, 1870-04-01

This gentleman claimed not to BIO radical
free trader, yet his Argument upon the sub
jectB OF immigration, faIm labor, tho market
for surflua wheat, md tha salt question, waa
r, and quiet, though vigorous. dissection. AL
these gentlemen quoted hbe1allJ from David
4 Wells. And even upon the high tarin side
there we're frequent instances OF the use Of
that genueman's statistics, on tho part of tho
very men who voted against printing his ro~
Who refused to hear Christ preach, and yot
condemned him By the very Gospel they re-e
afraid 10 listen to.
Il vas impossible fpz any person TO follow
these debates without observing the great IN
crehse OF knowledge and mental power
about Chicago. 1oVh and Illinois arc 70 this
question Of free trade in AmericS what Man
chester aud Birmingham we're to the sau1e sub
ject in England, and they hare no reason to be
ashamed of their tenants hess+ The fsee trade
il au the p1opounding Of il tho Individual mind
growB ahong, and disciplined, and the speaker
On that side has the heart and might Of Sir
GalaLad:
"Ny good blade carycs the casqucs Of men,
Ny t1r2h lance thfusteth suFe;
Ny strength Is as the strength Of ten,
Hecause my heart ID purel'
There has been no debate for several years
which has brought out the earnestnesa and
knowledge OF men Ike the present. The dis
cuseion Of tariff emancipation has given health
aud dignity to the Legislative arenas. Those
also hare profied who take tho Tory side Of
the question, and every day of the debate has
given renewed inquisitiyeness, light, and chaz-
acter to the whole body.
Here are some fresh artiTals In town:
AMASA WALKEh,
formerly Secretary Of State Of Massachusetts
3 member Of Congress from South Mookneld,
md fether Of General Walker,-Superinten
ent OF the Census, and an advanced free
trader.
Mr.. Walker has been an earnest and pro
found STUDENT Of questions Of finance. He OPP
and considers the great pending question TO
be the equalization and unifcation Of tho
national currency, We have six kinds Of cur
Tency at present. He is 4 thin, wiry, get
vigolous-}ooAing old gentleman, With Gno
g1ar eye, q venerable head Of hair, magnetic
manner Of speech and he is one OF tho best
instances NO hHse Of class Of educated COM
mercial men rho do not desire office, but con
tent themee1veA With giYing light to legislators
and impsesfins their practical convictions
upon tho poihca Of the time.
Mr. Boutwell,, the author Of the scheme for
immediate funding, takes rank among tleeo
business men, al person Of defective edu-
cation, without any particular broad and com-
prehensiyc policy, and, indeed, with that kind
Of Idesultory knowledge sometimes called
su1attesing," get who is able In the fortu-
nate period IN which he rules to keep well
upon the eu1face, and to display no httlo e1-
ecutiya talent. Considerable cheap cavilling
Las been held in advance upon the subject Of
foreign cnisses to pay our foreign interest,
but THO larger question IL whether this is pre-
cisels the tino to fund at ali. Boutwell, is a
botter politician than tinancier, md he is spar
ing no effort to drive funding notions upon
Congress. It is doubtful, however, If tha
pending bill passes. The bankers arc here by
! scores, 70 protest against it, but John SheE.
man and others have studied the financial
question Eoulucb that the people are disgussed
| with The study Of it.
GAIL HAMILTON.
This caustic and interesting writer ,,pou
Fociaf topics il At tho house Of Speaker Blaine,
| to whom she il eomeway related. was sui.
Psised ut the youth OF one who had written
| With such apparent earuestneea and incisioa-
( for eAo is only about 25-and the man who
! should 60 coht.azhht:J cohahh express ain.self at 2,
might be a5zaigned for self-suticiency. Yet,
after al, what period Of life is 30 positive s.
youth, when, without ekepticism, without fear,
without the knowledge Of The power Of enc.
miee, We Dive right On to make tho world
come to the feet Of our i1npu1sien. Woman j.
mics she has are put to eight By the fact Of
| her eex- When We come to the realized dsys
| OF woman's rights, and men dare speak a5
reckleeeIy Of women ~ women speak of eacl
other, the latter will come to tue knowledge
Of the power Of enemies. Gail Hamilton, or,
to be precise, Hiss Abigail Dodge, seems to be
| forming being, Who lbs ascideatally rot her
foot into the question OF the relative rights Of
authors and publishers, and conceiFing herself
wYungcd, Ahe has taken the publisher own
| wespons in her hands and explained this much.
