New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-17
L.. w. ROSES VIEWS.

abound, selling worthless medicines to the mn,
and the sick, and thereby swindling the credu.
lous out Of great deal Of money. 1t seems To
us, in these disjointed times, that the charlstsns
cut the clumsiest figure in the House Of Repu.
sentatiyes. For example, during the debate a.
Tuesday evening. DR.. Ross Of Illinois electri6el
the twelve mcmbersswho were present. bv ths
production of patent pill, the only disadysn.
tages Of which were that it would be very hard
to take and Of no conceivable use when taken.
TO drop medical metaphor, it was the opinion a
Mr.. Ross that ga National Convention shouM
be called to settle and adjust by equal conces.
sions the questions at ISSUE" It was further
the opinion Of Mr.. Ross that "the armies North
and South should be consolidated" 1t was still ;
further the opinion Of Mr.. Ross that, "if ths
politicians had been out Of the way. the people
would have settled our difficulty long ago."
These were the three main points of Mr.. Ross
speech, although some people may consides
them SO very far from sharp as not to merit the
title of points at all. Let US see
In the first place, we are grieved to say thai
Mr.. Ross ingredients do not, if we may say 70.
mix up well. He is for National Convention.
And he is for National Convention without
any politicians in it! Now, in unspeakabls
wonder and awe at the proposed phenomenon,
we can only gasp out, as we congratulate Mr..
Ross upon his pure, immaculate, and particularly
popular Convention, that we wish be may gst
it! A National Convention without politicians
Why, Ross, if he gives way TO that particularly
lively Imagination of his, will soon be proposing
to establish the Millennium by joint resolution!
If ever that Convention should meet, which Il
not at all probable, it will thereafter be known
in history as Ross Happy Family of lions and
lambs, cats and mice, patriots and patriarohA
the loyal and the traitorous. DIR. Msgendie
mentions that, wanting few rats for his exper
iments, he undertook to carry home dossz
from the market in box, but found, when be
opened the receptacle, only one very large rot,
and q few tails, which the survivor bad not
found time to swallow. Mr.. Ross would proba.
bly, turn out the large rat OF his Convention.
At least, we should hope so. lie deserves to
live and grow fat, as the reward Of his unpre.
cedented ingenuity.
Imagine Mr.. Ross Convention convened
Inside the building are gathered the Concilators.
Outside are camped the consolidated armies!
Inside are men of all possible strpes-the pol.
ished Vancouver from South Carolina, the
bloody minded Patriarch from Arkansas, the
Anti-Slavery veterans Of New-EDgland and
Pennsylvania the disinterested shoddy-swnd.
lers from all parts of the country in gensesi,
with an assorted lot of Doctors Of Divinity
strong in the Canaan theology and of othe
Doctors u Divinity who do not believe in the
Canaan theology at all. Fortunate moment!
The politicians are all at home Except Mr..
Ross, the inventor, who attends to regulate the
mschinc), and now the people are to have q
chance. The debates begin. The polished
Man.Owncr offers a conciliatory resolution.
The bloody minded Patriarch opposes it. The
Anti-Slayery Veteran makes speech which 10
not what may properly be termed OLE
aginous. The shoddy-swinde- is for
war to-day, tomorrow, and for all
time to come The Doctors of Divinity are Of
lOggerheadS about Canaan and Onesimus! The
combat thickens The consolidated armies
outside hear the soft note of pistol inside, and
Immediately, with inexpressible delight, engage
in general action. After nine days fighting.
everybody is killed except Ross, who emerges
a solitary surviving rat from this Constitutional
scrinmagc! He casts wild, despairing look
upon the mountains of human fragments sur.
rounding him, and feels that there is nothing
left for him to do but to return to Illinois and
experience religion! And thus endeth the great
Ross Conciliatory Convention!
1t is a hard thing to declare, but we fear that
this Mr. Ross n just a little fanatieal He is, il
we may say SO, kind of Elder Miller in pol
itics. His mileunal scheme might answer in
the moon, but we are afraid that it is little too
fine for this homely world. At the same time.
if it will be any encouragement to him, we beg
leave TO assure him that, strange ana almost in'
credible as it may appear, we are quite as much
for peace as he is. And so are the loyal
people of the country. They have no particular
relish for protracted fighting. They have had
quite enough Of the Woe and the WEAKNESS and
the waste ofwar--but, on the other hand, quite
too much to stink back into the status quo and
to try again the visionary experiment OF ioIm
of government which shall reconcile ina
eternally conflicting elements Of Freedom ana
Slavery.