The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-01-31


Tor Morton delivered most powerful and
able speech. He,was drawa out by the re.
marks Of Mr.. Doolittlc on the day before
The great Senator iron Indislia in this
speecbshaa fully vindicssed The congression
al policy of.4seconstruction ana thousandl
ofScopies have already besp ordered fO'
campaign purposes. The Senator while
speaking, remained seated, compelled TO do
so by a disabling lamepess, which Of course
was great disadvantage to him.
On Thursday last the death of @. s. Ham
ilton, late member from the Delaware Dis
trict, was announced, upon which occasion
Gen, Buckland madela very appropriate ahd
commendable address, to which the whole
House listened with marked attention. Gov,
Welker and Judge Lawrence of Ohio also
pronounced eulogies of fitting character.
The address Of the General you viii probably
lay before your readers. There are few men
in Congress, who spend more hours Of close
work for The good, not only of his own con-
stituants, but also for the whole country
than Ralph P. Buckland. His judgement
and counsel have great weight with those
Congressmen with whOmIhe is associated.
Now that the matter of Reconstruction is
for time at least-out Of the way of the
House, that body will devote itself to
financial affairs, a thing which the whole
country is most anxious about. The views
of no particular man will be adopted on this
great and important subject, but something
of the ideas of men from different portions
of the States must go to make up a plan
which will undoubtedly put changed ap-
pearance upon Bonds, Greenbacks, National
Banks and National Currency. lecfg
RThe committee which has the tax and
revenue matters in charge are busily engag-
ed in trying to effect changes which will
meet the wishes of the people generally
The members who compose this committee,
are pressed on all sides by outsiders to favor
this and that particular interest. The city
issfun Of lobbyits from all sections Of the
country, representing all kinds of business
you can think Of and each one is pressing
his own claim.
Senator Thomas Of 'Indisna, is not yet ad.
mitted and since the Doolittle speech his
chances are rot as good as before. The lines
are being drawn closer and closer every day.
The case of Sunset Cox has not yet been
acted upon for the Austrian Mission, Lis
friends are pressing his claims very hard.
Office seekers are here by the hundreds,
many of whom would succeed at the White
House. But ths Seuate-there's the, rub
to pass that body is more than many of them
could do. -r tt .s.rf.e o.. i-
The afternoon and evening reception sea-
son fully commenced. The various Cab
met officers, Chief Justice Chase, Speaker
Oolfax, Gen. Grant, a few Senators and sume
other dignitaries receive their friends on
stated evenings, their ladies receive in the
afternoon. A few days ago Mrs. Fred.
Seward presented herself at the door of Mrs.
Senator Sprague, when she was told by the
porter that Mrs. Sprague's positive orders
were 'to admit no one with "a bonnet on. "
whereupon Mre. Seward having one on in
dignantly returned to her carriage and was
cr,ven away. The object doubtless was to
keep al from calling, who were not wealthy
enough 10 come in carriages, as no one
would probably 'edlk there without bonnet
What is this but snobbery.' e,5''-+i
Dickens reads here next week. The sale
of tickets for the four nights he is to be
here amounted TO $4,000. ~ r. q