, 1869-04-10

pat OF the subycraions OK the popular will and the
wAste Of the public money. From ny OBSERVE
tons here aM coming to the conclusion, more
and every day, TINT It Is to the Interest Of the
people 10 ABOLISH In almost every case, fees and
extra compensation In otce, and to raise the stan-
daTd Of n1ed sala1y for the majority Of gJEeru-
ment officials With "uy1ng" aasanced one hun
drel and my per cent over that Of the era oy
Jackson and Harrison, and salaries mainly the
same s transparent thata public otlc!al Enusing
upon his necessities and the public ing1ntitude,
will satisfy his wants out OF the prpnts Of bis office.
Pass The Rnhicon once and the possession Of ONCE
! becomes the key to wealth Il one must commit
petty larceny to l!ye, why not enter into exalted
conspiracy TO thrive: This u the Argument based
not In honor, but In experience
ASTGoEI1oS FOB uI1SoIl
Suggest to Jour readers Ii Illinois, also, TIM. it
would be becoming Ii them, ~ greas soEefetgnty,
to build, at some day not far In the future, plain
residences In Washington for their SenatoEs aud
Representatives The influential governmental Of
the world, mAde wise ny experience In peculation,
have taken care to comfortably house thes Cabinet
Ministers, presiding officers Of lcStzaton, and
such other m4Gu2tes rs should be protected from
the dgIeaslons and mutations Of housc-ha nting.
No government has, to my knowledge, similarly
housed is leg&lstors but In this county the iets
&ntor 4 the magistrate, Or haa aselmed to be.
While there need b NO enactment upon the sub
tect, believe Il would be good model. set by
some one State. to put up pleasant row Of houses
here, TuFnlAn them pleasantly, and keep them
standing as many Methodist churches susta,u
furnished pa1sonxgee taF their inetaus pr eacherA
THIS object entered into the original design OF
Washington City, and 1t was for this or some more
ornamental purpose that - reservation was LEFT
! for each State In the angles and Squares Of the
| ground plan Of Washington. There are In Wash
lngton several hundred ncres Of government reset-
! va1ion, and 10 Idle are theJ that Eenator John
| Scott lately proposed 10 give to one Thomas Nc
{ Eamarn enough lAnd to establish 4 large rolling
| mill
| Tou hive sixteen meNbera nom Illinois, II
+, ono Congressional District say Chlcagu, were to
! buy or buid = comfortable house here, at m eI-
| pense, say Of twelre thousand dollarIenough TO
| pave short street In Chlcagu-she example, would
| quietly spread untl 1t would demeau q Congrea-
k1onal District not to provide qurter1 for the fam
ilJ OF It's Representative. These I'VE thousand dol
lars year, the present pay, would be ample 10
| pay the expenses Of I member and keep Mr1 out
Of temptation. lie need 10 longer be huddled IN q
| tavern Or hash-house, or kept distant from bis
| family part Of the Jenr, crcature Of ennut dis
content, celIbacy or license, or scandal bearing.
1t seems to me that the example would be credits
| bic TO any constituency, ornamental tn the Ma
tonal Capital, and preventative Of the growing
| abuses tete. We raIl and rail- OF what we, the
| people, are not wholly blamelcsA We Put man
u the Capital to take care Of Featass inserests
Is We set soldier IN the battlefield, without SOL
diers discipline The Tt.ia:es at the set Of eoy-
eSn1nent asG greatly the fault Of evesJ man who
denounecs them
Lok6S1EERrB CONFIRMATION.
General Longrtreet's confirmation was opposed
By 6enatora Browniow, Haris, and Cameron.
The former and the latter based their opposition
upon local vlndicuve1ess-lhe desolation OF East
Tennessee and the burning Of Chambersburg.
When We have lived some more years ~ uaslou
VIC will draw u broad line between political spola-
ton and private c1ime Ntne theory oS personal
*nddctiseneRs for the results Of warfare vera fol
lowed up In Europe, the history OF that continent
would he generation Ut standing gibbetk- I
know General Longsucet' ann l!ken him in nany
| things to General George II. ThomnA. Their per-
BonA resemblance Ia gtrfEing-be&rded. grave
Rlow-eyed men both, with larHc benlgnit!es and
spirits which expand with great occasions. SIM
pie tnen In peace, nnerc1fus aud netgnboEiy, they
are passive md teasless when the landscapes Of
battle pivot upon their indiT1dus n1ls In stature
they nre made to be pillars oi animal CONFLICT
their pulses moving long; stately; and equal, like
the stride Of great pendutums" in clocks which
keep the time Of combat To look 1t these broad
cheated magistrates u to feel that men must be
led to slaughter. Philanthropy propounds ID
beautiful theories OF peace: but why did Heaven
produce these big ELAdtntoB7 To lead men to
w1rl
That Il the answer, and their presences Impress
It upon The CONSEQUENCES Of the benoldes; The
orRlns OF both men arc euau and depressed en-
cased In natural helmets OF tkpT And Ehtls
Lnn2strcet Is 10 be Surveyor Of the Tort at New
O15e2na, xpprehend tnat II the next wheeling in
1ne Of tatte, hta sur1eyor1 sheodolta Uke tnAt OF
another great rlrtnlan viii be yielded up sur the
sworu, and 1t Will come forth 1t the cali Of the
drtf xE-f
ron which puts traitor In p1ace Of profitable
trust but great States caa entartan no spites any
more than great nstuses Longstreet Il back In
the scr,1cc II the Dag, and In 80 much Il the va!-
ogous war Tor \ purified and bfoshcY1y Talon an
accomplished Succesh "Tr1itors mnst take bsck
Bsats in the WORK Of reconstruction sald Andrew
johnson, and that remark WAS worthy OF his petty
and spttcsui nature. I sprsehcnd that moro
acute humanity viii feel that we must reconstruct
Lie The founder of the great edtnee Of civilization,
who bAtd: ~ coue not to cali the EgntAo1s but
stnners To repentance"
THX AkbkkWs JoHNsoN AND LAcIsoN
Wills General Gr1.t Aits In the cushions Of Ar.
