The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-15
NEW SUNDAY lss7-TRPLE SHEET.

strangers, not With shame but pride. IS face no
burned towards tao Wal, itself not taken down an
burned, rs the unanimous declaration Of tho thirce
United States of America, which soemny declares ha
al men are created equal and endowed BY ,hol
Creaor WIN ne laaensbe rights Of life, liberty and tn
1t was not month since this same pndy had s.
calmly oy ara heard n man, one of themselves, wit
oah5 which 0eggars IN their drunk reject, threaten
cut another's throat from car to ear TEeTo he sal
among them not crushed by the general feeling or tn
assembly, bnt Is good man any.
There was but week TO come, ard another OF tina
badly for doing his duty 10 those who sent him there
Tor claiming IN republic tho liberty and freedom o
expressing ther sentiments and making known thei
prayer-wonid DO Tried, found guilty and have strOn
censire passed upoa him by the rest His was grav
offence ndeaa; or Years before he had risen up an'
ga d. A gang OF mao and female slaves for sale,
ransed to breed like cattle linked 10 each other BY To
are passing now along the open street beneath Ga
windows OF your Temple or Equality Look ~ Blu
there many kinds iunters ena led in toe pursuit
happiness, and tney go variousy armed II is in
anenAoir rsnt OF some among them to taso the field
ater their happiness equipped with cat and cart whip
stocks and IRON collar and to shout their view haoo
always In praise OF lberty) to the music OF olanking
chains and bloody stripes.
Where sat the many legislators OF coarse threats:
words and oo"s such coal beavers deal upon each
other whea they forgo: their breedng On every side.
Every session had its anecdotes OF that Kind and tue
actors were all there
Did recognize IN this assembly body OF men who.
Apply Jug themselves ia new world 10 corr ct some OF
the fasehoods and vices of the old purified the
TO public ie paved the dirty ways TO place and power
oeoA.ea ana MADE avs Tor the common good, and lad
saw in them the wheels that move the meancst per-
version OF vTuous political machinery that the worst
too,s ever wrought. Despcaole trckery at elections;
underhandea tamperings with public olcers cowardly
alta Ks upon opponents with scurrous newspapers Tor
shields and hired pens for daggers shameful truck
20 mercenary knaves whose claim TO be considered -
that every day and week they SOW crops of ruin
with their venal types which arc the dragons teeth OF
yore IN everything bnt sharpness; aidngs and abettngs
oil every oaa Inclination In the popular nj and ar
suppressions OF all is good Influences thngs
these aud, in word, dishonest faction in do
PRAYED ana most unDashing FORM stared out from every
corner OF the crowded hall.
Did see among them the intelligence and refinement
the true honest patriotic heart of America Here and
there wero drops OF It's blood and e but they scarcely
coorod the stream OF desperate adventurous which
that way Tor profit aud for pay II is game of these
men, and of their progate organs to make the strife
OF politics fierce aud brutal and so destructive of all
sefrespect IN worthy men, that sensitive aud delicate
minded persons shall be kept aoo and they, and such
as they, DO LETT To battle out their selfish views I'M
checked And thus this lowest OF all scrambng fights
goes on and thoy who in other countries would, from
their intelligence and station aspire to make laws
do here recoll the fartnest from that deg adatlop.
That there are among the representatives OF the peo-
pie Id both houses aud among all parties men Of
high Character and great abilities need not say. The
Foremost among these politicians who arc known In
Europe, have been already described, and l see no
reason TO depart from the rule have laid down for nv
guidance, OF absainng from all mention OF individuals
II will be sufficient 10 add, that to the most favorable
accounts That have been written Of them than
fuly ana most heartily SUBSCRIBE and that personal
tercourse and free communication have bred within mo,
not the result predicted the DOUBTFUL proverb
INCREASED admiration ana They striking
men to look at hard to deceive prompt to act, lions in
energy, Crchtons in varied accomplishments Indians in
lire OF eye and gesture Americans in strong and gen
eros impulse, and they wen represent the honor and
wisdom OF their country at home as the distinguished
gentle man who is its Minister at the British Court
sustains its highest character abroad.
visited both houses nearly every day during my stay
IN washington On my nitia;ory visit TO the House of
Representatives they divided against decision OF the
member who was speaking, beng interrupted by laugh,
mimicked it. as one child wonld In quarreling with
another. and added, that he would make honorable
gentlemen opposite sing out little moro the other
side OF their mouths presently But Interruptions are
rare the speaker being usually hoard in silence. there
are more quarrels than with US moro threatonings
than gentlemen are accustomed to exchange in any
civilized society OF which have record but farmyard
limitations have not as yet been imported from the Par
lament OF the United Kingdom The feature 10 oratory
rehshed Is the constant repetition of the idea
seaaow o. an des IN fresh Words and the inquiry out
no speak?' these, however, are but engagements of
principle VIII oh prevails elsewhere
The Senate is dignihed aud decorous body, and its
proceedings conducted with much gravity and order
Both houses are handsomely csrpeted but the state
which these carpets reduced by the universal dsre
CARO- OF the sp'ttoon with which every honorab mem
Der Is accommodated and the extraordinary improve
ments on the pat which squirted and dabbled
upon in every direction, do not admit OF being de-
scroed ! VIII merely observe that strongly recon-
mend all strangers not to look at the floor; and they
happen 10 drop anything though It be their purse, not
TO pick IL up with an ungloved hand Gny account.
II is somewhat remarkable, too at frat, to say the
least to see SO many honorable members with sweled
faces and ID scarcely less remarabs discover that
this appearance caused by the quantity OF tobacco they
conrive to stow within the hollow Of the cheek 1t
strange enough too to SEQ honorable
ing back IN his tilted chair with his legs ont no desk be-
fore him. shaping Convenient 'pug" with bis penkne
ana when IS quite ready Tor use shooting the old one
IRON uls moutn eS from pop gum ana cappng the
one 10 It's place.
Visit to the White Uouse-The President md
His vist0rs-A Levec Described.
The Presidents mansion Is more like an English club
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