The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. June Is, 1869.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. June l6 1869.
THE "BLAoK DOUGLASS
Is one of the heroic Scottish characters
that have engrayen a place upon 10y memo I
ry from my boy day reading of Mrs Porter.
But in more credible history viii our child
rem be impressed with American Black
Douglasses Of the latter half of the nineteenth
century. It seems to be the fate Of the name.
The sons of the removed Fred are unpretend-
ing iourneymen printers, wishing to make
living at their trade. Nothing in this to
place Them before the world, and hand, their
names down to p -sterity. But it is destined
to be recovered that one of them was the
first skilled labOres having any African
blood, ever tolerated on footing Of equality
in the most intelligent fraternity of all'the
productive industries, in all these free, en-
lightened United States.
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTERS
With whom one of the Douglasses is en-
ployed, have Just held a meeting here to con-
slider again this Black Douglass business
The National Typographical Union had
hauled him over the Goals as a rat. That is
a charge of rafting against all who work in
the same establishment. The Government
printers must vindicate Douglass, resign
their fat situations, or leave the Union. So
they abundantIy vindicated Douglass. They
are majority of Columbia Union, and Doug
lass will be admitted. Thus will the bread
and-butter consideration weigh down pre-
iudice, and raise the gates TO color for the
first time never 20 be closed sgaiD.
SECRETARY RAwLINs Is RETURNED
To Washington, aud attending to the heavy
reduction of the clerical force of his Depart
ment down to the limits of law and appro-
priation. There seems to have been a bun-
gle som ewhere about his first oyder. Itwas
first understood to dismiss all the enlisted
men employed as clerks. Now it is made
to mean as many as must be dispended with.
MISS A. E. sURRATr,
Daughter of the woman who was executed
for the conspiracy against the life of Lincoln,
was married here very privately, Thursday,
TO VIM. P. TOnry, employed in the Surgeon
Generals Office, formely Ford's Theatre,
where Lincoln was shot.
THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE OF WASHINGTON,
II it may be judged of by the immediate
past, will present an example of the improve
ment resulting from the supersedipg OF an
old stagenant, corrupt government by a new,
honest, intelligent and enterprising one, OBJ
solutely wonderful. A northern U. S. Sena-
tor several weeks ago bought a house for
$4,000 simply as an investment, having no
family to occupy it. He counts on the rapid
enhancement in value paying him hand
some profit, though it stands idle meantime.
Mayor Bowen bought President Grants pri-
vate residence, furnished, for $4,000, but
generously relinquished the bargin fort
night, or so, later, that it might pass direct
Iy from Grant to Sherman, and then it
brought $65,0OO. Charles Sumner bought
a house about year ago, for $4,000; and
a few weeks ago sold it for $6J. 600. Street
grading, laying down wafer and gas pipes
and s;deWalkes are to be witnessed in all ihe
new and hitherto neglected portions; and the
government is still planning and prosecuting.
The improvements yet to come will include
business facilities, such as the building of
railroads, the deepening of the water front
and channel, DC. And these are indispen.
sable TO the introduction of manufactures
and all productive industries, upon which, in
the main, after all, the city must depend for
the support of the enlarged dimensions,
beyond the permanent requirements of the
Government, already cQnsiderabley exceed
ed.
The whole city government including city
officers and IA Aldermen and 81 Councilmen,
is Republican, excepting 3, possibly Adler
men who have their I'd year yet TO serve; and
the whole responsibility is cOurageously aud
hopefully accepted.