Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-04-04
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fCorrespondence Cincinnati Commercial, (Rep. ]
~.S WASHINGTON, March %, = Coming 10 Wash
, ington on business, | was requested by my
friends in the West to find out "howr matters
stand here, and report. !" Iesaid, = will. y
j! 1t was very large contract, and am not able
to fill it. After weeks of faithful search and
investigation, i am enabled to say, without
fear of successful contradiction that | don't
know how matters stand here, ,olneither. does
any other living man in Washington or else
where. Matters don stand here-they move.
They don't move in any given direction, but
are striking out In all directions. They don't
stand in the morning as theydid Jinthe even
ing, and when the day closes again new base
has been reached; Skirmishiipgis the order OF
the day guerrilas and jayha4kers abound
Several times I have been nearly Knocked down,
run over, tramped under foot, and gobbled up
by the excited Judge -Puffey, of Swellville,
Spread county, Massachusetts,, (who came to
Washington to use his great influence and
exercise his sDroad, comprehensive intellect,
to settle this little misunderstanding between
Congress and the President), rushing to the
room of the Honorable Mr.. iSaye-the-
country with such speed that small boys might
have playedmarbles on his horizontal coat tails,
to inform him that sandy johnson was ID
traitor" He had that moment heard, from a
most reliable African, who was just from che
White House, that he (the said African had
heard from the servant girl in the kitchen, that
Mr. Confederatus, a Colonel in the Rebel army
during the war, was to be appointed Collector
of the Internal Revenue at Mobile; that the
President when waited on by himself and a
delegation Of the most prominent, influential,
aod loyal citizens Of Swellville, has declined to
appoint VIM Lloyd Garrison to the collector
X: fa3 we hotr
ed and the ecountry is ruined ~ exclaims Judge
Pufey. Il myself saw man from Alabama
in the Presidents ante-room - and, appoach
ing the Hon member, whispers in his ear
Two copperheads had an interview with the
President ycsterday-they were Sunset Cox
and Wash Mclean, of Ohio. - The Hon. Mr..
Saye-the country sinks back in his chair, rails
ing his hands to heaven, exc'almlng, My
God!" Is amssz.s .al 2I
Pass through any crowd at the street corner
or at Wil|ard's S, aud you will hear excited dis
cussion and contention The excitement does:
not abate; each day but adds fuel to the fame.
The most outrageous charges are made openly
against the President on the streets, and by the
clerks in the Departments. Andy johnson
is a great traitor - exclaims one, "as jeff. Da
Wis Another exclaims, ''He's drunk half the
time and dom know what he's doing A
third, He's had the dellllum tremens-he
sees snakes 1l~ ~
Then, on the other hand, with flashing eye
and burning cheeks, the President is warm
ly, earnestly and inteiigently defended. TO
these charges they respond: Your ID
fool; there isn't purer, truer man on this
earth than Andrew Johnson ':Did he so
gallantly battle these traitors for five years.
yea, all his life to turn traitor now p ''Show
me where in a single instance, he has gone
back on any principle or sentiment he has ever
Of his that is Untrue to % or the par
ty that elected him " admit his speech of
February % was unwise and in bad taste, yet
even in that, where is the sentim ent or princi-
pie that the Union men OF this country do not,
Or at the time Of his election, did not endorse p
And all the crowd keep silence
It's a Babel Of opinion here-a political
chaos No two prominent men think alike
Congress is very weak and powerless, because
there is 10 unity of purpose or action in that
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