New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-30
S4u Orle1as Gully Grestent,
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1866.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.


mas relieved the capital from the hot fever of po-
litica agitation under which it has so long suf- |
&ered. Washington may be said to be the great |
nerVecenter and blood.centeF Of the United States
Whatever effect is impressed upon it, is instantly
shot quiverlng along the large arterial channels
and lesser veins of the body polite to the remotest
confines of American thought and feeling. When |
Washington is Tranquil, ia blessed repose sheds its |
peaceful influence upon all the wide land.
Your correspondent Glanced to alight in Wash |
angton at this present period Of comparative |
tranquility; when the healthful air is no longer
laden with the howls of furious faction; when |
halls consecrated in theory to the grave purposes
of one Of the coordinate departments of repre-
sentative government, are no longer dishonored |
aud abased by the obscene orgies OF political |
'Sabat They rest now under silence, which, in
mercy and in decent respect for the opinions Of
mankind" one might wish to be perpetual,
The senseless rawlings of mediocre talent-the
vile devices Of reckless and malignant power
which recognized as the sole purpose of legisa-
ton the perpetuation of oppression, whose po
Htical creed is founded upon the gospel of perse
cpton and the saving efficacy of fraud, of perjury
and OF subornation OF perjury-whose wine is gall
and whose sacrament is bloOd-a this has for
the passing time ceased. Under the lofty dome,
and within the sounding arches of the columned
capitol, the hum Of quiet conversation and the
echoing step of passing spectators alone stir the
pleasing quiet Better that this quiet should re.
main nndisturbed until the equilibrium of republic
can government is restored by the admission to
the exercise Of their constitutional functions Of the
representatives of eleven sovereign States of this
divided Union. The radical members of the
trump Congress late in session have fastened to
their respective constituencies to prepare for the
coming elections, to endeavor to ptrpetuate their
desperate grasp upon the rens of power The
people-tAe source of all just power-are to be
deceived by fraud and Misrepresentation The
Autographed lies of q" Harper's Neeklyn are to be
embellished by cOpious commentaries by "our
special artists and correspondens''-Ste
Sumner, Banks, Wade, Trumbull & Co.
1t Is even possible that the authority of the
immaculate EYaugel, Wells, may be quoted to
expound radical sculptures. He Is the "beloved
disciple The National Union party will not be
idle. Energetic measures-comprehending the
Union in its entirety-wil be taken to consolidate
the conservative thoughts of the Northern masses
AS rule the instincts of the people are unfailing
as the promises Of Revelation. The President, re.
lying as he has always relied upon those instincts,
has thrown himself upon the people for support,
with an abiding faith in their virtue and patri-
otism. They will not desert him. Under the
apparently quiet surface of affairs the for
ward movement Of nyincible conservatism goes
on. The swell Of the tide is becoming visible and
we know that the motion Of tie surface commu-
nicates, by the presence Of cohesion, its flowing
energy to the lowest depths Of the seas, an re-
ceives in its turn strength and power from the
vast active mass Of underlying waters The coral
insect labOrs in silence and unseen. No measure
is taken Of the grand proportions of its invisible
architecture. But for all that, it builds up struc
lures which dwarf the achievements Of man, and
Tanquish the decay of time-tOWers and citades,
and pyramids-Cties under the sea-strange and
beauiifulin accuracy ofinstinctiye labor-enduring
forever, because of the effect Of heayen-directed
Conservatism, whose mission is TO create and to
maintain, and not to destroy.
The past week has witnessed solemn and i'm
pressive ceremony in the Presidential mansion.
You are aware that before Its adjournment the
National Union convention appointed a committee
of two from each State, one from each territory
and one from the District Of Columbia, TO convey
to the President an AUTHENTIC copy of the proceed
5ngs of the convention The presentation took
place on Saturday last. four correspondent &C.
