, 1869-01-20
The Cabinet.
I:ema ON C0nE1eis.

1:ema ON C0nEreis.
From Our Own Corespondent>
WAsutaoToA, Jan "a
The town Is full Of people. The women
are leetn1inE, and lecturins about their |
rights The negroes about their 1rongz- And |
the rest OF the world u holding receptions.
Co1oRED FoLKs 4 aEss1os. |
In Old iAael Church, roomY, lo*.set |
building On tho Commons, directly under |
Meath the Capitol Building, the representa-
tive eolored people Of the nation hsve been
holding meetings these two days. Frederick
Douglass prtldlur. I have attended these
meetings with more curiosity than profit. 4
hearty and working friend Of colosed men
and their civil emancipation In body and
will from my yous.a up, fuurd with pain
that Wild and y1osent inltato1s OF the worst
spirits In Con g.e.a-Aahley, Drake and But
lrr--had sclzed The pulse Of this gathesipg,
and touched II To thelr own ackle md spas.
modic measure.
Ex-P1eaidnt Roberts, Of Liberia, a grayc
and decent gentleman Of color. was proposed
for houorarJ membership, and the, PROPOSE
lion, ~ ArSt acceptable, vas seized upon hy
neRro Of snart aebs.iag powers, aad made
obnoxious b1 al1 the arts of deaaSocuery, =,
The meeting house rocking With spplanse.
had elected to honorary membership John
v. FoTneY and Alexander Mcclure,
. Of Pennsylvania, neither Of ,Ehoo
has anT dainte1estcd regard tor tho
black mans prpgress, and thry Herc escorted
to ths ;fe, a9of rlth g.sst eesspony; As recent
ing the present writer CT hu- newspaper Tor
publiAhing, Is reporter, an encouraging ac-
count oi ths trca ne9ro population ol PL!A-
delphia- ftesiden. Koberts, who has p,oha-
by hlled more honorable place shan any
negro II tho Christian civilization, was treat-
abuse, and be aroee At lastand lelI the church.
Ills offence Tas accepting position under the
Colonization Society, which Henry Clay had
upheld as 8, relief to the conscience OF the
tl4venolder. felt indeed, TIC -aad uutFrr-
salty Of injustice In this actiun Of the color
Cd pee pic. We turc away our 6en.tors Tor
not hcarkenlnE to the ytn Of a partisan mob.
The colorcd man, ftrsh IN the possessiou Of
ircedou, initiates our Intolerance, continues
bis obsequlousne and Is ruled by his demn-
Eogue orators. Frederick Douglas is psesil-
Ing. .oEer this contention with uanllness
And patience. The strongest face in it u
Henry Highland GAs1et's, black IS charcoal,
With nose like q -door-kuob, and enough
sagacity to make fine Congressman. The
best Of its. literary ability Is possessed by
John u. Lapgeton, Of oocrlin, and the best
speaker, nfter Donglaz4, is enc Perry Tur.
ner, the Georgia politician, Is a speckled-
taceo uulatto, who did not impress me With
notion Of hls1espontibllltF. ft,sa"wh1te-
livcred' face, ald the man Was of1iclous
Altogether, ! saw in this asscnbiy all the
sincere philanthropy And noisy lick-spistle-
lsIn, truth seeking and netonety seeking,
dignity and impudcnce, mercy and brutality,
GOD help Us all, black and white, poor noun-
deset up toward the, Light, doing inJus.
=llces by the way l.,
Mr.. Ben Buffers proposition TO mel. him
self up into brass tokens and bc forced upon
people as genuine hard cash, y regarded 1erc
with amusement. Certainly no :" smsft'' man
ever m1detuch apreposterous speech. EeuatoE
hoss sa5s that be proposes 70 move In the
senAte that We burn all our shipping in order
to make the Butler currency AVAILABLE. For,
! gold and silver being inlqultons and harbarlc,
! and the monster Europe etill maintaining
them, We must isoiate ourselves in order
TO enjoy the incstimsble, uredeemab!e
iss, aoueht III: war, particularly al Fort
Fisher. Otscslp how the minds Of great men
run in parallels; Chief Justice chase thinks
the same. The motive tor this speech OF
Butler is, Of course, the persistence Of an ugly
iatn1e IN cTigtnal wrong. Repudia,ing
mited At tie DISCUS: be caused. Butler has
not only tried to 1oriity his 1ony bui to move
forward on the. same line; tho rc.ult Is
absurdily. This ridiculous speech,
worthy Of thc surly tysauh FrsneIa,
OF Patasuay,. was not delivered
yoiee, by the lamp shade Of dropped eye.
