hat
must be the real Cap of Liberty.
Passing over the organization of Sen
ate and House, which suggested thots
Of ancient Rome, about the time she
was saved by geese, shall proceed to
notice the message which our Honest
Abe fired into Congress from bis INTEL
lectual breastworks during the week.
You may have undoubtedly read this
Abe L. paper, my boy. in the reliable
morning journals, making due allowance
for the typographical outragcs commit
ted by printers Of opposite politics but
there was one portion Of it gotten up
for the Honest Abe by the Chaplain Of
the Mackerel Brigade, and this portion
is SO mutilated in publishing that l can.
not refrain from giving you the true
version. Speaking Of tho cost to the
country of emancipation with compen-
sation, the Chaplain wrote:
Certainly it is not so easy to pay
something as it is to pay nothing; but
it is easier to pay small sum than it is
to pay large sum, and it is easier to
pay any bill when we have the money,
than il is to pay a smaller bill when We
have no money. Compensated Eman-
cipation requires no more money than
would be necessary to the progress of
Remunerated Enfranchisement. which
would not close before the end of Eve
hundred years. At that time we shall
undoubtedly have FIVE hundred times as
many people as we have now, provided
that no one dies in the meantime and
supposing the premium on gold to in.
crease in the same ratio as it has in.
creased since our last census was taken,
the premium on the specie belonging to
five hundred times our present popula.
tion will be amply sufficient to pay for
all persons Of African descent.
81 do not state this inconsiderately.
AT the same ratio of increase as we
now realize, American gold will soon
be worth more than all Europe. We
have ten millions nine hundred and six.
ty.three thousand miles, while Europe
has three millions oight hundred thou
sand, and yet the average premium on
specie, in some Of the States, is already
above that of Europe. Taking the
brokers, in the aggregate, lind that il
one gold dollar is worth 80 in one
year,