New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-02
A NEW MICIWBER.

yvo bovc ALWAYS understood that Pcnnsylva-
MIA legislators unlike all other leglslators) hau
q shrcwd eve to the main chance III large
things. and in everyday life an especial relish
for free lunches and free passes. In conse-
orcnce of some dissensOn between the prlncl-
nal State railroad companies and the law
makers at Harrisburg, the latter very useful
aids to cheap living have been, it seems, of
late "bOth skersc and high" Senator Lowry,
who appears from his recent letter to the col
ored citizens of Philadelphia to be man OF
infinite resources and unusual imaginative
powers, in this strait has hit upon a means OF
locomOtOn for himself in the future which IL
certainly sufficiently clear of expense. MY
"body," he says, "will hardly bear transporta-
81 ton East; | will let it rest on the shores OF
"thc lake but my spirit will march onward
"to your great celebration in the knapsack OF
"John Browns soul" Really, this hardly seems
fair to John. Senator Lowry might be borne;
but how many of Senator Lowry's honorable
colleagues at Harrisburg will see fit to follow
his example1 There's the rub. They are report
Cd to have keen eyes for a good thing. and to
follow each other as do sheep the bellwether,
wherever there is a saving to be made. There
is vague pathetic belief prevalent that John
Browns soul carried the burden OF the war,
and bore all the wrongs and suilcrlngs OF his
pcOplc. We arc willing to believe this possible,
but the additional burden of the Pennsylvania
Legislature and Senator Lowry to boot, would
be n weight that God or man would stagScr
under. In that sleep of death dreams may
come, but surely not Nightmares such as these.
Senator Lowry's soul, while leaving his body
70 repose upon the shores of the lake, mani
tests a remarkable alacriy, not to say frlSkl-
ness of mood, probably in anticipation OF its
intended dcadheaded journey. Its acquain-
lance with spiritual matters is both familiar
and ocular. After likenims it's colored earthly
correspondents to black steers, mules, and
| spotted heifcrs, in a manner which in less
spiritual lcttcr-writcr might be objected to as
hardly courteous, it assures them that it fore
sees education for them "both as mamma
"and rainbow" That it has vision of
johnson in the garb of Moses AZ he led them
"rollickin ely into jeff Daviss seat and that
they are hcnceforth at liberty :" TO make their
"beds in novels or palaces-in heaven or in
"hcl,' connseling them, however, before re-
firing to their c0uchcs in the latter places,
to hasten to the South, whose climate, waste
Glands, and citizens (who have less prejudice
against the race than the NOrthcrncrs) will
"provo their best friends and" (by way OF
proving their old historic friendship, we pre-
sume) "will draw them into the graves of their
ancestors" With any mere earthly adviser
we would venture here to differ and urge our
new voters to keep out Of ancestral graves,
and delay making up the aforesaid beds as
long as possible; but before a seer gifted with
Senator Lowry's powers of foresight and loco
motion We are dumb. The Pennsylvania Lcgis-
lature and the spirit world together are toe
| much for us