Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-31
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What toi him are the princes of Begun,
referred 20 yesterday in Oe6Ete2 What the
princes of Ls bore, with their Koh-i.noors Z?
a whole casket lies in bis glance; for ia he
not the dispenser of $500, ,OoO, 900 a year :?
What to him the civil list OF George Ill,
which the Speaker Norton told the king
was great beyond example 2 Millions hang
upon his smile, where only thousands hung
upon the smiles ofthe proud monarchs of
England ! What 10 him are the satrapies
of the Indies Whole hetacombs of green
backs daily are sacrificed by his order u
In plain attire, but potential mood, he
comes Far off bis coming shines; in form
and seeming,buta man, but in Imagination
like the angel of the pit, floating many a
rood on the burning mari of warl About
! him herd thousands of Slaughtered beef
Around him throng millions of tons of for
age; guns and wagons, horses and mules
Ian innumerable host, too great for the
contracted mind of man; and from his brow
hang bounties for millions, and honors for
all g. Before him fall, as before an orient
a. throne, the PROSTATE House. In vain
| the Speaker, calls to order d, In vain the
Ssrgeant.at. arms braudishes the mace
Our symbol falls before tho golden wand
of this magician of war -ECE Iii
AT length he, too, ,deigns to sit. he is
hanked by my military colleagues, (Messrs.
Schenck and Gsrfeld) and the House is
ready with their questions Rare diver
zion here,r,Mr, Speaker, The record pro-
vided by tie CLERK is produced. My col
league (Mr. Schenck1, or rather my col
league mr.. Garfeld), With that sense of
military skill and courage for which he is
so distinguished, ia the first to inquire of
the War Minister, and not without embsr-
rassment The House is breathless as he
lasks-what Whether the blowing out of
the bnlkhead of the Dutch Gap Canal by
Butler has seriously affected the back bone
Of the rebellion 2 If aye, how many Vete-
brse are demolished; and after conference
with the Naval Committee, whether the
canal, 10 case of tempestuous sea, is
nAVigable for double. enders UndZwhether
they cannot go either way therein without
turning round -aE -
Z Mr.. Cox confined in this strain, exciting
roars of laughter, especially when he, went
on to portray Mr. Morrill,, ever alive to the
interests of New England, inquiring tri-
uuphautly of Mr.. Fessenden whether the
tariff shouI1 not bs SO amended as to in
! crease the duty on dye stuffs and paper, SO
! that. on future. issue of $17 oOo, 900, 600 OF
grsenbscks, the tariff will be prohibitory,
the prices raised, and a satisfactory def
o cheney be produced il our revenues. Or
whether, by raising the price of dyestutfs
3 and paper, the value of greeubacks in the
market might not be made equal to the
cost oftheir manufactured
The house also enjoyed hugely the re-
Marks of Mr.. Cox on the inclination on the
pat of members to adopt course of pol
icy because the Secretaries have SO Or
5 dai,ed it. Ia proof of this he cited the
gol: and the loan bills, aud iustanced the
thscouduct ofMessrs. Morrill, and Hooper,
Il bu, said he, when the gentleman from
: Pennsylvania (Mr. steveus,) spoke he gave
s another voice: 81 bow" said he, "to the
4 4 option of the Secretary of the Treasury
7 if it's right" tfst