The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-18
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rabie o enforced q from 20 s5sll sv( hts. The
weekly gatherings 9: the residences cf
Gov. pennison, the Post Master General,
Mr.. Welles,, Of the Navy Department., Of
Senator Morgan, 81 New York, Who has
the finest residence ia Washington. and OF
Senator Sherman, Of Ohio have been gay
With VII crowds and costumes, eomoining
alike popularity and elegance IN . high de-
gree. Those Of Nj. Seward and Mrs. Sem
tor Sprague tMr. Chase's daughteyJ are
perhaps more select, more like private par
ties, and carry along with lesser numbers
more Of fashion and style. Other residents
give less frequent entertainments; and at
the hotels the boarGers offer occasional
ing fashion of hospitality. At these gath.
erings, beside tho resident population, and
Congress, and the departments, there are
always prominent citizens from nearly ev.
cry State, and women distinguished for
beauty or talent from ~ wide range. No
torieties are q plenty at Washington re-
ception g beea in June clover field. A
ON crutch, and another with . vaoanti
aleeve; authors and poets; governors TO bei
counted on your fihge1s; bishops and D.
D.'s., with uncommonly surprised eyes
women lectuFers and preachers; bellies
from Vermont and Rhode Island, from
sweet, sad exile from tho Sunny South
There il no such socisl ecleckicism as vou
80 in partv at the National Gapital !: no |
such yariety,or number Of marked and re-
markable. people: no such rAr1see. such
depth or hight Of beauty, OF customing, OIL
fashion. You get nowhere such a realiza. |
ton Of the attainments, the probabilities
society. saF q ai
Washington msy be, should be. We be.
lieve will be the most attractive residence
city in the nation. As the political center
OF q country, whose extent and power in-
agination hardly compasses, As the sea, Of
allel in history, it mus, always be the home
OF few hundreds Of our selectest citizens,
Around these must necessarily gather.
should be encouraged to gather, the very
highest social Influences. Wealth and art
and beauty Will minister. Not these alone.
but hand in hand intellect, morals. re,ig.
ion. There will be no danger thst tbs ma.
to find full and free expression at the ma.
tional capital. What the North most needs
TO carry there is It's Homes. Every mem.
ber of Congress who can afford il should
take his family there, and make home for
himself and his friends. Citizens Of means
and leisure and the tsste should have par.
tial CA permanent homes In IWAsl1ing gton.
The government and its mem beys should
be surrounded with the highest moral, IN
tellectuaI and spiritual inf duencee. When
greed invites, when ambition overtops it.
SELF, when temptation obscures. then there
should be good angels around to stav the
heart and encourage the hand and elevate
the head. The nation wants . vast lobby
at Washington made up Of men and wo-
men Of the best social. intAllectuai and
moral culture, independent Of Congress
ional legislation or epaftmental favor. but
eagerly Interested in q good and true GOV.
eminent, and surrounding those who con
troll its decisions with all the tfuest and
nob!eet influences Of the nation. We want
our nohlest men, whoss queens our lovs.ial
est and pureet women. Such in13uences
can make corrupt legislsftot, impoesible
can forbid men of vileness from holding
high positions iu the government. can
make Washington life and Washington so-
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