abused relation. Respectable and emphatic
silence has been the astitudc of the
|
| gets OF the best, neither Hiil be bet,
| Ter of than bcfore; but, pc1h1ps, w
| shall be better OF WHO do not write books anc
want to know all about it. I see 10 reasou mol
! to admire this practical dash OF Gal Hamilton
sa much u any Of her, literary sorties. No
birth dAye have Como rpunu-that IL, nDbo1y
with i literary purpose and with 8 missionary
spiIA.
politics is, after all, tho only school where
one's enemy may Sc: The aafantage. Ever.
time nan comes before tho Senate to be con
| dt1ned for some appointment, his little caem,
| is seen creeping ont Of the nists and pools o.
| thirty OF forty Tca1s' antagouisrn, like gloomy
| and dismal exhalation, to seek the Capitol, say
ing, By thevsy, with chuckle, like tbs burst
\ foul now"
It may be almost set down for an axiom tha
] one enemy Always comes Up strongest whe1
We take to politics. And 1t Is Amusing to ses
( how different il the behavior Of the nspiran
| for Office and that Of his evil ~isher when the,
pirant acts as quietly and ~ willy as Siehola
Eickleby before his stern uucla while Wack
ford Squoers dances = Jig on the door-noat cut
side IN the. person Of his enemy. Her
1t last tho eneEny hiss his delight
He Is ubiquitous and onniscient
grievances into the. garret Of the os'scures
| member. He parsdes the hobbies with the Vi
vacious defamation Of Charley Bates huntinl
dowa William Sykes. lfyou ever SEQ &c
cretiye, gl9ems: and cautious man ~ Walking p
ia an ofice-seeker: And when rou zoe an un
usually happy, forward and agile gentleman
darling along aa II he hsd just taken prize :
lottery, you may know that ha Is tho long>}oe
enemy of the aforesaid ofice-hunter.
co Ep. TuoE RIp-HEAp.
TTo good officers have just been reWas4ie.
here-Winelow who sunk the Alsbaua, an'
Captain Jauaes Foruey, Of the Marine Corps
who has been made Najor. bars not seen
though have heard il discussed, Genera
Shtrraan's letter inti5nAting tha. he will leay
becomes + law. This ia ~ right. The laws o
supply and demand regulate a11ni.alcies ant
genezalciea juat as they do lottery tickets ant
railroad stocks. General Sherman has NOR,
money given to him thau auy Cou7nander-in
Chief IN the American amy ever received
N
than either Of the sons Of Noah II the Arm
deduction bin fails it vii be tho faul
Of Henry Wilson, Of Massachusetts,, Chai1
| man Of the Military Committee. Wilson is
Good-he.zed, hob-nobbing sort Of mAn, VIII
does nothing With deciaion and stubborunese
II he cannof fill the place he holds on tho alili
ta1y Committee: he ought to resign. We Inv
all anticipated that It Ihe .A1my Blu faiia I'll
son vii be the cause OF the failure. And vel
this coy old gentleman wsnts the army re
Bile accommodating good temper has been on
Of the weak points Of our government 10
years- asked Massachusetts, mzn ot uote
! few dsys ago, why Wilson, with his ives
m.gp1ninitr, kept q sex& Ia The Se1kte, frol
go jealous and eIactine Co1nrncn1esltha
well" the Ieplr was, - the intal1ect q
| Massachusetts is gratifed b. Summers poeitio
here. Wilson is conceded Is the represents
tive OF the mechanical clement and, btaidet
be represents tho orthodoxy Of ou1 Common
I wealth He is s uan Of personal integrity
ve poor, seareeE shls "a hold ., bis ..a hesa u
He il, besides, pretty shseEd pnljtician for
weak man, and there are more babies calfe
! After him than any living man in Mass
| chusetts."
Thia may be al tue, but it Wilson is poo
th.t is the fanls Of the rich, protected capita
/ ists Of Massachusetts,, whose tariffs and who's
( bounties he has helped to pcspetuate. ! b
, heye, that with all NJ. Summers pride Of sci
be is better man for the nation than doze
such good-tempered beings IS Wilson, VIII
: while claining TO be = member Of the den
: ee1ae!, is weakly giving new lease Of life
; the army aristocracy. Sumner spoke again
the Presidents San Domingo treaty, the 9th
, | day, With an Independence which does hi
honoE. We 1te cusious to know what may I
the secret sentiment Of this self-willed ofatt
: | upon the prevailing questions Of the t11i1
Nov il The time, II be be truly Independent
apd viii follow out his own decEines corsis
, entity, to take st4ud which shsu not b. rre1
; ly against distant abuses, and distant co
stituencies, but against the very constituen
who have sent him to the senate, For Charl
: sumner must know that the subject Of fAIi
! reform, IL = deduction Of the SANG liberal i