The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-04
washington CerrespenAence.


| think Of starting from their homes.
Considering the extreme simplicity OF
the insugurate ceremonies. the very little
there is Of pomp and pageantry, it would
seem somewhat singular that the crowd
on such occasions should be so great, and
drawn from such remote segions. The
President goes from the White House 10
the Capitol, followed by a procession very
prousiscuous IN character. ;tn(s neither eie.
giant, SNOWY, nor extensive. On platform
before The cas-. front he reads MS address,
then resumes his carriage and returns. fol-
lowed by the remnants OF the procession
that accompanied him out, and the scene
is over. However, it "a the jnsugurasion
Of the Supreme Government, Tor the regu-
lar term Of years. It is fresh and formal
expression Of the nations power and ma
jesty. It is an exhibition Of the sovereign
attributes of the nation in their highest
form. There are the few yet great ideas
that must, Notwithstanding the simplicity
Of the ceremonies, forever sustain an inter-
est, widespread and absorbing, in the for
malities OF that day, and create 4 general
desire to be witness on so impressive an
occasion.
The Congress draws to q close. Already
the shadow of fatality rests upon many an
important bill that, q short time ago, had
. pleasant kproepect, which the haste
and hustle Of closing hours are sure to
doom to oblivion. Many deserving and
important plans, near upon their consum-
nation after an arduous struggle, will fail
ofmaturity. And II is to be lamented. The
improvement Of the Mississippi will prob
ably be among them. But many an out.
rageous scheme OF plunder,-such, for IN
stance, rs the continuance OF the 1adaerub-
Der patent, viii also fall; and, falling
once, will fall forever. The compensation
viii doubtless prove ample for all desira-
lr inv hot hn 3n$t p,~<
30 fully 20 transact the public business, N
SO teeming time as this. q time SO varied
and exacting in the duties it imposes. that
an extra session is not likely to he called
for, is to pay complinent TO Congress
that Will outweigh many q deserved cen.
sure. None but those who have been
members OF this Congress, or watchful
and Interested attendants. viii ever know
the claims, the difficulties, and the yespon-
sibilities that were improved upon il.
After winter unusually severe tor this
climate, season OF more suspicious wea-
ther seems opening upon Us. The 4th Of
March usually finds the earth settled here,
the grass green and fresh, and the early
flowers fuu-bl looming. TIE usual season
are coming, the earth is drying, the sun is
tempering the chill northwestern winds,
and, apparently, the season will not be far
behind, after all. One thing, however, /
shall not see when that period arrives, and
trust no man in Washington may ever
have occasion to see again; that is, Pres
ident tnaugurated in the presence Of q
crowd Of people who felt the necessity of
coming here loaded with secret arms, in the
apprehension that his inauguration might
be resisted. Nor another thing, namely:
q battery of cannon, with horses mounted,
under the superintendent OF the highest
military dignity in the land, made ready
to crush with the hand Of power an ex-
pected conspiracy. The political and NOR
if not the physical, above that which pre-.
vailed on the 4th Of March four years ago.
Political on dts are few, especially for q
time which ia SO apt to oe ieeming with
them. The New York factions check
mated them selves, and so Morgan will not
go into the Treasury. And II IS doubtful
now if Mccullough will, and no one has
Hamlin will go into the Navy Department,
and many hopes of amendment therein
will go with him. No other changes are,
at this moment. much considered.
notice here Gen. Williamson. II is I'M
derstood that, after his long and useful
service, he is not much gra.ifed sha, his
promotion to a Brigadiersnip IS only
bTcues promotion. And 60 not think il
Will be any cause Of wonder TO Iowa peo-
PIE that such should be bis state OF feeling.
Probably be viii not choose 10 accept it,
but rather resign.
tlCol. Shaw has been here for . while. but
has now returned. He is another man who
ought to have been g BrigaG.er,--a man OF
remarkable energy and determination, OF
great power of command and executive
talent. If he had been as po,j.ic ss ne was
resoln.e and energetic, probably he would
have been Brigadier. or something more.
But the tortuous and careful paths Of pol
icy are paths totally unknown 10 his Ina
petuous nature; even the more reputable
road Of proper prudence am afraid he is
not as familiar with - he might be. The
road into the ranks Of the enemy, however,
he knows very well.
learn that the projectiles of your former
townsman, MI. Stafford, have been exten
sively patronized by the Government, and
that he has thereby achieved state of
comparative aft1uence, which is well mer-
tied, and unenvied, at least by me, for i is
the result Of long period OF poverty. De.
voted to the pursuits Of invention and
science. eAE IOWA.
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