The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-01-14

The " Washington correspondent of the Led
ger says that very few foreign ministers were
present at the opening of Congress. The
1 French and English ministers were both abb
sent. We see nothing wonderful in this, Con-
gress has become such a contemplate body,
j tbst even minister from Liberia or Hayti
might afford to dispiss 1T Foreign ministers
have become SO disgusted with the ieaorrance,
T EYHigaritg and bufonery In official circles at
Washington, that they have many of them,
frehoyed to New York, so that they may avoid
the necessity of making mere Visits cf courtesy
to the White House and to Cabinet officials
They only encounter our Presidept apd Cabi-I
T taft.When they are compelled to--Whep actual
business Feapifss them to do so. BY reading
n Sow ors the psfassity Of at.
and this, during this AdminisIrationI I1nust be
great relief to any well bred man, and our
own people ought to be thankful that SO few
foreign representatives are present on such
peaasipps to observe the disgracefnl caricaiur.
ing Of good breeding, and the ludicrousssat
tempts at style and geHtiiity pp the payt of
those who, for the present, misrepresent tho
American people. as3roi3
The change in Washington Society is re-
marked by all visitors to that city. But few
weii-bred people, and but few honest PEOPLE,
ara now to be found there. In place of suel.
ers, many of them of poor, parson-liLe q as
pect, in faded black, soiled linen, and once
white choakers, with blue cotton umbrellas,
and cheap oiLclgth satchels, half filled with
crackers and cheese. These gentlemen are
chiefly applicants for chsplainships in the |
army They wear very sanctimcnious air, |
rub their hands unctuously together (when |
they are not engaged with the cotton umhrei-
las apd pil-eioth setchsls9 roll sp their eyes
pionsly, and comb their hair back of tlfsir T
ears. a set qfpeaner bigpts or more pfo-
found igpoEampses could not be found on the
face of the earth. saez-F seFiEaf
Another large class Of people now IN WASH
ington arc the coptFact9Fs and coptfset seek.
ers-shoddyits and swindlers generally, who
are too well known to need description ct cur I
hands. Then We have Abaiitiol enissaries
and apostles, of every variety, who, are in
Washington to urge extreme emancipation I
messpgea and TO pick mp whatever of plunder
they can. These pen are generally the friends
and associates of the Abolition members of
Congress, and are Of similar grade in the
social, moral and intellectual scale. Add to
these the correspondents of the Abolition
press. small peddlers, and such wretches as
Forney, who do the obsequious for their bread
and butter, and you have "A pretty tolerable
dea OF the chief elements of Washington so
,iety at present, SO far as the male sex is con-
,erned. The females present are. af pourse
he wives nd daughters pf these, and of
,ourse are their suitable companions, The
.harp-nesed, sharp-voiced daughters of New
England are the ruling spirits at present.
fhey all spell coy k-e-o ", and pronounce it
accordingly, and express wonder in such terms
IS, 'NoW, 1 wont to knowt" sDu tellp' etc., 81
md Invariably ask their neighbors ewhat they
lad To pay for this OF that article of clothing
L, in the society of foreign minister and his
ady, these s.ladies" would, of course, ask
hem the cost of each and every ARTICLE Of
heir dress; hoW ipHeh dried apples and maple !
ugar are worth; where they come from, and
low much wages their kings, queens and en-
erors received. - -,
Is it any wonder the foreign ministers did
et attend the opening of Congress they I
efnse to reside in WASHINGTON at this time2 {