The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-18
Correspondence of the Union.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, d. C. I
Dec. 18th, 1868. J

Dec. 18th, 1868.
Mr.. EDIroR
Wednesday the I'd inst, was great day in
the National Metropolis. The browning of the
"Statue of Freedom" took place at noon, witnessed
by concourse of people. Immediately after the
browning of the statue the glorious old Stars and
Stripes were given to the breeze some twenty or
thirty feet above the statue and salute of thirty
FIVE guns, representing the thirty-fve States, which
was responded to by the guns of the Notifications
around the city. Truly this is great country |
While treason with CORY hands has for the last two
and half years threatened the very life of our
beloved country, and the rebel hosts have been the
most of that time almost quite in sight of the
Dome of the Capitol of the Metropolis displaying
their too often victorious standard, this work of
browning our Capitol with the Statue of Freedom"
has not for a single day been suspended. The
events Of the last two or three years must indeed
fill the civilized world with amazement and profound
admiration.
AS predicted in my last letter, the House of
Representatives was organized by the election of
Hon. Schuyler Colfax speaker, on the first day of
the session. and the first ballot. The late clerk
Etheridge, and his cohorts, essayed to help the
Copperhsads, and thwart the purpose of the Union
lists, by placing his lists several bogus represen-
tatves from the State of Louisiana with their GER
tifcates of election, such representatives, pur-
porting to bO signed by one Biddle who STYLED
himself Governor of the State, and leaving off said
list bone. fde representatives from the States Of
Maryland, Kansas, and some other States, all Of
whom or nearly so were friends of the administra-
ton, thereby giving copperhead majority in the
organization of the House, and he again to be elect
ed clerk. But the scheme failed and tho CONFER
heads skunk away and abandoned their wicked de-
vice.
Congress is therefore in working order, both
Houses having completed their organization and
show symptoms of work in earnest. The message
of the President was received and read in both
Houses on Wednesday last, accompanying which
was his remedy for restoration" of the rebellion,
States, termed his "Proclamation of Amnesty
Fred. Douglass said a few days since in a lecture
in Philadelphia, that " the nation had yielded sc
long to pro-slavery compromises, that when tn,
Nation came into the hands of Dr. Buchanan thai
old man declared it was too far gone for medicin G.
But it is generally conceded here that the treatment
of the patient by DR.. Lincoln, who was called il
when all hopes for the patients recovery, wer,
abandoned by such Doctors Pierce, Buchanan
Co., has been eminently successful, and especially
has he been fortunate in the administering of tn,
last dose. 1t is believed that the danger past ant
that the patient will not only be restored to fai
health, such as he enjoyed in former years, but tina
his constitution will be SO invigorated that unles
tho patient is entirely reckless he will be place,
almost entirely above the danger of attack by dis
ease, especially such as he is now suffering from