, 1869-01-11
MA5HIh aT0h.
Senator Sherman and e. r.
Washburua.
a Pair Of Portraits in Encauuttc

From Our Own Correspondent.
NAsHtsGIoS. Jan. Z.
Two specially elaborate arguments have
masked the week, one de1lvered 10 tho Sen
ate aud enc to the House. John Sherman ad
dressed the Senate in favor Of cllarteriuc
three or more railways North aud West O
Washington.
SHERMAN BrAAKISG.
senator Sherman, as speaker, Is glib, pcT
snasivc, plausible AID Agreeable. You know
lis hgure-tall. lank, surmountgd With 6
smoeih-1aced small head, his body show
ing the u-es Of good living in its grow.
ing 1otundtty, his features not fipe
nor imposing. hut thin, laltern like, iudlca-
tive OF a cratnpt1 and compressed paturr
still perfectly traiLcd In the school Of thc
world, Ills eyes arc twinkling hi, forehead
IL III nothing like the g1eat v hitc hemisphere
OF tut General, his brother, bit low and it,
lie, and be has nothing OF the Generals
1pontane'ty, which utters indignant truths
in syll"gi>m, mud, 10 use street phrase,
''speaks trom the shoulder"
Fer this genius Of address, with ull the
e7hences Of mar behind it, Jollu Sherman
substitutes dcltsentiat uauduiatipp. a soft
gesture Of :he head and flowing motions o,
IN" palms. Still In his right hand, carving
gentle peace to silence rny,uus tongues. ht
LET'S you Set that 1t is there b; opcnlpc if
often, aud his ora!o;y, though it il without
clo4urn, {, Is, Oh tue whole, clear, seductive.
easily Iisscpod to. a critic might saY that It
WIZ good deal like the manner Of a c,up.
ter J"'n1sr' used to invciS!iug female
customers into bargain. But. thc
r.l3 u kfsrt Nt,r
sor1 Of Rialssil,ilty Is IN thu main nract,c. Al
ana cuRcht. OF no man In the Culleu STATES
KNOWS flEat from wrong w well 4, John
Sherman, OF makes the istInction So In.
heqnr'tiy- c has devoted himseltto being
q a.pcr:nad.7, and the habit has 10 ab,orl.4i
MIN that hs a*ks for cup Of ea'!ve ~ Il 1t
wesc nrG' ssaFS 10 Coax u out, and suggests
tlint coal he put upon rho fire With iii thr
sensuus therefor Lenr by.
Inc speech OF SeaatOr Sherman on, this
Tar'icular uccask>n " IS une Vi h1s most per
*nasive 11rd most Erac::val tlorts-a sum-
charter t'!rce air line r,ilruads. to New York,
Pittsburgh ant cincinnati, respectively. lie
did not balno anybody; hr could see the
renson WAY soiie corporators opposed. this
project; he excused crcrybody OF beng
carrnlEy tht''cuccd o. operated upon iron
c'.rrd the right, the duty, aud tho policy Of
the CHARTER Us pFoposed, and his speech will
probably te c4'nciu-tycon this aues:Ioa. SO
faf as the Senate is concerned.
LIS most 1rcrtTe rcmDustrnucc, and vet
nrEed with all his particular suttncss OF eau
tioh, was shcF1aau's notice @! the circulur
enagaiins trn,n the combined Presidents OF
the Fort Wayne, r. ,ia. rhiiadeInhi,
iss;5 ksad,as; sndsS k.iito.dss ssIs' sad,
ens1ou:ty eu9uE. =ued hy the Presi.
d. nj OF th- Raltlu4ure x Washington Ka!,-
road.
"Lomn. Ltfns mon this ri--r1ar yr shs-.
scan SAID sna1 tae -sgucfr II i. acr: :.orc ths
anlset falIc I'd 1!en tn the country nut he warned
II ie:hl*tea In Ho.Ia inrE.1ably r,sul, IN combl.
Iat!c,s. no'h In tn s.atea and in Congress,
wh'ch rSasd override al ait=mpts to psevsIt Zee
General N- Sherman would never have
Used 50 many negatives and Qualifications 10
utter " aruirx. His warning would nave
been indignant, bold and direct like the man.
There ar t~o OF three things, As truths.
worthy to he added to this speech OF Sner.
mans. The right Of Congress 10 regulate
coInm' rec BET the States Is constitution
ally plain, and In the height OF The ace OF
ste1m, uni to a*sist 1t would be to take
refuge IN the ana1chfcal period Of the Middle
Agts, when every roboer could take tolls on
higha ~ OF river.
1t would be q less inyidious ueethed, and
save much special legislation in the future.
II LOoETess Would pass at once fre. railroad
bill. universal in its application, IN winch
case : natozs and Representatives might haye
ttts chance 10 get 1her hands inio those spe-
ctal acts OF chatter1ng. At anSrale. II Wa-h-
inxt6n city does not specify Get more raN.
roads, Congress will 1eRislapC-it back to hur-
renntss aEu The Maryland rebels, Ike th.a
Aous's Of Oxsani aud Cotoua, viii hui1d cas-.
lies out If the ruins OF the Capitol and d.
partmeuts>
But I rcuaark that it Is not the struggling;
Hahimne q Ohio railroad, SO mncA brow.
beaten. which opposes this airline, hut the
New Jersey and Pennsylvania corporations
all selfish, ali without patriotism !; and their
want. OF Charity uas stimulated the mass oi
corruption Which threatens to stranytc thu
republic. There never Was 50 shameless q
she Pennsylvania Railroad Tonnase bill
The buyers AID squattets OF the Pa.
cidc Railroad s1nd1ts here arc main
| ly; Penleylyaniane. and the mult,fold
schemes tor rail: oad subsidies and land grants
arpend: d thereto. oslginA'e with iron roller:
I p tbs Middle States who propose 10 exchange
| their rails ter p<1vale empires, carved ont O
The pub tc estatc. 1t Is 10 he hoped that S.n
atoFs aud others who advocate This ut Lin,
roadt .wIll not allow themselves 10 be pe.
suad q 10 The contrary bY any purse the;,1o
nopoiies aforesaid may raise. Let the rev
RODS be chartered, With due care that the.
oe Aoperxteu' BY the Pennsslvania Central
The Camden & Amboy, nor any other exlsiin:
railroad
Ae dtilertnt 3eom Joho Sherman as th
growing of.tao c. ok differs from the purr 0
me sat; a. otaeFcot As the striking Of an alarm
c1ck nom 1he talk 0l 3 1,eddlcr to the Aousc
girl At the hackEate, was Naanburne pre-
tent'og his report Of appropriations for th
ysae to tnsue* -. :
! There WIS not plaustbiEty in 1t; ther
"as not an apology there Was not any el,