Companied the large crowd in attendance upon
an occasion Of so important character. The Ger.
emory took place in the east room. The Presi.
dent stood nearly in the center Of the room, sur.
rounded by the members of his cabinet except
Mr. Seward, who was sick, and Mr.. Stanton, whose
absence was and is unexplained General Gram
stood on the right hand of the President. The
committee formed a circle around the President
Soon Hon. ReyeTdy Johnson, the chairman of the
committee addressed the President on behalf OIL
the committee and of the convention. His address:
was an able and eloquent history of the proceed
ings Of the convention, and exposition of the
principles and purposes of the National Unior
party He closed with an assurance to the Pres
dent of cordial and sincere support by the conVen.
tion and by the people, OF the great and wise poll
cy pursued by the executive, upon which depend
ed the liberties of the people and the continuance
ofrepublicau government.
The President appeared profoundly moved. h
began his reply in d low and tremu Gus voice, but
as he prOCeeuen Lne HIIul rise ana lall OF utter
ance steadied itself, and strengthened into an ever
aud vigorous flow of speech His massive ant
thoughtful face was kindled with enthusiasm
when he declared that, b" having taken his stanC
upon tine broad principles of liberty and the Con
stituton, there was not power enough on earth Il
drive him from it, :" thanked God that the com
try had President whose wisdom, whose courage
and whose moral greatness, were of the highes
and rarest order.
The whole people owe to Mr.. johnson liberal
measure of respect and confidence, but there il
%naCt ftop oNFota 1tinrr rraff
tude and veneratiOn. 1t is true he is fighting thu
battles of the Constitution, the common object o.
reverence, and the common aBis of protection tt
the whole country. But the violations of tina
sacred instrument which fall but lightly upon thu
prosperous North, fall with crushing weight upo
the homeless, helpless and desOlated South
Therefore, say there is due to the Presiden
from the South peculiar gratitude and yeneration
The reports Of the addresses of the Presiden
and of the Hon. Reverdy johnson, which appea
in the papers, are remarkably correct Both o
those distinguished gentlemen were often inter
rupted by bursts OF applause, and the enthusiasm
which arose responsive TO the Presidents was un
versal and earnest The citizens of this city al
most unanimously sustain the executive policy.
The presence of General Grant upon the RICH
hand of the President wasis significant Of his apprC
baton of the principles upon which the policy G
the Administrations conducted The radicals VIII
have claimed that distinguished soldier as in syn
pathy with their destructive schemes, are startle
and discouraged by this emphatic denial of the
pretensiOns.
How could it be otherwise than it is? Ho
could General Grant, whose devotion to the Unto
4 has been signazed on a hundred fields-whos
z name is associated with the Union as one of il
strongest bulwarks-how could he dishonor hi
principles and tarnish his glory by abettiug SEE
tional party, whose object is disunion, and who's
success would be despotism?
Forney's Chronicle, in its account'of the pr
ceedings of Saturday, omitted all mention of Ge
Grants participaton-a silence significant of di
appointment and apprehension. ,rs
It is probable that mass meetings will be hel
all over the North to indOrse the action Of Il
n National Union Convention. / suggest the pr
priety of having meetings for similar purpose
over the South. There shonld be Southel
movement responsive to the Northern movement
1t is eminently proper that this course should
pursued in all the Southern eites--the large ce
tiers of population. Let New Orleans bla
with patriotic fires. .--#
/ have been as yet unable to see Queen Emma
the nations guest; and now particularly N
Stewards guest. Owing, it is said, to the irreprC
;sible intrusion of American Notwithstanding
any shape the privacy of her majesty, the secl
tary of state offered her the security of his priva
residence. The queen speaks English fluent
and with only slight accent. She is said to
graceful and self possessed in her manners, has
pleasing and intelligent face, and dresses wi
simplicity and good taste. She is queen dowag
of the kingdom of Hawaii, which numbers abo
one hundred and ten thousand inhabitants.