The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-02

Senators by the beard with something of tbs usole
afr Of conquest With which orion and his boorIsh &C
sacks gailopsd sIong the Carousa 10 the train of the
lied army Its entry into Paris The coincidence Of Il
departure about that time in the shape of the sonths
population, of the kings and queens of Washington
elety tended also to allow the social passion 10 sprei
until the whole atmosphere about the White House 1
came tainted with the miasa Of the presence Of clow
aHaysd in broadcoth who talk at its occupant by
hour together exactly they now doing with NJ
Johnson) and ruined the character of the estashme
TOT responsibility In the psssne, Of these hociiag de
e'shes me social 'co,d sreyy noble tioa connect,
"ah the PTssidentidl Monion ted in dismay, and q
sfe't eeafTe around wtich The Thoughts and hearts Of
Psopfs hod Dee" accustomed 10 gather became chdyHe
MOUSE from ghtch refinement and dcsncv turned ucdy
Mr. johnson has, unfortunately fallen heir to these Ia
influences as well AZ TO the authority of President II
extreme simplicity Of manners has continued the abuse
lac found In Office, and hence find that all manner
halieducstedipeople from all parts have made II pon
TO flock to the East Room with the result described witt
so much painful accuracy by the Count Joannes'
Is this decent? Is it respectful TO
wards the living or the dead 4? While
the nation still mOurns over the man
gled form ofits late chiefmagistrate, is ii
consistent with the pretensions even OF
Richmond manners, thus to speak of
the late President Lincoln : The But
letin and the Count Joannes may think
it is; but we do assure them, calmly, but
firmly, that the day of such ISLANDERS are
passed. The Bulletin must be low, in
Iced, when 1t is inspired TO assail Mr..
Lincoln by such q person as George
Jones. Mr.. BAILEY may not think 1t be-
meath his dignity to be identified with
the Count" but for our own part, we
should prefer the fellowship and "glory"
of Booth. We know the Virginia press
will hasten to disavow sympathy with
the Count Joannes and the Bulletin
from New Orleans to Richmond the dis
claiming chorus will go forth: we pre-
dict that the editors of the offending
sheet will disclaim disrespect to "he
of the late Mr.. Ltncol,a,n
which "introduced to Washington man
aers the culgor, aiterate and coarse Gus
on's Of the party that had elected him TO
,tice )" and we see the cringing editors
IN their very knees before Mr.. Johnson,
assuring him that no disrespect was in.
ended in their assertion that the Presi.
lential mansion had "become a cha,nel-
Rouse, from which REFINEMENT and DE-
,ENCy turned d,ooy :" Fit be true, rs
the Bulletin and the Count Joannes
state, that the Presidential mansion
has been turned Into q bear-garden, then
who are they that have made 1t so?
Who have crowded and turned the East
Room into smoking saloon? Was it
not the pardon-seekers of Richmond, the
home-g!ard patriots? The Bulletin asks
= seould it not be a good thing (and aVe
commend the proposition to the ready
mind of the Count Joannes) to establish |
, bureau Of manners adapted to the re.
of the White House, of a0hich,
or instance, the Count might be appoint
d Chief and General Director" We
ave no objection to Count Joannes's es.
a school for the diffusion of
manners among the pardon beggars and
ffice-seekers, provided he does it at his
'wn risk at the North West cornerof Do.
'er and Cottage Streets, Boston; but we |
Inject to the forming ola national bureau
or the instruction Of the editors of the
Bulletin in the principles of politeness
II for fitting them in manners odap-
ed to the requirements of the White
4O"se.' The country is already sorely
axed for the education of the negroes
he most ignorant of whom, let us say,
not deficient In respect for the memory
Booths victim-and, therefore, we
rotest In advance against further out
ys Of the national funds, for the estab-
shment of a bureau of manners, If the
nject contemplated he an attempt to
'nder them or such as the lowest
nong them, fit to appear in the "Presi-
entail Mansion" or in any mansion
ot the exclusive home of the barba-
all. The article of the Bulletin is
1t was inspired by noun
bank aud it must have been indited
Y "ghoul." 1t Is wanting In wit,
is wanting in delicacy, in every thing
ut brutality, and it could not have been {
ritten by a man friendly to the nation. |
EN- who reviled Washington are still |
membered Booth will have q place &
history but neither the editor of the
"tlefin, nor his friend, George Jones,
he Count JOannes," can enjoy such l
stinction in our annals. They will u
tn enjoy momentary notoriety--not 9
lasting, however, as the infamous a
ne of Mudd and Wirz-and that is all.
Notwithstanding our detestation of the {
aracter of the Count, and the follow
Of the Count, We would not have ad-
ed the extinguishment of the Bal- y
n. We would not have so far honor
that sheet.
TuAL HATREDs OF THE NORTH AND g
S0IyTH III