The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-08
THE DAILY REGISTER,
TUESDAY. 80! :. ..5a :. =. DECEMBER 8, 1868
.aia FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondents of the Wheeling Register
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 1863.

Commonwealth, Senator Summers organ,
which freely acknowledges the lawlessness
of the last elections in Maryland and Della.
ware, but says that those elections by
military interference" were indispensable
to elect the abolition caucus nominations
for officers of the House of Represent
ativesl The Commonwealth insists on the
necessity of such result, and says it
must have been provided somehow" that
is to say, per .tas aut netas, or in plain Eng
lish, by means fair or foul. Let the nation
reflect on this admission of Summers home
organ, and learn from it that the abolition
lists do not hesitate to carry their points,
and to hold on to place and power by "any"
means, lawful or lawless, fair Or foul. For
myself have no objection in that the aboli-
tionists should thus have an opportunity of
showing thrir real character to the Ameri-
can people, for only shy their fruits can we
know them"
Our army of the Potomac has achieved a
"great success" 1t has got back to Brandy
Station, (doubtless favorite one, with
less not exceeding thousand or so of men,
to say nothing of wagons, mules and sup
plies. Here, of course, the present cam
paign is to end, and the Confedsrates are
to have their hopes of final accomplish
ment of their independence newly revived
and sustained.
In the matter of exchanges between the
Union and rebel authorities, the Confeder-
ate Commissioner still holds the best of the
argument. This is not to be wondered at,
considering that our rulers have beam in
their eye of about the size of "nigger,"
which effectually prevents them from seeing
what is due to the thousands of poor white
sufferers in the wretched prisons at Rich
mond Only let them get rid of that large
object and their vision will be so purged
that We shall be benefited by it. Alas
when ,OaU that be.
Two really interesting occasions in which
men of all creeds and parties can rejoice,
mark the history of the present week.
The first in order of time took place on
Wednesday in the final establishment of the
colossal statue of Freedom on the apex of
the dome of the Capitol. Its position is some
$50 feet from the base of the Capitol, though
only practise eye would SO estimate, be-
cause the great size of the dome and the
building itself detracts from the sense of
its altitude. The scafolding is not yet re-
moved, but will not probably remain long
to obscure perpect sight OF the object
Really, the capital of the United States is
we'll calculated to make the heart heave
with proud satisfaction, so noble, 50 mas
sive, so beautiful it is. When finished,
this magnificent structure will only need to
be pervaded by the spirit OF the early and
pure age of our Republic to be fit Pinates
for the Goddess whose statue crowns its
summit; otherwise, the edifce will have
lost the whole of its truest interest, and be
looked on as but the splendid Mausoleum
of dead Liberty, white and fair as a Sc
pulchre upon the outside, but inv .>rdly full
of corruption and rottenness, sacred only
to the uses Of mousing political owl, or the
more loathsome cravings of the political
worm. But will not suppose the latter
can be its fate. The nation will sooner or
later arouse itself; it will rise again from
its false worships and weak consentings,
and like an awakened Sampson tear loose
the wythes and bands with which false
confidence has latterly bound it. Its motto
will be the glorious one, in which the
whole race rests its final hopes, ,-Resu'gam.
The other occasion, not less matter OF
congratulation to us metropOlitans than the
approach of the completion of the Capitol,
will come off tomorrow. This will be the
tapping of the Potomac river de tacto just
above the Great Falls into the conduit or
waterchannel of the fourteen miles in length
which constitutes our Water Works. y
Many suppose that the people of Washing
ton have long enjoyed the benefit of "Po-
tomac Water" But this is not the case,
in fact. They have had the benefit OF
fair supply from small but perennial
stream known as Powder Mill Branch, but
as vet not one drop of veritable Potomac
The said branch water is sometimes very
turbid and therefore undesirable, but we
anticipate a better article from the great
river The United States Government
will, through Secretary Usher of the In
terror, turn the Aqusduct over to the City
of Washington in the person of its Mayor.
The celebration will be at the Great Falls.
The Constitutional Union men and the
Democratic Conservatives of both Houses
of Congress meet this evening for a preli-
minary consultation. This will be succeed
ed by second meeting to. morrow evening
to take measures relative to the organiza-
ton of the House. If it can be done, the
fairest method would be to appoint Speak
er pro tenn, and let the value Of the recent
elections in Delaware and Maryland be de-
termined before Speaker is elected upon
them. A Speaker chosen by false votes
must be Else Speaker, or a bogus Speaker
if you pea e, and it is not desirable that
such a class of officers should be admitted
into our system. A man so elected would
have neither the respect of the House nor
of the country.