Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-19
TIE SMELL OF THE LIONS PARLoR.

The-Chronicle, after its odd way of ssad yancing
the best interests of the District" loses no op-
portunity of giving the people here a sly dig
under the ribs or putting them in a disadvan-
tageOus light before the country. Its persistent
representations of this community as one too
vile and traitorous to be entitled to any con-
sderation at the hands of Congress have borne
their fruit, causing one branch at least OF that
body TO legislste against us as a community to
be punished after style more degrading than
that ever before visited upon any white people
upon the face of the globe. The Chronicle,
while singing hosannas over the passage of the
negro bill undiluted by the House of Repre-
sentatives, concludes with the following piece
of gratuitous advice:
"H is to be hoped that the people of the District
UiI not dIOtC themselves TO be misIed into uRneces-
SGry excitement 6y the politicians, in consequence
Of His decision Of the Representatives. Of the Amer
lean masses. Any other course WlL only react upon
hemselreS."
What does the Chronicle mean to convey by
its insinnation and accompanying threat
What have the people here done or shown dis.
position to do, to call for this impertinent in
sulting, and maliciously phrased advice! We
donot see any signs Of "undue excitement"
The police seem to have no more serious cases
TO deal with than violations of the snow-law
Superintendent Richards reports no tumults
through the night We haven't heard of any
of our sslocal' politicians infaming the District
masses by incendiary harangues. Tom LLOYD,
Peugh, Lie Edmonston, and the rest of 'em
are TRANQUILITY pursuing their business ayoca-
tions-prosecuting claims, selling shoes, &C.,
with no particle Of phrenzy distending their
fine eyes. No street barricades have been
raised as yet. The shops opened as usual this
morning; and customers there and at the city
markets go about as on other days, paying the
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tude if not Tapleian cheerfulness.
The people here are, in fact, in the condition
Of the blessed ones, who, expecting not much
does the Chronicle expect of them to say that
they like it
Sargent 5. Prentiss used to give an improved
Irish version Of an old fable, apropos to an ep-
ISOLDE in the cabinet affairs Of Andrew Jack
son. ssOnce upon a time" as this version ram
'sthe lion made fire in his den of nightly bad
smell intirely, and thin he called in the bastes
of the field to give an opinion of the same Aud
he says to the bear, says he, "And, Mr.. Bear.
how do you like the smell of me parlor To.
day 7" and says the honest ould bear saws he.
sit smells bad" Take that for yer inn
pedincer' says the lion. giving the ould
bear a whack that knocked the breath
out of him intirely, after which he ate him up
he to the monkey, says he, sand how do We like
the smell of me parlor to-day7' The monkey
says, says he, .sYer honor lis the most delight
full smell ever smelt in all my lite!' sTake
that for lying, says the lion, knocking him down
and ateing him up, after which he called in the
fox, and says he ''Mr. Fox, and how do We like
the smell Of me parlor to-dayP But the fox
when he saw the carcase OF the monkey that
the lion had just ate, lying dead in the corner
he whisked his tail across his eyes as much as to
say, ssD'ye see anything green there Kinney D,
and he says, says he, "It's me that's got sucb a
cowld, can't smell at all, ALL" Then the lion
laughed and told the fox he was a clever haste
and might tread in his footsteps If he could
straCtdle wide enough
The Chronicle admonishes the people of the
District as they value their precious carcases.
not to say of negro suffrage that it smells bad
What will the Chronicle have us to do! Shall
we risk the fate of the obsequious monkey and
say it is the most delightful smell we ever
smelt in all our lives, or shall we say with the
prudent fox that the condition Of our olfacto-
ries is not favorable for Judicious opinion
Will it be safe to hold a private opinion that il
smells badl Will any collection of persons
smaller than twenty (Napoleonic police regu-
lation) be allowed to opine that it smells bad
Will q test oath be required of all whites doing
business here that they have never held that it
smells bad, nor given any aid or comfort to
those who so heldl Let the Chronicle be less
oracular in its utterances, so that the people of
the District may know what form of opinion
they may be allowed to hold or express in re-
gard to the smell Of the lions parlor.