Id, from Enps Of print. It ahounds in all
Buffers criminal lawyer leafs and mock auc.
tlon surprises. Gold Is arraigued as the ".
rant o. man, whereas any happy phiian.
thropy accounts H. our friend, II has raised
! tkH frtl Trt- ~ ~
liberty ahd toleration. 1t Is naturc's 4.g1eeu
bnck,' the author and motive Of discovery
n1d Of seleCce. TO hnd1t ont the nxyic icn,or:
turned both the dange:ou capes. 10 trans
| mute the baeer metals 10 1t arose chemistry
upon the laboss Of alchemy, Gold has at
tori the .aise md savage pride Of nation
would hare locked their gates against ezct
other AID made Of each OF th N what But
lcr would make Amuica-a Japan. suriy ant
fnhospitsl'e rs the spirit Of Nj. Bntler him
sell. He claims that gold gives Europe tn,
wars. co.t1y. This Is as ii should be
else war would be too easy Europe l. par
OF our humani.y-our elder bto:her-Rnd na
turc h4A EIse1y left her some rights Th,
happl1ess Of one hemisphere Is In grca
part dependent on tho other, and eol,
keeps the peRce and makes soeiabiiity
There art some members oil Congress VII
are saragcs upon all these questions ami
who would make America despot auon!
l.atlaus, Staying sud Insulting them as y
may please: To this miserable spirit, NOR
| suggest that tho coinage Of the brass token
be proposes be, on one side d io1, on th
other an ass, and tlat the name Of the col
|: be "a Dutler.n
TIE CAn1EErNAIns.
lake what I tell you that follows at you
own price stanton's' Ill health continue.
and the Cabinet -u1akcrs say that he Is ont {
the rnce ior the State pepartmcut. Porte
the farotfte teS tho Nkry-thrce to On
offered and no takers. Scnoaeld Is said t
Ss,rI Ss unpopnl,1 Pop ~ ~l'n 'consfessnsn, b
fos them, Hence the bill t
/ forbid anybody holding two oflre.
: admire Schotlcld. but ! think this bill !
: ha1ed on reasor. Public of1ceA OF this cor
should be schools Wherein bright men i
. fairs whlle They direct them.
David A. Wells is said to be supported 70
/ the Treasury By Senator Morgan. 4.
Stewart, ard o. her great authorities For Co,
1ectos Of the Port Of New Tosk Johu A. Gsil
1would give this latter piaee to my fieut
| and com1nde,5 General John A. hawlln.
i | who Is poor, and whom the entire countT,
6 Trusts and houors. A President can ncve
be wrong doing good act Ike this to rewss
an historic friendship. General Cadwa
| rrtaryAhip Of the Interior. Ht Ii sterllnI
| man, honest, bold and patriotic, and Wit
! abilities to match.
: CHARLES 4. wAsHDCRS.
Isaw Charles A. Washbusn few dal
! ago and he told nc Of some Pa1aguayan ma
ttrs. Lopez is man weighing 1eafly thre
i. hundred p unas, not over Ave- teet five ioche
: high. with thr fatnc.s Of Wsd difoye and II
= cunning Of = ba.king shark.
: Bliss, who WAS taken from Mr.. Wasl
: lun's side, d q. nauIo Of Cs,tsr. ugt
:. County, New York. Library adventure
q exceedingly accomplished In iearnlng and Il
b languages. lie was found bY Mr. ". edith
. paper for -Loper aud writing book q
;. Paraguay. He was tskfn Hom Mr. ".
. . side is eoon a. The party left the Minister
/ their tworde, He made no resistance, Ii bcir
/ previously agreed by the Americans th
9 thcrr was TO be no " scere."
Mr. y HG5ho1En says th2t the entire trouh
= asosc from Lopez miercepuag and readr
{ eis dspa,enes; wherein the opinion vas G
i condition and Lopez ! depot. Mr.. Was
. burn. had little ldcA thxt he should get awi
y With hi. own lie.
MIR. ,NAshbu1u Is = tquA1c, solid, rath
short man, With q marked face, short, dal
Il hAlf, an agreeable manner and the intel
., Ecnce Of an observer and journalist
IL ta5s that the allies must exhaust PAtaSua
IT but anticipates lnt1e result IRON DaTist ~
I. boats ColnE up the La Plata, Al most. tt
). can only lombard Aauno.on. Mr.. VA.
- burn means to write magazine ArtIc
Of popularlzing the state Of Affairs On the
er Plate
It AENS-
Ct Senator Conuess, finding /. difficult to ep
=, correctly hy the Johnsouian standard, pr
"a poses : bill to reduce orthoGr1phr TO t
~ phonetic system. Comes. At the languA
and Butler al the fnances make psl
bold t.oubadors 1ouchipg their guitars
a Senator Sye-atwnys luminous, Aumoro
aud spgres:ive-hAs proposed to charter
r~ttrno3 AnS-5v4 pr|,rs ..nt ,