Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-04-23

MACH 18th. 1859.

- ls4NNNiHe -eSNtS Afo,Ahs W get fiu VI /
some of the wrath accumulated against the
Capital City, &c. First, Ihave a few general /
statements to make before getting down to
Washington in detail believe / am quite
calm-I dent know exactly where else / am |
at present When arrived in Washington
about nine A. NJ il was showing very fast. /
and | couldn't see TO the edge ofthe sidewalk
until noon. The sun came out, and all the
beautiful scales that fancy had formed over
my vision Of Washington were melted away
as rapidly as the flakes of snow. One glance
is sufficient to enable the dullest mind to
= do Washington on the surface; what is
behind the scenes always has puzzled the
great hulk of the American people In the
"purer days of the Republic = teh mush),
John Randolph summed up all of Washing
ton that appears to the naked eye, IN single
senttnce: Is Hacks, prostitutes and magnifi-
cent distances. The word commencing
with p was not the one he used in that
connection; it had only one syllable, and
was more expressive. And no one who has
not seen Washington can ever appreciate the
word i" magnificent = in that connection
the whole sentence is graphic beyond descrip
tion-a mixture of startling fact and elegant
sarcasm When looked round me at the
crowd. and considered what ninetenths of il
was there for, I thought Of that character in
t.. Oh 80 Inv,
board, exclaimed" Hell is empty and the
devils are all heren The magician had OIL He'd
the air with fiends, and the poor cuss had no
other escape than to dive. But in my case
there was no chance to diye-except into the
mud had set apart just two weeks TO
do Washington, but | wouldn't do it
again for the biggest wages, depraved and
degraded as | am With the start got in
Owyhee in the newspaper business, there is
nothing so low down, after few months
residence in Washington, that | would hest
tate to do. 1t was several days after the in
auguratlon before Washington got broiled
down to its actual status, and the fun COM
menced 1t was fun for the frogs but death
TO the boys, in that case. The tenure-of-
Office act cooked their goose, and hash re-
manned firm The natives were delighted
consisting as they do Of Black Republicans
and Democrats. the relies Of all past admin
istrations, largely increased by the advent oil
the new; the whole, swearing, seething,
sinking, crowding. expectant and disap-
| pointed mass of humanity of either sex
| Old political scabs, blisters, corns, warts
containing some of the beauty, brains and
| all the intestines of the nation. The best
possible way to understand anything at all
about Washington, is TO go there and see for
yourself: could every voter in the Union do
that. nav word for it, we would have an alb
solute monarchy in six weeks 1t is the
magnificent . distance that gives the en-
chantment to the American idea 1t is big
thing-in the minds eye. / think James l.
Brady. of New York, must have got his dis
gust for politics while on a visit to Washing
ton. some time or other, at the beginning OF
a new Presidency. thought OF his case
| soon after being in the Capital city. for his
funeral took place while was in New York
a few DAYS before They never could get him
to accept an Office though he could have had
any from Alderman up,'' &c, and he had
almost more brains and brilliancy than any
man of his time. He said he would be sat
isfied with earthly fame, could he be certain
that some friend remained TO say "a kind
word for poor jim Brady" How different
with most of usl Who is there to mourn
| for poor Jim Brady in all this broad
land Don't all speak al once Instead oil
- all the worlds STAGE &C, Shakespeare
meant 10 saw. all the worlds platform and
all men and women are merely politicians
Therefore, Shakespeare stands corrected =
Horace Greeley, when snatched bald-headed
out of the inauguration ball, swore land he
can swear. you bet your lifel he never would
forgive Lee for not taking Washington ana
DESTROYING IT, Greeley always has been
man after nay own heart. Greeley IS the
only honest Republican living. and poor jim
Brady - was the last Democrat above ground
not of the dirt dirty. The only hoped the
Republic 1.-THE big thing alluded to- is to Keep
the hungry Democratic party out oil power
till after this generation, by which time there
will be nothing left to steal, and the next
generation can have a new deal 1t won dc
tn mt the Democrats suddenly into power
in their rayenous condition; IL is bad enough
as it is. There are thousands OF Democrats