johnson, the latter il petAnbuai,nx Tennessee
and preaching his own obituary sermon johnson
was born demagogue. He asceEtatued It when
he went to the debating school Just ousside Of
Greensboro, and got applause fron the rusuca
thcfe. His career Is series Of sa11ngs, and
he allied the While House with cla4urrs. He IL
Ways hated somebody, and never AcknowladGed
that somebody 70 have any merit Nine parta oI a
nan ast7sddte hypetoole, he swung from poverty
10 power With all his original tl-breedtng, and
when the White House closed Its doors behind him
be fsfs thrill Of relief Ike that OF Gr!maldl the
clown, As described By Dickens, when he quilted
dinner table of the Pee1z to return to hts congtuia1
saWdus1.
His hate waA always envy his ability wAs AlWaJs
mairued by hts want Of gcnt1emanls feeling. No
President ever t1d such associates, nor wore hts
houors with mosr res1tveuesA II he could have
made two stump speeches day from the While
House portteo, then he would hare been sss1saed
With his ONCE
had \ Tx With some East Tene4see4nx- : few
days ago, all AcquA!utances Of Andrew Jackson,
and nsght'ofs OF Andrew johnson. They told me
some anecdotes upon both those men, illustrative
OF the extraordinary statc Of society which hxa
produced two Presidents. I think Jou viii not
md these anecdotes In Parton book, though, per
hspe, they ate worthy Of place there.
Jackson Knew johnson and liked him. lie heard
hin make speech, and said:
"Thcre Is sometime In that young man. There
Is something In him, gentlemen He will probably
be Governor Of the State Of Tennessee"
Jackson met DEuwn1ow, also, but on1y ouce- II
wAs af,es Wing Convention, when the knoxville
Whigs were returning 10 aheir homes On horse
back jackson wss firing At the Hermitage In re-
tlsrmcnt, IN ex-Prestdenr, and some one suggest
ed. as they approached the house, that the party
should saop and pay their respects. Young Brown
low demm.cd Lie bad published IN hts Knoxville
Elt9 some stories In circulation a to Jsck.onS
domestic ltfe- Bat the Others insisted, and It was
agreed that Brownlow should not be Introduced
to Jatksou By naue- They entered the lsrge old
dwelling, and IN due tine the venerable figure
OF the cid man appeared, his eountenance e1-
pfesdye Of couftiintss and dignity. The Chairman
xa1d:
"Prradcns 1aetson, We are members Of the
Whlg Convention who differ wttn yon, OF course
IN political sentiment but Ee thought We ought to
testify oc1 respect for your position By calling on
you n We passed By the Hermitage
jackson replied. " Gentlemen We do di7cr IN
sentiment and probably shall cont1nne To do 70 ;
but appreciate this VISIT Of respect and ahaI b
glad to shske Jou al by the hand
They were thcu III introduced seye1auy, except
BroHu1or, and thesr WAS some ralng to
conceal hi.n AMONGST the rest But Old ulcknry =
feen eye bought hin o1t.
"He1e u Joung gentleman to WHOM have not
been introduced 1t1."
AMI BrpwnloW, President Jac Son"
"1Ruwnlow: Tha1 il familiar natne. Where
do you live, Nj. DroEnlow!'
Knoxville, Er."
"Ah!"-lookins him througt--1 hare heard Of
Tou, Ar. BEovnlo~. Am g9sd 10 see you, SIR"
Instead Of fesentinR Nnxnlnws Visit, Jackson
addressed hts entire conyefsato on 10 hu and oyer-
Whe1rned htta with ctv1llre&
IVA not hurfEtsed to hear seyefA OF these Ten
nessceans saJ that they had often seen JacEson
ttaeTefanS IN the streets OF Nashville On roaring
oenoef- The chastity Of both Andrew1 WIS In
pe3ched b3 The sslne cri1tck The nue talent Of
CID Hickory to nuke money In hts store 1t t.C1oyer
bostom VA compared to Andrew JohnsdnH
tolsorl fRtr thttf1; for johnson Is now well
nd fHf h{x fr~4 r.