The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-08
Letter hom Washington.
The Ssaats N tho Fourth q nsreh'
TESTIMONIES TO GENERAL scHURz


The attitude Of the Government, ~ it will
be conducted under Grant, 10 developing
daily. The Gaaeralhas announced himself
u ia favor Of 6xing the reconstruction gues-
ton pronptly and definitely, 30 a. To- hsgin
!, once With an economical and ~ yet . pro-
gressive term Of public service. he il in
favor only Of such Improvements rs will at
once increase the revease, while they facili-
tate civilization and comfort. He is opposed
to new acquisitions Of territory, which he
thinks viii ~ - sooree Of new irritations
and complications, and he has expressed .
design TO select good men for bis assistants
: in tho Government. payia9 Little feDksd g
der rebaive oeegraph1.. 3lis le - 90
1iteesH pnestsapsnns p ~ 40 49, end
ii ne tbnpant Of many persons. for his dir
erection il governed very greatly BY the char
acter Of his co.fdants. In brief, General
Grant nays u sSsll shoald9. his work like
any other military duty, and carry it along,
asking In the aid of wisdom to assist his owl
tenacity. II il Of consequence 70 lfoH Who
hssball hsve to help him IN the Senate, be-
sides those have already described to you.
wIscoEsfH.
In Wisconsin the struggle for the Senator
ship seems to be between Matt. =: Carpen'
Ter end CadwalIader Washburn; talk favorins
the former, chance ths latter. Mr.. Wash-
burn and Mr. Carpenter are both, large,
powerful mon, six feet high apiece, should
think. CMpeotes became proninsut hist
during the celebrated McArdle case, where
bis easy pleadings, the nonchalent gesture Of
his Ma glove, his blue cost stretched over
broad shoulders and swept to the collar BY
glossy black hair, carried theatrical iupres-
aisn ae&hs peoples
0ensral Washburn 10 strong featured, in
domitshle, pusermmded msn, made positive
and impertive beyond his will BY his military
career, which extended over the whole Pc.
riod Of tbs ~. He was lawyer Of solid
part, suddenly translated to be Colonel Of the
Second Wisconsin cavalry. he figured -
ularly in Arkansas and Mississippi, and 1t
.Hslsna MAS CONSPICUOUS, - alao q ksuphls,
whers hekept spies and camp fellows in or
der. He commanded the Thirteenth afmy
oesp& ssd closed his militsfy esRsss IN Tea.
His services were of the strong, undrsmatic
sort, but very prominent and effective. Late
feeo1D kAro .indicaks HE election. His
speeches upon the Pacific railroad and the
Alaska purchase were bold argnmens on the
minority side.
niNsKsoTA SENATOR.
Senator Ramsey in Minnesota is opposed
by the former Senator, Wilkinson, and also
by the squsd Of the Republican party ealled
the Donnelly faction. Mr.. Donnelly il said,
By Ais saemies, suppose, to prefer the cleo
ton Of Democrat 10 Ramsey. IF this be
no it Allows how far mars personal difficulties
may carry . man, like Coriolanus swept over
to the Volscians By the breath Of his own de-
famaton. Wilkinson is said to have the ex
cess Of popularity in Minnesota Ramsey to
have the immediate chance in the Legisla-
= &c - -
and self>respect. Wilkinson l know to be
Whist il called aclever'' fellow.
MICHIGAN,
Zach. Chandler will doubtless be returned
from Michigan. He 10 rich man, stead.
fast man to his party obligations, little out
Of balance in temper, and somewhat over
fond Of good living. II he were not Sena-
tor, this would be none of my business.
ance about Chandler. He never makes quite
fool Of himself, and being remarkably
large, it is impossible for his appetite to mas
ter all Of him. Governor Blair and Ferry
member Of Congress, are working for tn,
dictatorship against Chandler, but | shoult
Judge that he had all the opportunity.
The fight in Maine is Of the fiercest anc
President, and Morrill,. These are remarka
bly, good men, both of them. Hamln is
straightforward Republican, q little close L
Gideon Welles in sympathy. Morrill, is I
quiet citizen, responsible parsonage, and botf
of them, if do not mistake. claiming to b,
friends Of Fessenden, whose position il
Maine 10 still, by tradition, the paramount
one. How this fight will 60 no one seems t,
know. II will scarcely eyentuate in the 80
lection Of ! third party.
In Massachusetts Mr.. Sumner has sur
thing for e-etection, for that is a common
wealth where man of character need no
beg and promise to get the sutfrages Of hi
felow-citisens. The Legislature being near
" as reputable ~ the people, sends Charlie
Sumner back to the Senate without subject
ing him to the mercy of caucus or can
yAss. f ~
The two Massachusetts Senators are worth
men in the broadcast sense, both poor, with
out interests in pelfs Of any sort, and with
ont any of that intimacy with fringe" job
or chicAneriss which so notably attaches to
fair majority Of the Senate. Wilson is poe
as any newspaper correspondent, with 4 lit
surplus Of four or Eve hundred dollars ,
bank, good character, 40 good a tempe
excellent charity. sumner j. Al himsslf i
the sight 'of himself, fearless, straightfol
ward, inappeasable, q legislator higher IN
broader than hfmself - man. The Stat
Of Massachusetts, Is indescribably the be,
psrsonated State in the Senate.
rENxEssEE
II 10 sod to SEQ man Of reading, chart,
good neighborly speech and amiable famil
fall into the grip Of habits that Ding him boz
lily and before our eyes TO shame. This con
ing session Of Congress will see the certai
death and entombUept of three unen in Il
unieed 6oAt0 66aates oil from dsnk. Tai
msn, and they are already tavern .suckers
and parasites Of the most abiect sort ] "a
one Of them at friends house, only yeste
day, ask for glass Of vhisky, scarcely o. !
entered. He took il With both hands, whie
shook and rocked rather O. in some theatric,
exaggeration OF drunkenness than in the rel
light Of cOmnOnldea md 10 Zee he greed
lips slip BY the glass edge, cheated, lii
Iantalus, BY his own nerves, was breadth
de 10 no worse than two others, but happi
his term sApifee on the Fourth Of Marcel
II is, to my guess, improbable that he vi
live 90 long.
WAstsves are the intempersncss Of "Pa
son" Bfownlow, he has never been : driul
ing man at sny tine Of his life, and in Ii
respect, if no more. he will be nobler DO
trait than Senator Patterson, Who 10 Z liviu
instance Of how good : man constant potl
tons can entirely ruin. He 10 never drunl
he IL never sober, but hisnerves are shattere
utterly. Brownlow Is fine instaacs of no
much Of life is one good, stern self-denial.
recall great lonrnAlist, long inimical |
brownlow, living in neighborinq city, Wit
w'se much more genius, refinement and or
portanity than the noted ''parson,: = Is nov
htte shivering remnant Of manhood. no mer
than the last tottering pulse Of the lion
vas. Parson Brcwnlow win probably be Ii,
tie Of curiosity here NEXT year. Curiosit;e
have had their day. Coarse men in the Ser
ate, if with no sleonger cha14oeeristic, II
not survive criticism after the Fourth ,
March. Mr.. Brovnlov, howavsf, has nasse
the combative period Of his life. His rel,
ton 70 the Senate viii probably be merel
advisory.
OTHER STATES CHANGING SENATORS.
Ohio win present on the Fourth Of Moro